Sewo Olonilua question for TCU fans here

Parcells4Life said:

I love Sewo! He’s an absolute hoss. In college he had speed to bounce it outside as well. If you want to see his best game turn on the Cheez It bowl in 2018.
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Kaiser said:

Thanks. Any thoughts on his blocking? It really seems like his pass protection will determine if he is on the active roster or practice squad.

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Kaiser said:

Useless Cowboy Trivia: What happened on October 2nd, 2016?

Answer: It was the last time a Cowboy Fullback had a rushing attempt when Keith Jones got 2 yards against the 49ers.

Yes, we have hit the backup fullback portion of the offseason. I’m intrigued by UDFA Sewo Olonilua from TCU and wonder what TCU fans here think of the guy.

I’d like to hear what the TCU guys here think, Olonilua is a very interesting candidate to replace Olawale at FB. It seems clear the question is whether he can handle pass blocking from that position, on rushing and receiving he looks like an upgrade. On Special Teams he likely is an upgrade as well.

Last year Dallas resigned Olawale to a 3 year contract with a 1.8 Million signing bonus and 2.8 Million guaranteed. Kellen Moore didn’t call a run from Olawale and only called 2 pass plays to him. The previous year Olawale had no carries and 4 targets (2 catches for 13 years). Clearly Olawale was signed for blocking and Special Teams. If you look at McCarthy’s teams, he didn’t didn’t carry a FB in his last season in GB but in 2017 Aaron Ripkowski had 5 rushes for 13 yards. In 2016 he had 34 carries for 150 yards.

Sewo Olonilua is 6’3” 240 pounds with a 4.66 40. He has good power but not enough true run skills to be rated higher than a 7th round pick by Brugler. But if you look at him moving to FB, he can run with power, lead blocks well, lined up at the Slot at TCU and projects as an excellent Special Teams player.

From the writeups, this seems to be the comparison of Olonilua to Olawale:

Blocking: This is the key but an advantage to Olawale on experience in blitz pickups. Olawale blocks well while Olonilua’s profile from Brugler says “eager blocker” but later says “sloppy and unreliable in pass pro”. Love to hear what TCU fans think here.

Rushing: Advantage Olonilua. Likely a moot point because Dallas doesn’t run. Olawale only has 55 rushing attempts in 7 NFL seasons.

Receiving: Advantage to Olonilua based on his college tape.

Special Teams: Probably a push but Olonilua seems to have more upside. This is probably what makes the roster decision at the end of camp.

BTW, if you cut Olawale you save 500K on the cap this year and 1.4MM next year.


What do the TCU fans think of him taking over the Fullback position?

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dwreck27 said:

Does Moore even like the FB position??


Wasted roster spot in my eyes if were carrying one

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dwreck27 said:

Does Moore even like the FB position??


Wasted roster spot in my eyes if were carrying one

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Kaiser said:

McCarthy gave Ripkowski 34 carries in 2016 as his Fullback like I mentioned in the OP. Here is a 30 second video of some of those runs and some excellent lead blocks:

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xwalker said:

It's possible that he could make it as the 3rd RB with Olawale also making the team.

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beware_d-ware said:

Boise State used an H-back to pretty good effect while Moore was playing there, but that was 10 years ago. I don't think he had any interest in using one on offense last year.

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John813 said:

That dude flamed out fast there. I thought he was going to be there a while to replace KUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNN but only stayed another year or two and is out of the league.

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Kaiser said:

That's a great point, Olawale was a practice squad player who played TE at UNT before Dallas converted him to FB. At a minimum Olonilua could be a good PS developmental project.

I still want the TCU fans that watched him in college weigh in.

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Doc50 said:

My son was at TCU, and knows Sewo (pronounced Shay-wo).
Says he's a fun guy, kinda quiet, and has excellent work ethic. Strong and solid, but has less than optimal balance. Nice straight line speed, but tends to get knocked down as he bowls over the tackler. Can catch, but not contested.
Great athlete, takes pride, and will be solid on ST.
Could possibly be stashed on PS.

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beware_d-ware said:

Boise State used an H-back to pretty good effect while Moore was playing there, but that was 10 years ago. I don't think he had any interest in using one on offense last year.

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Kaiser said:

It seems like those guys have a short half life, the only FB I really liked recently was Tony Fiammetta and he only lasted one season because of concussions. He could destroy people on lead blocks, but that was probably part of the reason he didn't last long.

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jaythecowboy said:

I never got why they didn't run Olawale. Supposedly the rationale for only carrying two running backs was Olawale could handle that as well. But they put Pollard in short yardage situations where it would have been better to have Olawale's power.

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Kaiser said:

You are right, I knew it was Keith Smith, the converted LB we played pretty well at that spot. No idea how I braincramped that into Keith Jones. At least I didn't write Keith Richards.

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CalPolyTechnique said:

Well, you’re genuinely dumb, so that would be explain the brain cramps.

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CalPolyTechnique said:

Well, you’re genuinely dumb, so that would be explain the brain cramps.

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xwalker said:

He had a play where Pollard and Olawale would align on opposite sides of Dak. At the snap they would cross with each moving towards the opposite side OT. At least once they ran a combination RPO/read-option off that play.

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