Chris Potter is skinny, Michael Atkinson is large, and other observations from Boise State's offseason weight update
by Kevan Lee on Mar 9, 2011 9:34 AM PST
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PrintThe Boise State roster now features updated weights on all Bronco players, so I did what any normal Bronco fan would do with this information - put it into a spreadsheet, compared it to the previous weights, and blogged about it. I am very normal, please don't tell me otherwise.
The following are the results. We all owe strength and conditioning coach Tim Socha a round of applause.
Note: The previous weights I had available were the ones from Boise State's roster at the start of the 2010 season. The Boise State athletic office has refused my repeated requests to be updated weekly on the weights of all players. I will continue to ask.
The Top Five heaviest players on the Boise State football team
- DT Michael Atkinson - 320 pounds
- DT Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe - 307 pounds
- DT J.P. Nisby - 301 pounds
- OT Nate Potter - 300 pounds
- OG Joe Kellogg - 299 pounds
The most notable change here is that the T-A-T is now even bigger than before. He gained 15 pounds from his last weigh-in, knocking Chase Baker from the ranks of the enormous.
The Top Five skinniest players on the Boise State football team
- WR Chris Potter - 158 pounds
- CB Bryan Douglas - 162 pounds
- WR Alexander Miles - 168 pounds
- (tie) CB Josh Borgman - 172 pounds / CB Ebo Makinde - 172 pounds
- CB Jerrell Gavins - 174 pounds
So if my math is correct, Michael Atkinson weighs two Chris Potters.
Also, when WR Dallas Burroughs and DB Lee Hightower join the team this fall, they will crack the top five, both weighing in at 170 pounds. Tim Socha will have them at Carl's Jr. immediately.
Update: Boise State added Michael Frisina to the roster after I finished writing this story. Frisina is a walk-on kicker who weighs 153 pounds. Jimmy Pavel could easily bench press him.
Boise State's biggest loser
Congratulations to WR Alexander Miles for losing 12 pounds over the last year in an apparent quest for a Body by Jeremy Avery Calves. It's working for you, son. Keep it up.
Here are the top five weight losers from last year to now:
- WR Alexander Miles - (-12) pounds
- NB Hunter White - (-11) pounds
- LB Allen Mooney - (-9) pounds
- P Brad Elkin - (-8) pounds
- DT Michael Atkinson - (-7) pounds
Boise State's biggest gainer
Losing weight and feeling skinny is great and all, but the majority of the Boise State players are hoping to put on pounds. That's how strength and conditioning coach Tim Socha earns his money and fills out his Pie Hole punch card. More muscle = more weight = MWC trophies = chicks. Or something like that.
It should come as no surprise then that the biggest weight gainer of the year is grayshirt DE Tyler Horn whose sole purpose while grayshirting was to build his body up to NCAA football size. Mission accomplished, I'd say. Many people couldn't add 31 pounds if they tried. (Challenge ... accepted!)
- DE Tyler Horn - +31 pounds
- NB Jonathan Brown - +23 pounds
- DE Justin Jungblut - +21 pounds
- C Greg Dohmen - +20 pounds
- LB Robbie Lusk - +19 pounds
Of note: Byron Hout gained 17 pounds from his last weigh-in. He is now a 240-pound linebacker wrecking ball from hell.
The complete list of weight changes
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Your turn
What do you think of these weight changes? Surprised at someone's size (or lack of it)? Confused how Michael Atkinson could actually have lost seven pounds? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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Normal-Yes it is
You just saved the rest of us from doing it.
I think it is good for Bacon to silm a little, that is a lot of weight to carry around on the knees for the season. He may be the first Bronco to hit and land on a QB so hard they just Spontaneously combust.
"Every Damn Day."- Coach Pete
omg...those hedges are gonna get trimmed sooo bad (avg 306#?! 1,530 lb O-line??)
"… There are so many times in life that you’re just extremely disappointed and depressed and in the tank and you still have to perform and you still have to rally and you still have to move forward and that’s, to me, the lesson right now. That’s true toughness when you can perform at your best when you just don’t feel like it." Coach Petersen Nov, 2010
oooohhhh yeah, georgia DOME...forgot, since i don't hang out there
“omg…those METAPHYSICAL hedges are gonna get trimmed sooo bad!!! (avg 306?!? a 1,530 lb O-line?!!?)”
seriously??, that just sounds so “finally at that level”-ish
talk about your ’big-time"program!!!
