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Did Shep do anything in the Senior Bowl....
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:02 pm
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:02 pm
besides run routes?
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:03 pm to Broham
Off top of my head
Made a tackle on special teams
Returned a kick to about the 32
Almost blocked a punt
Made a tackle on special teams
Returned a kick to about the 32
Almost blocked a punt
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:05 pm to zzemme
So no catches or carries huh?
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:05 pm to Broham
Returned 2 kickoffs for a total of 47 yards. Made one special teams tackle. Almost blocked a punt.
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:07 pm to 3xlsugrad
Almost blocking a punt is not a stat.
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:10 pm to easy money
quote:OP did not ask for stats. He asked if he did anything. And he did "almost block a punt".
Almost blocking a punt is not a stat.
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:11 pm to zzemme
quote:
Off top of my head Made a tackle on special teams Returned a kick to about the 32 Almost blocked a punt
Those senior bowl coaches really wasted Sheps potential in this game.
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:17 pm to jdg91878
quote:He played a good bit. Tyler Wilson never looked in his direction and mostly threw dump off passes to RBs on the opposite side. Then Landry Jones had a lot of trouble hitting any of his receivers. Shep played both ways on special teams as well.
Those senior bowl coaches really wasted Sheps potential in this game.
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:18 pm to 3xlsugrad
I'm sure the almost blocked punt is not the information the original poster was searching for. He did nothing of offensive value. This kid should have been a rb and bulked up if he stood any shot to make it to the next level, but he couldn't at lsu with our stable. Now he has to rely on special teams to get him to the league and I don't see it. Shep was a great ambassador for our school and a talented athlete, but as you can see now in 2 all star games, he just did not develop enough at lsu. He really needed to go to a school that ran the zone read offense.
This post was edited on 1/26/13 at 11:19 pm
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:18 pm to Broham
He didn't do anything in the Stars and Stripes Classic last week either. He ran some routes and that was basically it. He did play hard on special teams both blocking and as a gunner.
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:28 pm to easy money
quote:
This kid should have been a rb and bulked up if he stood any shot to make it to the next level, but he couldn't at lsu with our stable.
He doesn't have the frame to bulk. And if he did bulk, he would lose whatever speed he had. He would be either a WR or a DB at the next level outside of special teams. I wonder how he would've done if he had gone the DB route at LSU like Morris Claiborne did. The depth this past season was certainly favorable.
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:30 pm to AlaTiger
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He didn't do anything in the Stars and Stripes Classic last week either. He ran some routes and that was basically it. He did play hard on special teams both blocking and as a gunner.
This sort of reinforces my "what-if" scenario. He made some TD saving special teams plays and potential pick-6's during his time at LSU. He has tackling ability. I wonder how his career would've went if he had played DB where having good hands is a plus but not an end-all-be-all.
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:36 pm to Broham
I heard he had a couple of good kick/punt returns. I was in the other room and just barely heard it.
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:37 pm to coldhotwings
He runs with explosiveness and even at his size was able to absorb contact and finish runs for positive yardage. He absorbs contact well. The only promising contributions he had at lsu involved running the football. I believe he had more total yards as a fr. than he did the other 3 years combined.
Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:47 pm to easy money
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He runs with explosiveness and even at his size was able to absorb contact and finish runs for positive yardage. He absorbs contact well. The only promising contributions he had at lsu involved running the football. I believe he had more total yards as a fr. than he did the other 3 years combined.
I completely agree that he can take hits a lot better than other guys around his size. He even has a bit of toughness to him. But the fact that he is 6'1" but only 185 pounds makes it impossible for him to play RB full-time unless he adds some serious bulk. Adding 20 pounds of muscle to put him just over 200 pounds can drastically change his speed and acceleration.
Posted on 1/27/13 at 3:26 am to jdg91878
quote:
Those senior bowl coaches really wasted Sheps potential in this game.
Not sure why he didn't get to throw the ball at least once.
Posted on 1/27/13 at 3:29 am to Broham
He threw a pass and scored 8 touchdowns off of that one pass. Miles wasted his qb career.
Posted on 1/27/13 at 7:17 am to SoulGlo
I think Shep can be used every bit in the NFL as Jacquizz Rodgers is used with the Falcons.
With the right team, he can get some spot time and be a producer.
ETA: an extra Z
With the right team, he can get some spot time and be a producer.
ETA: an extra Z
This post was edited on 1/27/13 at 7:20 am
Posted on 1/27/13 at 7:42 am to Meauxjeaux
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think Shep can be used every bit in the NFL as Jacquizz Rodgers is used with the Falcons.
With the right team, he can get some spot time and be a producer.
Rodgers is compact and thickly built at 5'6" and almost 200 pounds who was the premiere back at Oregon State. I don't see the correlation.
Posted on 1/27/13 at 7:59 am to AlaTiger
Shep has the speed and tenacity (good tackling skills) to play in the NFL - even if it is just on special teams playing offense or defense or maybe both. This part of the game is important and makes up about 15-20% of a football game or something along those lines. A lot of guys
"stick" in the NFL b/c they excel at special teams. This is his calling in football at the next level. He will do fine. He also has the value added skills of being a down the depth chart receiver and/or running back in an EMRG situation.
Now.... on the subject of the LSU coaches not using him effectively I agree to a point. They could have at least put him in many more offensive plays as a decoy just to keep the linebackers and defensive backs honest. Enough on that. I wish him well. He's still a quality athlete and player. Nothing has changed on my opinion of him after 4 years. He definitely should have gone to another school where a more wide-open offense was showcased.
"stick" in the NFL b/c they excel at special teams. This is his calling in football at the next level. He will do fine. He also has the value added skills of being a down the depth chart receiver and/or running back in an EMRG situation.
Now.... on the subject of the LSU coaches not using him effectively I agree to a point. They could have at least put him in many more offensive plays as a decoy just to keep the linebackers and defensive backs honest. Enough on that. I wish him well. He's still a quality athlete and player. Nothing has changed on my opinion of him after 4 years. He definitely should have gone to another school where a more wide-open offense was showcased.

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