What began as a joke between coach and player turned into reality out of necessity.
The University of Toledo works on fundamentals every week, and each player on the roster participates.
Offensive players tackle. Defensive players pick up fumbles and catch passes. Every position group does something foreign.
Wide receiver Jaden Dottin would trash talk safeties coach Ross Watson, cavalierly telling Watson that he could play safety.
“I can vividly remember the first time seeing him do the tackling drill, and I went, ‘Oh shoot,’” Watson said. “There was playful banter going back and forth, and I can remember him lining up, and he says, ‘Hey, watch this.