OC/WR Coach Brian Hartline (Official Thread)

[Buckskin86]

Praise for Hartline, not so much for Ginn Jr.

Here at the NFL Combine, Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland just spent 15 minutes with reporters, and was asked about the team's receiving corps.

Ireland and the Dolphins drafted two receivers last year, Patrick Turner of USC in the third round and OSU's Brian Hartline in the fourth.

Turner was inactive most of the year, playing in two games with no catches.

Hartline played in all 16 games, catching 31 passes for 506 yards and 3 TDs.

"Brian came in and learned the offense very well and really did a nice job of developing quickly and learned a couple different positions at the same time," Ireland said. "Brian getting the play time he did is a little ahead of where Patrick is right now. Patrick has got to step it up."

Praise for Hartline, not so much for Ginn Jr. (Blogging the Buckeyes)

 

[Buckskin86]

Holmes recalled playing one season with fellow wideout Brian Hartline at OSU and was impressed with his rookie year in Miami.

?I saw him all over the field last year and was thinking ?Where did this guy come from??? he said with a laugh.

Holmes said he worked with Hartline with the Buckeyes on improving his run after the catch.

?He was one of those guys that was satisfied with just making the catch. But I would say to him, ?It?s not about the catch, it?s what you do after you make the catch.? That turned him around mentally and he became a better player throughout college and he?s definitely emerging in the NFL.

?We knew he could catch the ball but we?d get on him, saying ?You can?t fall down.? He?s definitely turned that around.?

Miami Dolphins news, training updates, injury reports, trades & more – The Daily Dolphin blog ? Blog Archive ? Santonio Holmes: Dolphins can’t unload Ted Ginn Jr.

 

[Buckeneye]

Call me dumb if you will, but Holmes' last season was 2005 - Wasn't Hartline's freshman year 06? Or did he redshirt in 05? I honestly can't quite remember.

Basically, I didn't think Santonio ever played along side Hartline, unless he's talking about coming back and participating in a spring practice.

 

[jwinslow]

The first post should be helpful :p

hint: click on the scout profile, it lists the year they enroll

 

[Buckeneye]

The first post should be helpful :p

hint: click on the scout profile, it lists the year they enroll

I am sorry sir, that is a long way back to go and visit. It would require me to click the "first" button, not my thing. :)

 

[Buckskin86]

Interview with Brian Hartline, WR, Miami Dolphins!
Jabber Head
Senior Analyst Written on April 01, 2010

With their 4th round pick in the 2009 NFL draft, the Miami Dolphins selected wide receiver Brian Hartline. That led to a bit of wondering whether or not it was a reach. One year later, everyone can see it was a great choice. A special teams ace and a receiver with all the intangibles you want in a player, Hartline began to make an immediate contribution to the team.

Finishing the season with 506 yards and 3 touchdowns on 31 receptions, Hartline has shown that he can be a big asset to the Dolphins in 2010. A position that a lot of the draft experts are saying a weakness on the team, wide receiver may be a target early in the 2010 draft. Brian Hartline wants to make the case that it?s not as much of a need as people think.

His tenacity and ability to make a big play gives Hartline an edge coming into next season. He has shown he has great hands and speed to go along with his good size. If he continues his development, Brian could easily crack the starting line up on a regular basis and become a solid option for years to come.

Getting ready for the 2010 season, Brian took a moment out of his schedule to answer a few questions, here?s what he had to say.

BW: What has the past year been like for you?

BH: Its been pretty unreal. It has gone by so fast it has been hard to let it sink in. But, i catch myself all the time thinking about how blessed I am to be a Miami Dolphin and how great it is living in south Florida.

BW: Tell me about the experience on draft day? What were you doing?

BH: It was a crazy experience. I was down at my parents little lake house with the family, listening to the draft on satellite radio. You get so nervous and worked up about the whole thing but the moment you relax and just understand ?whatever happens, happens?, you?ll be fine. And thats what happen to me. The moment I went inside to relax and get some A/C, my phone rang.

