I gotta say, I disagree with Stanz's inclusion of Chase Allen on that list. I'm a huge Chase Allen fan, but I think you ignored your own selection process when you said you were going by production and depth at the position. TE is one of the deepest positions on the team and Campbell himself has said the most talented one, Easton Dean, hasn't even played yet.
I think one of the reasons (certainly not the only one) Allen is a perennial all-Big 12 selection is because who else are they gonna pick? There has been a lack not of talent, but of depth at the TE position over the last several years in the Big 12. When you get down to third team, 4th team (in some polls) and honorable mention, there is practically nobody left to choose.
If it was my list, I'd have put an interior defensive lineman on it, not because of past production, but because of a lack of depth there. Whoever wins spots in that rotation (Tucker Robertson and Latrell Bankston would be my guess), it would take one injury and we're left with the prospect of playing Joshua Bailey, who has played only in spot situations with very little production as a redshirt senior, or Isaiah Lee, who has played in 3 games for his career as a redshirt sophomore, or a true freshman Willis Singleton, or a walkon, or moving an undersized (for a DT) Eni into the middle. The thought of the interior line is frightening enough without an injury because we're relying on a group with very little experience, other than Robertson, and his playing time was limited last year, too, because of who played ahead of him.
I don't know, that's my opinion. Tell me what you think.
I think one of the reasons (certainly not the only one) Allen is a perennial all-Big 12 selection is because who else are they gonna pick? There has been a lack not of talent, but of depth at the TE position over the last several years in the Big 12. When you get down to third team, 4th team (in some polls) and honorable mention, there is practically nobody left to choose.
If it was my list, I'd have put an interior defensive lineman on it, not because of past production, but because of a lack of depth there. Whoever wins spots in that rotation (Tucker Robertson and Latrell Bankston would be my guess), it would take one injury and we're left with the prospect of playing Joshua Bailey, who has played only in spot situations with very little production as a redshirt senior, or Isaiah Lee, who has played in 3 games for his career as a redshirt sophomore, or a true freshman Willis Singleton, or a walkon, or moving an undersized (for a DT) Eni into the middle. The thought of the interior line is frightening enough without an injury because we're relying on a group with very little experience, other than Robertson, and his playing time was limited last year, too, because of who played ahead of him.
I don't know, that's my opinion. Tell me what you think.
