The Lions' Pride

Exactly! I don't know why everyone is so worried about it. He's probably 16-17 years old. Gilliam went from 262 to 297 in one year under Fitz. If BOB and the coaching staff think he is capable of adding the necessary weight needed to play OT then we should trust that. If not, then he is athletic enough to play TE or DE. Some people act like just because he was offered at one position that he HAS to play that position for the rest of his life no matter what.

Or, they have a vested interest in getting that large to achieve many of their ultimate goals of the NFL. Let's not act like we're doing these kids a huge disservice by giving them a scholarship to play football and go to a great university for free....all the while giving them a great chance to potentially make millions by playing a game.

Given the discussion about weight with Beh, I found this article to be appropriate, especially this part:

"Our eyes deceive us sometimes," said one college coach with a laugh. "Lots of schools get scared off by how heavy a lineman is -- or isn't -- or why he doesn't have more offers or is only rated a two-star and they'd rather go for the big, heavy kid rather than a kid 40-50 pounds lighter who is 6-4 or 6-5 and has much better feet. A lot of times that (heavier, higher-ranked) kid may dominate just because he's mauls people in high school but what happens when he's got to play in space against much faster people?"

..."There is such a need for good foot quickness, balance and agility, and those things are very hard to find," said Jones, who apparently is a pretty shrewd evaluator/developer of talent.