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What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 18, 2022, 2:22 PM
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A few years ago it was said he would be starting center as a freshman. We haven’t heard his name since!
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 18, 2022, 2:28 PM
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He's only been in the program for 1 year, He wasn't expected to start as a true freshman.
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And he was coming off a year where he
Feb 18, 2022, 2:34 PM
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Didn’t have a senior year of hs football
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 18, 2022, 3:29 PM
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Those were bad lol.
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 18, 2022, 3:33 PM
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Meh, take Tnet rankings with a grain of salt, he wasn’t the number one center via the composite rankings, and was an best 4th in all the services besides Rivals who had him 1…. That said he’s 6’4 280+ lbs…. A year in the system and the weight room, unless he’s not learning protections and the playbook he should be a beast and starting.
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 19, 2022, 2:33 PM
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He dropped about a 100 spots by the time the final recruit rankings were released. Most likely due to not playing football his senior year.
Still, I’m excited about having him on the team, and I think he’s going to make us proud.
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Like many of our IOL recruits
Feb 18, 2022, 2:54 PM
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He came in very small. I think 275-280. At that size it’ll take 2-3 years before making an impact. Hoping he gives us a good year or two eventually. Hoping he isn’t the next Will Putnam.
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 18, 2022, 3:02 PM
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I don't know why anyone thought he would be the starting center as a true freshman. One, not everyone rated him so high. Secondly, he was rated sometimes just inside the top 300 and other times just inside the top 100. Finally, that's one of the hardest most complex positions on the field. He needs to mature, get stronger, and know the system. Of course he isn't starting as a true frosh. I will be happy with redshirt sophomore year he would be out guy for a couple of years.
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Freshman OL used to automatically be destined for at least a
Feb 18, 2022, 3:15 PM
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Red Shirt year.
Most were not expected to contribute to the depth of the OL (nevermind about starting) for a couple of years.
Seeing a guy come in and start on the OL as a freshman as once considered all but unthinkable.
Now we ask “What happened to ...?” When a kid isn’t ready as soon as he hits campus.
And with the d.@.m.n portal, we will probably see a lot of potentially great, but unprepared OL bolting when they don't play as freshmen.
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Dave Rimington (of the award) was 3rd team as a freshman
Feb 18, 2022, 4:26 PM
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Just as an example.
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Re: Dave Rimington (of the award) was 3rd team as a freshman
Feb 18, 2022, 7:45 PM
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Mitch Hyatt says hi
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Oh ... hi Mitch.
Feb 18, 2022, 9:30 PM
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Good to see you.
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 18, 2022, 3:16 PM
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he's small. Needed time to develop physically.
I don't know why people thought he could play right away. I guess he should have been a 4 star, not 5.
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 18, 2022, 3:29 PM
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We desperately need him to be ready. I hope he is.
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 18, 2022, 3:44 PM
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Come in at 280 without reading has he put on some weight?
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 19, 2022, 3:42 PM
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Going against Bresee in high school and presumably college should flatten the learning curve.
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It's a fair question. Listed at 6-3, 300 going into 2022 as
Feb 18, 2022, 3:41 PM
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a RS Freshman. I think others here are missing the point; it isn't so much that he didn't start as a true freshman, but rather that in a season that saw a ridiculous number of injuries on the O-Line that resulted in serious depth issues all across the line and players changing position and shuffling around, Linthicum was a complete ghost. Furthermore, when talking about the O-line for 2022, he barely gets a mention or a thought, all after being the #1 center in the nation out of high school. We've had highly touted freshemn start and do extremely well on the O-line in recent years, so it's an excellent question, and one that I don't have an answer for either, except can only speculate that he needs more time to develop. His uncle actually lives here in Greenville, and if I see him anytime soon, I'll see if I can get any info.
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Re: It's a fair question. Listed at 6-3, 300 going into 2022 as
Feb 18, 2022, 3:49 PM
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Thanks ST. Seen you mentioned 300 so 20 lbs in a year; if so I believe that’s pretty dang good and it’s still only February.
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the mental part is probably
Feb 18, 2022, 3:52 PM
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more difficult than the physical part at this point.
OL is a cerebral position.
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Re: It's a fair question. Listed at 6-3, 300 going into 2022 as
Feb 18, 2022, 7:47 PM
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This was exactly what I was thinking when I made my OP. Then I came across his Twitter that I posted. He seems focused. I think he will see some PT this year for sure.
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 18, 2022, 9:39 PM
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A true freshman last year that had Covid derail his HS senior year. A normal OL is ready his RS SO year to contribute physically. Some special ones can do it earlierer.
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 19, 2022, 9:37 AM
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Are you new to football? A virgin?
Come on, man, this is #### grade school crap.
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Re: What has happened with Ryan Linthicum?
Feb 19, 2022, 7:39 PM
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Wishful thinking...They are always a day one starter until
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Feb 19, 2022, 1:57 PM
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