Could Andrew Olesh be a wideout and play this fall?

[tboyer]

What is Olesh's 40? 4.5?

I haven't seen but based on high school film he would be in that range. Same kind of athlete as Colston Loveland. Runs like a smaller man. Short strider, like a running back. Thing is, if you're 6-5 with long arms and ball skills, you don't need to be faster than corners. You can give the QB 12 inches of target that the corner can't reach. Or at the sideline you can do back shoulder catches and the corner is basically stuck at your waist and can't defend unless they pull your arms down.

 

[tboyer]

Juwan Johnson played WR for us and is now a TE in the NFL. Maybe Troy Drayton did the same?

Good pt, Drayton was a very early example of this prototype. Johnson had all the tools, should have been a monster at PSU, just kind of lost his confidence for a season -- the wideout coaching was a mess at that time.

 

[ryoder1]

I haven't seen but based on high school film he would be in that range. Same kind of athlete as Colston Loveland. Runs like a smaller man. Short strider, like a running back. Thing is, if you're 6-5 with long arms and ball skills, you don't need to be faster than corners. You can give the QB 12 inches of target that the corner can't reach. Or at the sideline you can do back shoulder catches and the corner is basically stuck at your waist and can't defend unless they pull your arms down.

I think the only way this would fly with Olesh and his parents is to say we are going to use you all over the field like a Travis Kelce. Another poster mentioned this. So you will line up in the slot more like a WR, as a tight end and whatever else. Maybe try him on the outside as well. Tell him we want to use your athletic ability to get you the ball in different creative ways, blah, blah, blah. You can't just go to him and say we are weak at WR and need you there. If he has any sense he knows that the WR group is a total unknown for us. Poor production and a coach on shaky ground who has proven nothing in developing talent. Would need to assure him he would still be part of the TE room and will benefit from that coaching. Not sure of he could be a hybrid guy and participate in both rooms. I guess you could target having him fill out to about 230 and be a lighter TE.