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Starter Matt Linehan is out of the foot boot apparently and beginning to ease back into the swing of things. Should be getting a ton of reps during camp, hopefully he can make up for lost time after sitting out all of spring ball.
Speaking of spring ball, Jake Luton (the guy who got nearly all the spring first team reps in Linehan's absence) is officially transferring to Ventura College to play JC ball. Can't blame the guy, but this leaves Idaho with some serious questions at QB if Linehan goes down again. Kareem Coles announced his decision to transfer at the end of last year meaning that the only other QB on the roster with any sort of experience is Gunnar Amos the hometown kid from Couer d'Alene, and he hasn't taken a snap in a real game. Behind that is another redshirt freshman A.J Woodin and Petrino's kid Mason (maybe?).
You get the point, they're in deep shit if Matt's foot acts up again. I'd hope that he's working on getting the fuck down and learning to just get out of bounds instead of taking a big hit. He has the ability to make plays with his feet, but sometimes you just gotta know when to save yourself from some punishment. Maybe watching some Russ Wilson game film there brah.
Anyway a recent Sun Belt preview singled out Linehan as one of the top rising stars of the league this year (Sun Belt Football Preview 2016: Early Conference Lookahead -) and he was named fourth-team preseason all conference in another preview(Sun Belt Football 2016 All-Conference Team). Yeah, apparently fourth team is a thing. Point is he's getting some recognition. Personally I think he has potential to be a top 2 QB in the league this year, Taylor Lamb being the likely all-conference pick at year's end.
I bet he can kick a football a quarter mile:
The above articles also single out Austin "Uncle" Rehkow as the top punter and placekicker in the league with one naming him the best pro prospect in the league ( at punter, not placekicker). Not sure I agree with the latter part of that statement but it's still quite impressive. Of course, Rehkow benefits from punting in a dome and the last two punters at Idaho have both played briefly in the NFL with both having very little success. Maybe he breaks the trend here, who knows. He is the only player in the country on both the Ray Guy and Lou Groza watch lists after all.
More to come below......
Starter Matt Linehan is out of the foot boot apparently and beginning to ease back into the swing of things. Should be getting a ton of reps during camp, hopefully he can make up for lost time after sitting out all of spring ball.
Speaking of spring ball, Jake Luton (the guy who got nearly all the spring first team reps in Linehan's absence) is officially transferring to Ventura College to play JC ball. Can't blame the guy, but this leaves Idaho with some serious questions at QB if Linehan goes down again. Kareem Coles announced his decision to transfer at the end of last year meaning that the only other QB on the roster with any sort of experience is Gunnar Amos the hometown kid from Couer d'Alene, and he hasn't taken a snap in a real game. Behind that is another redshirt freshman A.J Woodin and Petrino's kid Mason (maybe?).
You get the point, they're in deep shit if Matt's foot acts up again. I'd hope that he's working on getting the fuck down and learning to just get out of bounds instead of taking a big hit. He has the ability to make plays with his feet, but sometimes you just gotta know when to save yourself from some punishment. Maybe watching some Russ Wilson game film there brah.
Anyway a recent Sun Belt preview singled out Linehan as one of the top rising stars of the league this year (Sun Belt Football Preview 2016: Early Conference Lookahead -) and he was named fourth-team preseason all conference in another preview(Sun Belt Football 2016 All-Conference Team). Yeah, apparently fourth team is a thing. Point is he's getting some recognition. Personally I think he has potential to be a top 2 QB in the league this year, Taylor Lamb being the likely all-conference pick at year's end.
I bet he can kick a football a quarter mile:
The above articles also single out Austin "Uncle" Rehkow as the top punter and placekicker in the league with one naming him the best pro prospect in the league ( at punter, not placekicker). Not sure I agree with the latter part of that statement but it's still quite impressive. Of course, Rehkow benefits from punting in a dome and the last two punters at Idaho have both played briefly in the NFL with both having very little success. Maybe he breaks the trend here, who knows. He is the only player in the country on both the Ray Guy and Lou Groza watch lists after all.
More to come below......
