Here's what you need to know, for all of the bagging on Roushar, he runs a fairly similar offense to Scott Linehan of Detroit Lions fame. That involves frequent, early and wacky use of the Tight Ends. This year MSU lost two, Garrett Celek and Brian Linthicum. These are big shoes to fill and these two young men have their work cut out for them.
Josiah Price
Josiah Price committed to MSU on 6/23/2011 over offers from all of the MAC and Purdue, Minny, Illinois and Indiana. He was a recruit on the way up so I'm glad we snagged him when we did. Price was rated a three-star prospect by all three major recruiting services.
Price despite fitting the "Swiss Army Knife" profile (explained further below) he will certainly stick at TE. I remember Jim Comparoni reporting that Price had very, very soft hands and if there's anything MSU likes to do it's make sure their TE's are part of the passing game.
Success and YOUtube
What's to love about this guy? Well, he was the Keshawn Martin of his high school football team. He played in the slot, lined up at Split End, ran the zone read as the QB, but threw the ball as well as his Quarterback and he McGuffie'd a kid! He has great hands. What's not to love for all that athleticism his change of direction seemed a skosh unimpressive, but I'm really nitpicking. This is a great pickup.
2012 and Beyond Tea Leaves: Price will not redshirt in 2012. With Linthicum gone I think that Price has the best chance of stepping in and moving into that H-back role. This assumes no one from defense moves to TE in the Spring, I've got my eye on you Taiwan Jones.
Evan Jones
Evan Jones has a kingly beard. I am 32 and cannot grow facial hair so stately as the beard in this picture. Jones committed to MSU on 5/7/2011 over offers from WVa and a host of MAC schools. He is ranked a three-star prospect by all three major recruiting services and fits the bill of the Mark Dantonio Swiss Army Knife recruit.
The Swiss Army Knife recruit is typically recruited tall (6'4" - 6'6") and 240-250. They are recruited to be big, quick for their size and able to grow into a host of positions such as TE/DE/DT/OT. Ty's stony, rigid NFL mind is blown at the idea of recruiting someone of this size and seeing what he develops into. Yet, this is a specialty recruit of the more pro-style teams in the Big Ten, Ferentz and Bielema specifically.
For Further Examination We Turn To YOUtube
He has no youtube video. Here is Evan Jones the Singer/Songwriter singing Before That Bloody War.
I would expect a song called Before That Bloody War to be a bit more either light-hearted or more nostalgic. This just sounds tired, it could be that way because it's a tired war hero singing about better days, but that's not what I got out of it. He's got some hella-effects on that guitar and I don't think I've ever heard a song with a bass, accordion and acoustic guitar rigout only. So dap to him for not just going straight ahead on the typical folk rock stuff with just him and a guitar without some jazzing up.
2012 and Beyond Tea Leaves: MSU's Evan Jones will likely redshirt in 2012. It is my belief one Tight End will redshirt and it may be him or Price, but am going with Price based off his existent youtube video. This assumes that Dion Sims stays healthy which is a bit of a long shot(he hasn't yet). He will play significant minutes as early as 2013. What happens to singer/songwriter Evan Jones is that I suspect he will not see the field for MSU ever.
Josiah Price
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| Courtesy of Scout |
Price despite fitting the "Swiss Army Knife" profile (explained further below) he will certainly stick at TE. I remember Jim Comparoni reporting that Price had very, very soft hands and if there's anything MSU likes to do it's make sure their TE's are part of the passing game.
Success and YOUtube
What's to love about this guy? Well, he was the Keshawn Martin of his high school football team. He played in the slot, lined up at Split End, ran the zone read as the QB, but threw the ball as well as his Quarterback and he McGuffie'd a kid! He has great hands. What's not to love for all that athleticism his change of direction seemed a skosh unimpressive, but I'm really nitpicking. This is a great pickup.
2012 and Beyond Tea Leaves: Price will not redshirt in 2012. With Linthicum gone I think that Price has the best chance of stepping in and moving into that H-back role. This assumes no one from defense moves to TE in the Spring, I've got my eye on you Taiwan Jones.
Evan Jones
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| Courtesy of Scout |
The Swiss Army Knife recruit is typically recruited tall (6'4" - 6'6") and 240-250. They are recruited to be big, quick for their size and able to grow into a host of positions such as TE/DE/DT/OT. Ty's stony, rigid NFL mind is blown at the idea of recruiting someone of this size and seeing what he develops into. Yet, this is a specialty recruit of the more pro-style teams in the Big Ten, Ferentz and Bielema specifically.
For Further Examination We Turn To YOUtube
He has no youtube video. Here is Evan Jones the Singer/Songwriter singing Before That Bloody War.
I would expect a song called Before That Bloody War to be a bit more either light-hearted or more nostalgic. This just sounds tired, it could be that way because it's a tired war hero singing about better days, but that's not what I got out of it. He's got some hella-effects on that guitar and I don't think I've ever heard a song with a bass, accordion and acoustic guitar rigout only. So dap to him for not just going straight ahead on the typical folk rock stuff with just him and a guitar without some jazzing up.
2012 and Beyond Tea Leaves: MSU's Evan Jones will likely redshirt in 2012. It is my belief one Tight End will redshirt and it may be him or Price, but am going with Price based off his existent youtube video. This assumes that Dion Sims stays healthy which is a bit of a long shot(he hasn't yet). He will play significant minutes as early as 2013. What happens to singer/songwriter Evan Jones is that I suspect he will not see the field for MSU ever.
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