Community Projections: Chris Ogbonnaya and Vondrell McGee

by Peter Bean on Jul 24, 2007 1:33 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns Football

Ogbonnaya or McGee? McGee or Ogbonnaya? If the debate over how good Charles can be is a hot topic among Longhorn fans, this question might be the more important one. Which among these two tailbacks will play Thunder to Charles' Lightning? And will there be a heavy complement to Charles?

I suspect that both these guys will get opportunities to prove themselves capable sidekicks to Charles. In fact, if Texas jumps out to an early big lead against Arkansas State, I'm sure we'll see Charles head to the sidelines and both Ogbonnaya and McGee get their chance to shine.

So, which one do you like more? Have you seen enough to draw any firm conclusions?

There's a lot of buzz surrounding McGee this summer, and he's flashed some real promise in his public scrimmage appearances. Ogbonnaya is more of a known commodity, though I, for one, believe he's got a lot more potential than many realize. I'll say it one more time: I see some Priest Holmes in Chris Ogbonnaya. That is, of course, a very good thing.

This is as hard a set of projections as we're going to work through, but we'll give it our best shot nonetheless. Your blog author gets the first crack:

Chris Ogbonnaya: 85 carries, 430 yards, 8 TD

Vondrell McGee: 75 carries, 300 yards, 2 TD

Your turn.

--PB--

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and how will they be utilized?

My guess is that McGee will come in to spell Jamaal exclusively. Ogbonnaya would be more likely to appear in a 2 RB set w/ Jamaal and in short yardage or red zone situations. (I wonder about Ogbonnaya's pass blocking abilities --something that Selvin improved dramatically over the years)

Personally, I would love to see us send Jamaal in motion much more often this year because, as he showed against Iowa, he kills most defenders in a foot race and can cause match-up problems all over a defense.

PB I think you are right about the TD totals, but I don't really see Ogbonnaya with more yards per than McGee given the fact that McGee will probably see a lot more garbage time.

by BMG on Jul 24, 2007 4:43 PM CDT reply actions

ogbonnaya by a hair....

chris will outshine vondrell but i think both can be effective. i haven't seen much of vondrell mcgee exept for the youtube video of his highschool highlights. the times that chris ran last year he always finished the runs hard. last year i was reluctantly calling for ogbonnaya when selvin and jamaal put the balls on the turf so many times. if i had to put into numbers what i'm expecting of C.O and V.M

chris - 650 yrds rushing 6 tds
vondrell - 450 yards rushing 3 tds (in mop up duty)

p.s.
what about the "FOZ" whittaker? very excited to see him in the first couple of games as well.

more UT, less cowbell

by kcc28 on Jul 24, 2007 7:30 PM CDT reply actions

Love Foz

But he's gonna redshirt. Put it in pen/stone.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Jul 24, 2007 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Who?

Who was that FB on the team a few years ago that seemed to score on every carry because they all came inside the 5? Was that Ivan Williams? I think that's what Chris O will be like this season: the red zone (and short yardage) pounder that Hank was supposed to be. I'll call 50 carries with 12 TDs.

...til Gabriel blows his horn

by BigTexBD on Jul 25, 2007 12:16 AM CDT reply actions