Colorado transfers to RU

[MADHAT1]

Colorado Buffaloes Hank Zillinskas transfed to Rutgers
He was on the roster when Sanders took over the Buffs and started out the starting center this year.
Became a backup by the end of the 2024 season
He's the brother of Gus Zillinskas Rutgers starting center.

 

[Kbee3]

5.4 2-star recruit listed as a dt when recruited to Colorado.

 

[Knight Shift]

CU Buffs football notes: Center Hank Zilinskas enters transfer portal

Hank Zilinskas was a starter for most of this season for the Colorado Buffaloes. He wound up as a backup and now he’s looking for a new home.

www.denverpost.com

A graduate of Cherry Creek High School, Zilinskas started the first nine games of this season at center.
Through the first eight games for the Buffs (9-4), Zilinskas played 97% of the offense snaps (544 of 563). He had some snap issues at Arizona, though, and was replaced late in the game by freshman walk-on Cash Cleveland.
In Week 9 at Texas Tech, Zilinskas had a bad snap on the first play and was replaced by Cleveland after just six plays. Cleveland took over the position the rest of the season.
Zilinskas played a total of three snaps in the last four games combined, seeing the field late in a 52-0 win against Oklahoma State.
Overall, Zilinskas played the fourth-most snaps (553) among CU offensive linemen this season.

 

[RU at the shore]

So what is the rest of this story ???

 

[Knight Shift]

 

[Knight Shift]

So what is the rest of this story ???

Easy move for him. Lost the starting job in/after game 9 when he had some issues with snaps.
Knows the lay of the land at Rutgers.
A lot of positive, supportive comments on the X posts from Buffs fans.

 

[RUNYGDVLSFAN]

Welcome aboard !! Personally happy for him to get out of that roller coaster of a coached team. Some kids just want to play without all the drama.

 

[RU#1fan]

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All positive except for “ if we want to take the next step as a program he’s a level we need to recruit over anyways”. Hope he can work out his issues.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Easy move for him. Lost the starting job in/after game 9 when he had some issues with snaps.

Apparently he was scapegoated due to snap difficulties between him and the golden boy QB when golden boy was changing the play at the LOS.

 

[Knight Shift]

Apparently he was scapegoated due to snap difficulties between him and the golden boy QB when golden boy was changing the play at the LOS.

Should we ask yessir to weigh in on this? 😂

 

[RU at the shore]

Easy move for him. Lost the starting job in/after game 9 when he had some issues with snaps.
Knows the lay of the land at Rutgers.
A lot of positive, supportive comments on the X posts from Buffs fans.

But what the “smelly” stuff

 

[Knight Shift]

But what the “smelly” stuff

IDK, that was a strange comment. Think the X post may have been referring to the way the coaching staff handled the situation.

 

[RUinBoston]

But what the “smelly” stuff

The 'smelly' stuff being that when you and the son of the coach have an onfield issue, the son of the coach keeps playing and you sit on the bench.

 

[chase_NJ]

But what the “smelly” stuff

If this is in reference to the tweet posted above, this is my understanding:

Colorado had snapping issues throughout the season. Hank was benched under the assumption he was the root cause of those issues. The replacement center continued to have the same issues after Hank's benching, suggesting that the issue wasn't necessarily with the center, but with the guy sitting under center.

The short story is that Hank was basically the fall guy for a Shedeur Sanders issue. And it's presumably why he decided to say adios to Boulder.

 

[Kbee3]

If this is in reference to the tweet posted above, this is my understanding:

Colorado had snapping issues throughout the season. Hank was benched under the assumption he was the root cause of those issues. The replacement center continued to have the same issues after Hank's benching, suggesting that the issue wasn't necessarily with the center, but with the guy sitting under center.

The short story is that Hank was basically the fall guy for a Shedeur Sanders issue. And it's presumably why he decided to say adios to Boulder.

I so don't want my Giants to draft this Sanders guy.

 

[cubuffsdoug]

Colorado transfers to RU​

I'm out of eligibility. 🤣

 

[MikeR0102]

The youngest brother is headed to Princeton next year so good situation for the parents to see all 3 kids play.

 

[Knight Shift]

I'm out of eligibility. 🤣

What's your 40 time?

 

[cubuffsdoug]

What's your 40 time?

Probably 7.49 🤣

 

[Knight Shift]

Probably 7.49 🤣

That may be good enough. If Diego Pavia plays next year, think they can find a way to get you on the field.

 

[BLewis1968]

All positive except for “ if we want to take the next step as a program he’s a level we need to recruit over anyways”. Hope he can work out his issues.

I mean, TBF the next step from a 9-win team is playoffs or national title contention. It’s hardly negative to say he should’ve remained the starter on a 9-win bowl team (and presumably imply he’s the best they currently have) but add to contend for a natty they need to recruit better than this 2-star player that they developed into what he is today; ie, land a 3 or 4 star they can develop into an even BETTER veteran.

 

[RUNYGDVLSFAN]

I so don't want my Giants to draft this Sanders guy.

agreed... cause you would have PRIME, commenting publicly all the time on what the GIANTS did wrong with his son each week... similar to the lamelo and lonzo ball father La Var fiasco drama

 

[LotusAggressor]

I guess he's not Louis Vuitton anymore.