BW: Who has been the most influential coach at any level of your football career?

BH:Thats a loaded question. I actually have three coaches that come to mind. When you say most influential coach, I think of my HS track coach Chad Palmer. We spent a lot of time together teaching my how to hurdle and run and so forth. And when you win a couple state titles, like i did my senior year, you can feel how we both knew we did it together. It wasn?t just him teaching me or me running. We were a team and we both knew that. The when you say football coaches, I say my WR coach at OSU Darrell Hazel, who made me the WR I am today and my HS football coach Jack Rose. Those two coaches were very influential in helping me get to where I am at today.

BW: What about team mate? Who influenced you the most?

BH: I never really had a teammate that was most influential. I guess if I had to pick one I would say my current teammate, Ted Ginn. He pushed my back in HS when we competed against one another in HS track. We then went on to push one another at OSU and now we are pushing each other once again here with the Miami Dolphins.

Interview with Brian Hartline, WR, Miami Dolphins! | Bleacher Report

 

[Buckskin86]

An ideal complement to Brandon Marshall
by: Omar Kelly April 15th, 2010

I?m going to present two batches of statistics for the Miami Dolphins fan base, and the world to dissect.

Before I tell everyone the names, and the breakdowns of who these individuals are, or what offense they work in, just look at the numbers.
Individual No. 1: 45 receptions, 680 yards, 15.1 yards per catch, four touchdowns in 15 starts (with two different teams).

THEN
Individual No. 2: 31 receptions, 506 yards, 16.3 yards per catch, and four touchdowns (one rushing) in a season where he started just two games.
Drum roll please?..

The first receiver is New York Jets wide out Braylon Edwards, a talented but still unpolished fifth-year veteran, who is becoming fairly expensive, and has a little bit of diva in him.

The second receiver is Miami Dolphins receiver Brian Hartline, a smart and savvy youngster from Ohio State, who is coming off an impressive rookie season where he split time with four other receivers.

Hartline works fairly cheap (base salary is less than $400,000 in 2010), doesn?t have much of an ego (yet?it?s never too late), and it appears he has plenty of upside, especially with newly acquired ?Alpha Dog? receiver Brandon Marshall lined up across from him.

Miami Dolphins : An ideal complement to Brandon Marshall | Sun-Sentinel.com

 

[Buckskin86]

Brian Hartline: I predict he will win the starting job opposite Brandon Marshall. He is bigger than Davone Bess, faster than Greg Camarillo and he can play all three WR positions. He's a smart guy. He's mature. He gets it. He has shown reliable hands. No, he is not a burner. But he did run track in high school and I believe he's fast enough to hurt defenses when their focus is on Marshall.

Read more: Miami Dolphins In Depth

 

[Buckskin86]

Posted on Tuesday, 05.18.10
By BARRY JACKSON
[email protected]

With Dolphins practices resuming, multiple starting jobs are open -- including two at outside linebacker, likely one at defensive end, free safety and potentially cornerback if you believe Will Allen's vow to reclaim a starting job.

On offense, battles loom at guard and the receiver spot opposite Brandon Marshall; Greg Camarillo started every 2009 game but nobody would be shocked if Brian Hartline supplants him. (Davone Bess figures to have the same role as '09.) Ronnie Brown is the clear front-runner at running back over Ricky Williams, but nothing is assured.

Hartline is very clear: ``I want a starting spot and I want to go after it. That's the only goal until it's taken care of.'' Camarillo said starting is ``important because the best players start and you want to be the best player.''

One Dolphins person said the team views Hartline as a bigger, faster Camarillo. But Hartline must earn it. ``It will be a heck of a competition,'' ex-Dolphins receiver O.J. McDuffie said. ``I like Hartline's speed and toughness. But I think it might be Greg starting. People underestimate him.''

Some points to consider:

According to Profootballfocus.com the two were close in 2009 performance -- Hartline 38th among all receivers, Camarillo 41st. Hartline is the superior deep threat and is better at producing yards after the catch.