"… There are so many times in life that you’re just extremely disappointed and depressed and in the tank and you still have to perform and you still have to rally and you still have to move forward and that’s, to me, the lesson right now. That’s true toughness when you can perform at your best when you just don’t feel like it." Coach Petersen Nov, 2010
Makes you wonder why they warn us about playing AQs
One of the common problems the talking heads claim BSU faces trying to compete with the AQs week in and week out is the 300lb linemen that would wear down our linemen. It would seem that they have never looked at the BSU roster. We can stack our beef up against their beef anyday. Man, I can’t wait until Fall!
"Gandhi didn't take a knee, Martin Luther King didn't take a knee, Thomas Edison didn't take a knee, and I sure as hell am not going to take a knee." -- Dan Hawkins
It would seem that they have never looked at the BSU roster.
No, they receive all Boise State player information from Mark Johnson.
Championships should be earned on the field, not in newspapers or computers.
I find the word "supple" to almost always sound creepy.
This is no exception.
Not that it isn’t a nice, descriptive adjective. It is. Just makes you wonder how the person using the term looks at the person being described.
"Shiloh Keo got a MOUTHFUL of Doug Martin!" - Joe Tessitore
by D_Summit on Mar 10, 2011 8:50 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Whoa D! I get little deliberately hyperbolic sometimes in the interest of adding some literary juice.
My Random House has as its 1st def of “supple” “able to bend easily”, and also says “flexible”. I don’t know of a better way to describe what a DT needs to do extremely well, and this is Winn’s special gift. His “bend/twist” move in the interior is EXACTLY what gives our D-line its quality (DEs do this too, but they got the outer edge space to help them which DT doesn’t).
That’s the context; that’s what I meant. That’s what’s going on in my mind; I don’t know (or care) about yours.
PS “Coiled steel” which modifies supple is used so often it is practically hackneyed but I went with this anyway. I’ve run across it farily often; obviously our reading tastes vary. TVM
tvmunson
I didn't assume you were being creepy,
although rereading my comment, especially the last statement, I can see why you might become defensive. No presumptions were made about your intentions. Promise!
"Shiloh Keo got a MOUTHFUL of Doug Martin!" - Joe Tessitore
by D_Summit on Mar 10, 2011 11:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
it's a touchy thing
supple can imply use of one’s fingers to bend/twist…not always, but the potential is there for the term to be used post-manipulation. TVM is technically correct in using it, but that doesn’t erase the visual connotation. I think “literary juice” is cool, Munson. I want to try to work it into a post sometime. And, back to the point of the article, you’re right. Winn is a super-athlete using his 290 to destroy opponents. Great effort and heart.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Maya Angelou
BSU changes the BCS! 2011
by boiseblues on Mar 10, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Potter better stay away from Atkinson
I would hate to see what would happen if Atkinson fell on Potter. Snap, Crackle, Pop!
"Gandhi didn't take a knee, Martin Luther King didn't take a knee, Thomas Edison didn't take a knee, and I sure as hell am not going to take a knee." -- Dan Hawkins
Bacon has bowel movements the size of Chris Potter, sorta like the tricertop's ones Sam Neill dug into in "Juraissic Park".
Pleasant image, no?
tvmunson
Jeez Munson.
One minute I’m liking your literary juice, and the next you’re gross. Versatile fellow.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Maya Angelou
BSU changes the BCS! 2011
T-n-T had lost a few lbs from high school when he red-shirted. He played close to this weight in hs-and now it's
all Coach Soscha’s Customized Beef Extravaganza.
tvmunson
I'm 5'10' (legit) and I could eat an apple off his head and would have to bend over to do it.
He of course would then rip my entire head off and shove it up my *, a place many believe it already is.
tvmunson
Holy crap
Dan Paul is up to 250 now?? there isnt much fat on that dude either. I feel sorry for whichever LB/DB is getting smashed by him. The run game this year is going to be nuts.
by Agent_Orange1982 on Mar 9, 2011 11:57 AM PST reply actions
Dan Paul
Are they going to turn him into a Tight End, for blocking anyway?
