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Trevor Etienne reveals why he opted for NFL, ‘thankful’ for Kirby Smart and Georgia
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Trevor Etienne reveals why he opted for NFL, ‘thankful’ for Kirby Smart and Georgia
MOBILE, Ala. — Trevor Etienne is off and running at the Senior Bowl, ready to realize a dream.
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He was fine here, but not a world beater. Ready for Nate and the rest to ball out!
I think another year at Georgia would have made him a lot more money.
I don't get the dynamic part. Shoot Kenny McIntosh built himself into an NFL player. TE used Georgia for some kind of chance. As for dynamic, nope don't see it. This is the world we live in now. Guess you have to make it while there's still tread on the tires.
TE is looking at an NFL that all-of-a-sudden, appears to be valuing RBs again. Barkley, Henry, Gibbs, Bijon, Jacobs, Taylor, and don't forget James Cook in Buffalo! More and more NFL defenses are leaning on the 2 high safety approach as part of how they try to confuse QBs (to slow down the RPO). 2 high means no safety in the box (or cheating in to the line of scrimmage) which gives the RB a little more room to operate. Still gotta catch the ball and step in to a blitzer in pass protection, which TE does. But he's smallish …
Just really torn on this. I get the transfer to UGA from florida. Heck, you’d go most anywhere to get away from florida, but I just never got a strong feeling that he was here to be HERE. I thank him for his efforts and contributions and wish him well but I don’t know how strongly I feel about a one-and-done effort. Maybe if he wasn’t hurt for so many games but it really does make you feel used. It was the same thing with Yurosek.
But that is where college football is.
I get it. Playing running back in the SEC can be a daunting task injury wise. Look at all the serious knee injuries UGA running backs have had in the past 10 years. To have an NFL career diminished by an injury in his final college year is a real possibility. I like Etienne, but 1 and done at UGA doesn't make you a Dawg. I wish him luck and hope he succeeds in the NFL.
According to some DAWG fans Travis just wasn't any good.-LOL!
I honestly felt sorry for him having to run behind our O-line. If you don't think backs need creases to be able to run look no further than the Notre Dame backs who go what? 50-60 yards against us? 16 rushes for 56 yards. Love is projected as perhaps the top RB in the draft next year. No back is going to do well running into a wall of defenders at the line of scrimmage.
He gave everything he had to our program. Respect!
It's fair to wonder what Georgia offered Trevor to return for another year — $1 million would equal what he'd get as a third rounder in year one with signing bonus — seems to me he'd be worth it, but, you never know….
Mike you may be undervaluing Trevor somewhat. I think Trevor is evey bit as good as Cook coming out of college. Like Cook, Trevor will be a swiss army knife. Cook a more polished pass catcher and Trevor IMO a better runner between the tackles coming out of college.
James Cook signed a 4 Years, $5,832,057 contract with the Buffalo Bills on May 13, 2022. The contract runs through the 2025 season and has an average annual value of $1,458,014. It also came with a $1,421,496 signing bonus and $2,391,590 guaranteed.
I think Trevor will show well at the combine putting him around the same draft position as Cook. It seems like he's feeling healthy at this point and whose to say this time next season if he feels the same.
David1—-Totally agree.
Could the “why” possibly be … money? And that makes sense to me.