Consider Hartline's 5.7 yard-after-catch average was 19th in the NFL and ahead of Andre Johnson, Marshall, Marques Colston and Devin Hester. Camarillo was 94th at 2.5. Also, Hartline was 12th in yards per catch (16.3); Camarillo 85th (11.0).

But nobody is more sure-handed than Camarillo, the NFL's only receiver to catch 50 or more passes without a drop in '09. Hartline dropped three. Camarillo caught 72.5 percent of the passes intended for him (50 of 69) -- 13th in the league. Hartline caught 57.4 percent (31 of 54), ranking 69th. . . . Camarillo was 28th in blocking for receivers, Hartline 64th.

Read more: Hartline-Camarillo one of Miami Dolphins' many starter battles - Sports Buzz - MiamiHerald.com

 

[Buckskin86]

Second receiver
Brandon Marshall will line up on one side, and Davone Bess will play in the slot. But the other outside receiver position will come down to a battle between second-year pro Brian Hartline and fifth-year pro Greg Camarillo, with an injured Patrick Turner holding the slimmest of outside chances of competing for the spot as well. Hartline likely has the leg up in the competition after an impressive rookie season (31 catches for 506 yards and three touchdowns), and he improved as the season wore on, catching multiple passes in each of his final seven games. But Camarillo has made a career out of proving people wrong. He returned from ACL surgery to start in all 16 games last year and caught 50 passes for 552 yards. With Marshall now playing on the opposite side, both receivers could be in for a nice bump in their stats, regardless of who wins the starting job.

The Daily Dolphin ? Blog Archive ? Competition is the theme of the Dolphins’ upcoming mini-camp

 

[Buckskin86]

Three-way battle in Miami to start opposite Marshall
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on May 29, 2010

The Dolphins are the only NFL team that hates their local media enough to conduct mandatory minicamp on Memorial Day weekend, which explains why they are dominating posts on the late Saturday afternoon PFT rumor mill.

Hope you are ready for another one.

Coach Tony Sparano said Saturday that the "next best guy" to Brandon Marshall will start, creating a three way competition between Brian Hartline, Davone Bess, and Greg Camarillo.

It was previously believed that Bess was locked into the slot receiver role, but the coaching staff wants all three guys to play multiple spots.

Hartline is a physical threat that showed up well as a rookie; he's probably the favorite. The No. 2 receiver battle is typical for a team that has as many starting jobs open as any team in the league.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...y-battle-in-miami-to-start-opposite-marshall/

``I think we're all a little different,'' Hartline said. ``It just depends what the coaches want. It depends what they want from the offense. So I don't think it'd be a slap in the face to one guy or the other, but I think it comes down to what the coach is looking for.''

FAVORITES EMERGE

So what do you need to know about each? Here's the primer:

Camarillo and Hartline have shown they are intelligent and effective enough to play all three wide receiver positions -- X, Y and Z -- making them more likely to be on the field regardless of where Miami employs Marshall.

That's an immediate advantage for both.

``Versatility is the best way to gain the edge,'' coach Tony Sparano said. ``In my mind, the versatility, the flexibility of how many plays and how many positions you can put them in at the game I think is going to matter.''

Between the two, Camarillo is considered the more consistent wide receiver, and coaches constantly praise him for being as reliable during games as he is during practice. He returns as the incumbent starter, but Hartline has goals.

As a second-year receiver, Hartline's ability to gain yards after the catch (he emerged as a big-play threat during his rookie season) makes him an equally appealing option. He will have to prove to be as consistent as Camarillo before coaches trust him as much, but Hartline makes no secrets that he wants that No. 2 job.

``That's my goal,'' Hartline said. ``I want to make a step. Whether they allow me to or whether they think I'm ready to is unknown. But I want to make a bigger step. I want to contribute more, and I want to be on the field more.''

