Surprise!! Margus Hunt playing SMU Football?

by **Cadillac** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:50 pm

while clearly I'm not saying that Hunt will go on to be an NFL player, I'm a big fan of another player from the former Soviet Union, Igor Olshansky. Igor didn't play football until his Jr. year of high school, yet still managed to get a scholarship to Oregon and picked up in the 2nd round (IIRC) of the NFL draft.

Looking on the upside, Hunt appears to have the tools and drive to succeed. Surely there are football related skills that he may not have (I have no idea how well shot-put and discus translate), but conversely, he's not coming in with any bad football habits either. A blank canvas if you will. Hopefully he'll get a red-shirt year out there and we'll have back-doored a solution on the Dline.

-CoS

by **Stallion** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:59 pm

You know SMU has tried this at least two other times with World Class Track(Shotput/Discus) guys over the last 25 years or so. Unfortunately, neither kid got on the field. I remember a Robert Weir kid in the 1980s but we had better players back then too. It would help if he had strengths that translated to specific skills-like a 3rd down pass rush specialist. Pretty hard to teach the entire set of skills need to play a position to a kid w/o Football background especially if he hasn't even played high school football.

by **mrydel** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:05 pm

Michael Carter did ok. Yes I know that he had extensive FB background also.

We had a BB player come out while I was there. He lined up at wide receiver, got one throw over the middle and was hammered. That was his first and last day. But at least he tried.

by **MustangIcon** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:07 pm

abezontar wrote:
Scoops wrote:
Dooby wrote:Can we officially declare our administrative problems with getting transfers dead?
Sadly ... no.

Why not?

I second Kiki's question.

by **Cadillac** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:08 pm

lol, that's a good point, Shot-Puts and Discus don't hit back!

As a walk on, this kid should be a good risk. Hell, compare him to this guy:

http://www.smu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=50224

and I'll take Hunt every time.

-CoS

by **davidsmu94** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:18 pm

Margus is the best athlete on Campus.... here I thought Wollman was able to keep the secret? Anyway, Why don't we have a track team? Margus would get between 15- 20 points by himself at nationals..

by **ponyboy** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:41 pm

Here's a photo of Margus:

by **smupony** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:54 pm

Brace yourself, an redshirt/years to play question:

He has been on campus since 2007. Is that when his proverbial clock starts? Or does it start this Fall? By the way, he will be 22 years old in July.

by **Stallion** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:55 pm

starts when he entered school.

by **White Helmet** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:03 pm

3 years left to play 3

by **SMU21TCU10** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:25 pm

I bet he dominates

by **ALEX LIFESON** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:05 pm

I heard about this guy last week, thought it was too crazy to believe. I also heard, he did more reps with 225lb's, than anyone else on the team. At 6'7 270, and runs a 4.6, just point at the qb and say, "go crush that guy!"

by **Cadillac** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:18 pm

ALEX LIFESON wrote:I heard about this guy last week, thought it was too crazy to believe. I also heard, he did more reps with 225lb's, than anyone else on the team. At 6'7 270, and runs a 4.6, just point at the qb and say, "go crush that guy!"

Ok, so IF he goes on to meet with success on the field, does this mean we can call him "The Waterboy?"

-CoS

by **Hoop Fan** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:27 pm

waterboy? heck with that, I'm thinking Ivan Drago of Rocky IV infamy.

by **ALEX LIFESON** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:02 pm

I was thinking the same thing. "I MUST BREAK YOU"

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