"He's a fullback," said Hunt. "That's an entirely different position."

Tony Hunt:

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 233

Age: 23

Experience: 2nd Season

College: Penn State

I'm sure that this wasn't what he expected his NFL career to be like so far......

He's got the college football pedigree. Star runningback at a Big Ten conference school (Penn State). Second on their all time yardage list. And now he's taking snaps at Fullback.

That's right, the 2nd all-time leading rusher in Penn State history is taking snaps at Fullback with the first team offense with the Eagles. He's got decent size for a fullback, but I'm pretty sure that he would need to bulk up some more in order to assume the position. In the Eagles offensive scheme the Fullback is for intents and purposes nothing more than a blocker. They need to be able to pick up the blitzer, or clear a hole for Westbrook to run through. They occassionally catch a pass out of the backfield, or run the ball up the middle, but not with regularity.

I had made a passing comment about moving Hunt to fullback in a previous post, but he's a halfback, and he showed it in the last Thursday preseason game with Carolina. Especially in the 50 yard TD run to take the lead. Hunt took the handoff over the right side, and then cut it back all-the-way back across the field, and took it to the endzone. However he hasn't shown very much of that ability since being drafted. Besides, It would appear that the Eagles roster has been filled at runningback by: Westbrook, Buchalter, and Booker. Leaving Tony Hunt and Ryan Moats as the odd men out. However, Hunt has been getting noticed on special teams. Combine that with the the fact that no one has stepped up to assume the role of fullback, and that explains why he has been given the opportunity to make the 53 man roster.

Tony Hunt is an every down kind of halfback, and gets better as the games moves on. This doesn't make him a fit with the Eagles, and so I say to you, Tony Hunt, "Happy Trails!" I just don't see him being able to make the transition to fullback from halfback, and he shouldn't have to either. He's better suited at halfback, and should get picked up by another team if let go.

I had never seen him play in college, but from what I have seen of him, and read (albeit very little) ton Hunt seems to be opposed to the switch. This could be recipe for disaster for the Eagles, and Hunt.