So Camarillo and Hartline appear to be the favorites. That doesn't mean Bess, even as a primary slot receiver, won't push for time as well. Sparano said Saturday he considers this competition to include Bess -- which makes sense given that he led the team in production last season.

``The three of those guys, whoever the best player is, is going to play,'' Sparano said.

Read more: Competition for costarring role at wide receiver for Miami Dolphins - Miami Dolphins - MiamiHerald.com

 

[Buckskin86]

Phinsider Exclusive: Dolphins WR Brian Hartline answers some questions

Phinsider_s_tiny by Matty I on Jun 9, 2010

One member of the Miami Dolphins who is quickly becoming a favorite of mine is second-year receiver Brian Hartline. Last offseason, Hartline was the second of two receivers Miami drafted in the middle rounds of the 2009 NFL Draft. It quickly became apparent, though, that Hartline was going to become an immediate factor in the passing game.

Hartline was the recipient of Chad Henne's first career touchdown pass en route to the team's first win of 2009. He would end up leading the team in touchdown receptions and yards-per-reception as a rookie and finish the season third on the team in receiving yards.

I recently had the opportunity to ask Brian some questions, which are below. I want to send out a huge "thank you" to Brian for taking some time out of his schedule to do this.

Enjoy.

Going back a year to draft day 2009, what was your experience like?

It was pretty intense but it was one heck of an experience. I was down at my parents cottage with the family. I couldn't have picked a more relaxing place but it didn't help to much.

How would you describe your rookie season? What was it about life in the NFL that surprised you the most?

Nothing really surprised me to much about life in the NFL. I would describe my rookie season as "getting my feet wet." I feel like I did a little here and did a little there but I want to do a lot more in 2010.

What was the toughest part of the game itself as you transitioned from the college level to the professional level?

Going against so many smart guys. People really understand the game in the NFL and you are going up against "all-stars" in your profession every week.

Star-divide

Which veterans helped you the most last season in making the transition? And what kinds of things did you learn from them?

The whole receiving room really helped us young guys come along. Just everyday activities was the most important information they could give to us. From what to do and what not to do gave us the biggest opportunity to stay relaxed and just play football.

I have to ask. You have a Michigan quarterback throwing the football to you. As a Buckeye, did it take some getting used to having a Michigan guy throwing to you? And did you guys make any wager on the Michigan/Ohio State game last year?

Coming in I didn't even think of the rivalry. The only time that topic comes up (for the most part) is during that week of the college season. Plus they are not doing so hot in that rivalry right now so him and Jake Long try not to bring it up too often.

**Phinsider Exclusive: Dolphins WR Brian Hartline answers some questions - The Phinsider

 

[Buckskin86]

Hartline on LeBron's side
Buckeye-turned-Dolphin receiver thinks James will love life in Miami
BY JON SPENCER ? News Journal ? July 13, 2010

He grew up in northeast Ohio, helped his wildly-popular team flirt with his sport's biggest championship and then made the decision to leave, ultimately taking his talents to South Beach amid biting criticism.

Erstwhile Ohio State wide receiver Brian Hartline has no regrets.

He doubts that LeBron James, the newest Buckeye (state) transplant to land in Miami, will have second thoughts either.

"I think it's awesome," Hartline said of LeBron leaving the hometown Cleveland Cavaliers to join Olympic Redeem Team buddies Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. "He put in how many good years (for the Cavs)? Seven? I don't think he was surrounded with the talent he needed to be surrounded with.

"To be blunt, I don't know why everybody else was out making moves and the Cavs weren't. Don't do the whole 'I'm going to get LeBron and then get other players.' Go get other players and prove it to him and then he'll come back to Cleveland.

"I don't understand the confusion. (Miami) went out and got Chris Bosh and re-signed Dwyane Wade. LeBron wants to win championships, so that's where he's going."

"Michigan Week" is still circled on Hartline's calendar, especially since he's in the same huddle now with two ex-Wolverines -- quarterback Chad Henne and left tackle Jake Long.

