Tanner Farmer to wrestle after the bowl game

Can't blame him. Most olinemen have an intense desire to compete. And he's not being given the opportunity on the field.

 
If he has some success I could see him quit football...if he is not getting the looks with the football program and is given chance with the wrestling program it makes sense!

 
Good for Tanner. He was a stud in HS, and I am not in love with the OL roster management under Cav. Get in where you fit in, I guess.

So, Tanner is going to cut down to 285 lbs? What is his weight now? His Husker Bio says 310 lbs, but that can't be up to date.

Also, Collin Jensen, Nebraska's current HW, is no slouch. It will be interesting to see whether Farmer can push Jensen for mat-time.

 
It'll be good for him. When I was coaching I found that my best players were also wrestlers. Great way to work on balance, leverage and using the hands.

 
Tomhusker64 said:
It'll be good for him. When I was coaching I found that my best players were also wrestlers. Great way to work on balance, leverage and using the hands.
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It is fair to say the cross-sport improvements wrestling has on the OL is more noticeable in the run game over pass pro or did you see it in both?

 
Both, really. The hand play, footwork and leverage helps in pass blocking as much as run blocking.

Ball carriers who wrestled showed better balance and lowering of their center of gravity than noon wrestlers.

Not that any of this couldn't have been coached up, but it seemed to come more natural for wrestlers.

 
Tomhusker64 said:
Both, really. The hand play, footwork and leverage helps in pass blocking as much as run blocking.

Ball carriers who wrestled showed better balance and lowering of their center of gravity than noon wrestlers.

Not that any of this couldn't have been coached up, but it seemed to come more natural for wrestlers.
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It's also the fact that kids that only play football are only getting X time to improve in said area's, where as kids that do both are getting more time to improve on these fundamentals. A lot of the skill positions players I played football with ran track, the coach there really helped them with their form and they got faster every year.

 
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