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It's more a curiosity than anything. I imagine he has or will drop some of that D-Line belly fat.That is ONE big TE, He must have slimmed down or is going to be used mainly as a blocking TE? Listed as 6'3" #287
He did run a 4.89 40 at the combine, so not bad for a man of his size. For comparison, Sternberger ran a 4.75
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It's hard to know what the thinking is here. Gutekunst has been accumulating injury backups for the stretch run, Grant (when Adams turf toe was uncertian) then Veldheer with Bulaga always uncertain. This may be an attempt to have a blocking TE backup in the hip pocket in case Lewis goes down. None of the other TEs, including Baylis on the PS, are good blockers. Or they're giving him a look as a possible Lewis replacement for next season for blocking duty.
He was a 4 year varsity starter on the O-Line in high school and a a first-team Associated Press All-State Class 7A selection on the offensive line as a senior per the Cal notes linked below, in Florida no less, so it's not like this is totally out of the blue.
https://calbears.com/sports/football/roster/james-looney/9048
It's kind of interesting they gave him #49, a number typically given to an H-back who would so some blocking out of the backfield. Or maybe all the 80's numbers were taken.
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