"Every Damn Day."- Coach Pete
by Broncograd96 on Mar 9, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know if we need too
Our Tight ends are big! I love their size. Efaw is still a little small at 6.4 240. But the other guys Tyler and Chandler have some beef to them.
by 4EverBleedBlue on Mar 10, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Crap, I'm also regretting the phrase
“Tyler and Chandler have some beef to them.”
by 4EverBleedBlue on Mar 10, 2011 1:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Doug
is 5’9" and 215lbs now. Not that he gained a lot of weight, but that is a recipe for further demolition of opposing teams defenses. I can’t wait…
"What I did on my summer vacation" by Bronco Football Team, (Petersen, C., et al), 2011. (or, "how I got all bulked-up for our big game next January")
"… There are so many times in life that you’re just extremely disappointed and depressed and in the tank and you still have to perform and you still have to rally and you still have to move forward and that’s, to me, the lesson right now. That’s true toughness when you can perform at your best when you just don’t feel like it." Coach Petersen Nov, 2010
just a note...
The correct math would be two Chris Potters equals one Michael Atkinson + 2 double Big Jud burgers
“So if my math is correct, Michael Atkinson weighs two Chris Potters.”
by lifelongbronco on Mar 9, 2011 2:32 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I have not had lunch at Big Jud's
For a long time. Love the burgers.
"Every Damn Day."- Coach Pete
by Broncograd96 on Mar 9, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
No more Jud's for me; have to get down to 175 or its HBP medicine/insulin resitance treatment for me. (sniff)
Need to lose almost 40 lbs; aint gonna’ be easy.
tvmunson
That sucks
But better to have your health then a burger. What you need to do is find one of the TCU cheer team for a personal trainer. Then you would have no problem getting up early every and working out…..
And you would be thinking about things other then food….
"Every Damn Day."- Coach Pete
by Broncograd96 on Mar 9, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd; I'm sure one of them is saying to herself " I wonder when a middle-aged impecunious overwright man will
step into my life (sigh)"-especially one of the brunettes I pointed out-muy caliente
tvmunson
correction on my math actually...
1 Michael Atkinson equals 2 Chris Potters + 2 Double Big Juds… I think I just had the Image of Atkinson downing 2 double Big Juds while I was typing it…
by lifelongbronco on Mar 9, 2011 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Thoughts.
Geo. Iloka at 6’3 and 216 is impressive size at safety.
Holden Huff at 6’6 and 205 better get himself to Chuck-A-Rama. That is one lightweight TE.
Kharyee Marshall might be a little nervous about losing his speed, but I think a DE at a top 10 program should weigh more than 216.
I should not be this excited about reading guys’ weights.
by Rand McNalley on Mar 9, 2011 3:21 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Agreed, love George's size
I really think next years NFL draft could be a huge one for the Broncos. George, Billy, Shea (?), Martin, probably Atkinson, Moore, Potter (Nate that is), and probably a few more.
by 4EverBleedBlue on Mar 10, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
You're right
And if Hout has a big enough year possibly him as well.
by 4EverBleedBlue on Mar 10, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Marshall has added about 12 lbs since he got here; when you figure what he brought is mo' solid
due to Socha, ain’t bad. But agree that’s light LB weight, not even Div I DE weight. I agree re discussion: talk of weight, “tight ends”, “soft hands”, guys who “move well”-can get a littl Castro district over here On the ’Nug.
tvmunson
Never thought of it that way.....
"Boise State football is now a Fargo winter. You know what's coming, and that information does you no good whatsoever". Matt James / The Fresno Bee
by blue4areason on Mar 10, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Dan Paul
How are his legs 
THAT much bigger than those two’s? you can see why he drives people back 10 yards almost every block
KELLEN MOORE FOR HEISMAN
by ASP1223 on Mar 9, 2011 10:48 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I guess Kellen decided he was perfect just the way he is.
I agree…..sigh.
Ehheehmmm anyways, loved the spread sheet, I too should not get any where near as excited as I did reading the weights of a bunch of guys. Or should I…..
by 4EverBleedBlue on Mar 10, 2011 11:39 AM PST reply actions
Look, it's football. It all starts with one guy bending over and another guy shoving his hands between his legs.
No Kevan NO NO NO !!!!
tvmunson
Ok, this is where I back away slowly........
"Boise State football is now a Fargo winter. You know what's coming, and that information does you no good whatsoever". Matt James / The Fresno Bee
by blue4areason on Mar 10, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So, Keven is the police huh?
Good to know.
"Boise State football is now a Fargo winter. You know what's coming, and that information does you no good whatsoever". Matt James / The Fresno Bee
by blue4areason on Mar 11, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
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