"Last year, when (Michigan) lost, they had to wear Ohio State shirts and hats when they met with the media," Hartline said.

Since Ohio State has six straight wins over Michigan, they might as well just keep that OSU gear in their lockers, right Bri?

"It's going to be forever," Hartline said, laughing. "I told them, 'It's not even a rivalry anymore. I don't know what you're talking about.'

"It's just funny. We were wearing different colors and now we're wearing the same colors. Who would have thought that?"

Hartline on LeBron's side | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Mansfield News Journal

Jul 12th
Who’s No. 2?
AUTHOR: Chris Leeuw | IN: Dolphins

T minus 17 days until training camp! There will be plenty to talk about after July 30th – lots of new Miami Dolphins, and lots of new position battles we’ll be keeping our eyes on.

On the offensive side of the line, there will be some fierce competition at both guard spots (click here for my thoughts on that), and at Wide Receiver. There will be plenty of bodies competing for the right to catch passes as a Dolphin, but I’m looking forward to watching another battle within the position– the right to line up opposite Brandon Marshall at No. 2 WR.

Davone Bess won’t be starting, but he may very well end up being No. 2 statistically. He probably won’t have another 76 catch, 758 yard season – but he may come close. Regardless, he’ll be earning his paycheck from the slot.

This contest is between 28-year-old old Greg Camarillo (who managed to bounce back from a 2008 knee injury to start all 16 games last season), and 23-year-old Brian Hartline (last year’s overachieving 4th round draft pick).

Popular opinion seems to sway toward Hartline stealing Camarillo’s gig in 2010. As a rookie, Hartline proved to have reliable hands, and found ways to get the ball that Ted Ginn did not. Hartline totaled 31 catches for 506 yards and 3 touchdowns last season, and Chad Henne seemed to have growing confidence when looking his direction. But, don’t count out Camarillo. He proved his knee was a non-issue in 2009 and ending up having more catches than Hartline (50) and more yards (552), even though he was kept out of the end zone.

http://phinphanatic.com/2010/07/12/whos-no-2/

Miami Dolphins

Greg Camarillo vs. Brian Hartline, starting WR

The Dolphins traded to get Brandon Marshall from Denver, and he is now the No. 1 guy. This leaves the second job open. It appears Davone Bess will stay as the slot receiver, although the staff said he has a chance to be the No. 2 receiver. But that looks more like a battle between Camarillo and Hartline. Camarillo has great hands, catching nearly everything thrown his way. But he doesn't have great speed. Hartline isn't a burner, but he is faster than Camarillo. A second-year player, Hartline surprised as a rookie when he earned time as a starter. His growth was evident during the offseason.

Edge: Hartline. His speed is an advantage.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/...fc-east?tag=coverlist_active;coverlist_footer

 

[Colvinnl]

Not good.

Brian Hartline flees scene after car accident | ProFootballTalk.com

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that a 2008 Ford pickup truck registered to Dolphins wide receiver Brian Hartline was discovered abandoned following a crash on highway I-595 earlier this month.

The accident reportedly took place at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 3. Hartline's vehicle collided with a parked 2002 Cadillac Escalade just east of I-95. The pickup was ultimately towed from the scene.


"His vehicle ran off the road and hit the parked car," said Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Mark Wysocky. "We don't know who was driving the vehicle."


An FHP trooper attempted to contact Hartline's wife, and the call was returned by Hartline's attorney. The lawyer assured police that his client was uninjured, which was probably a little less than what authorities wanted to know.


Florida Highway Patrol still hasn't heard from Hartline, and a Dolphins spokesperson says the team is unaware of the incident.


In Miami, Hartline is considered the heavy favorite to start opposite Brandon Marshall this season. A fourth-round pick out of Ohio State two Aprils ago, Hartline impressed as a rookie with a 16.4 yards-per-reception average. He ranked second in the league to only San Diego's Vincent Jackson in percentage of catches for first downs.

 

[BuckBackHome]

Does Gilbert's curse extend beyond just James?