Russell Shepard on defense

I hear the coaches offered that and he declined. Seems physical enough to play DB in my opinion.

^ he would have had plenty of opportunity last year. Are you kidding?

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Do you think when he didnt pan out well as receiver that he should have been tried maybe as a defensive back? Dude has speed and athletic ability but just cant catch I think he may have made a great DB, corner to be exact

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Go. Away.

RS10 was the greatest FB player to grace the field in TS. He would have been a tremendous asset on both sides of the ball if the coaching staff had used him correctly. He fierce tackling would have made him a natural at Mike LB. That combined with featuring him as the go to back on offense would have ensured wins in the BCSNCG each of the last 4 years.

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RS10 was the greatest FB player to grace the field in TS.

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This had me like wuuuuuuhhhh?

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He fierce tackling would have made him a natural at Mike LB

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Then i was like lololol

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He didnt see much PT at this position either so I doubt it wouldve been different.

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No kidding but you can't just switch every player that doesn't play much to a different position.

he made a few decent plays on special teams...look the way I see it if he pans out to be like a matthew slater (patriots wr/special teamer) then I think he has definitely succeeded

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Russell Shepard on defense
Do you think when he didnt pan out well as receiver that he should have been tried maybe as a defensive back? Dude has speed and athletic ability but just cant catch I think he may have made a great DB, corner to be exact

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no


Mills, Simon, and Collins are all better CBs. RS10 has never played a down on CB in the SEC, he wouldn't magically become a great DB. He is fast, but let's be honest, later on in his career, he wasn't running away from everyone. Safeties and DBs from other teams were able to close on him downfield. He had one shot to make it as a big time CFB player and that was to pull a Percy Harvin and be RB/WR/PR/KR hybrid. RS10's problem is he doesn't catch the ball well. He was never able to develop fully in game situations because JJ had a rough time throwing accurately and RS10 ran poor WR routes. This year he was buried on the depth chart behind better WRs.


RS10 is a great ambassador for the program and is forever a tiger and I wish him nothing but the best, but he just didn't do it at the CFB level. He will get his shot to make it to the next level, but there are some major flaws in his game that he needs to fix to play in the NFL. For the record, I hope he makes it.