2 DAYS TO KICKOFF: Tysyn Hartman
by BracketCat on Sep 1, 2011 12:00 AM CDT
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Position: Defensive Back Previous College: None Projection: Starter Status: On Scholarship |
Tysyn Hartman (b. Aug. 9, 1989) is perhaps not as highly regarded as some other Wichita-area players (the brothers Brown, Chris Harper, DeMarcus Robinson, etc.), but he has earned Bill Snyder's faith and trust nonetheless.
That much was in evidence when he was selected to accompany Arthur Brown, Collin Klein and Snyder to Big 12 Media Days, despite coming off what likely was his toughest season as a starting safety.
Yet in the midst of his struggles — some due to injury recovery, some due to scheme and some due simply to fundamental breakdowns in tackling — he never relinquished his starting role. I think that's pretty telling.
Hartman is part of the tradition of other K-State quarterbacks-turned-safeties who have preceded (Marcus Watts) and followed (Ty Zimmerman) him. Free safety is as cerebral a position as there is on the defensive side, after all.
With Brown in front of him, and David Garrett and Zimmerman beside him, Hartman's weaknesses won't be as apparent and his strengths will be allowed to shine, hopefully. Another year to get healthier should help, as well.
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I'm also optimistic about Hayes as his coach now
He has tons of experience and I hope he can help the DBs improbe
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Something seems wrong here
Bio says Tysyn is 6-3.
I mentioned I have been seeing Brandon Harold in the Union lately. I looked up his old bio and he is listed at 6-5.
I just saw Tysyn in the Union yesterday and there is no way he is merely 2" shorter than Brandon. Granted, I didn’t see them standing next to each other, but 2" probably wouldn’t be noticed when seeing these 2 guys individually on 2 consecutive days, and I noticed a distinct difference in height. For all practical purposes it doesn’t really matter though. It won’t matter on Saturdays, and I know these numbers get inflated a bit in media guides and such.
Take whatever the media guide says and subtract an inch...at least
As we saw when D. Sproles went to the NFL Combine, our book was off by an inch and a half.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
but taking an inch or two of both still only makes them 2" different.
That was my main point, not that the media guide was saying they are taller than they are. I think they are more like 5" different.
Like I said, doesn’t really matter, just an observation I made.
Oh yeah. Der.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
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