According to a twitter account from The POST he is working with Javon and will start at the "Mike" LB position.
Got the speed, got the instincts! Quite physical!
Brilliant!

Link to the article:
http://www.thepostathens.com/sports/football-ouellette-to...

Not that I don't think Ouellette could play MLB, but.....until I see it, I am going to assume this is just Johnson having some fun with a Post reporter.

Given Brown's ability to fill in, I would see if Ouellette and Irons both might be able to tackle. Irons has MLB size, but, Grilliot does too, though he might have added extra weight to be a TE. "Defense Wins Championships"

AJ is MLB size, and in the small high school setting that's probably where he played. His role in the offense has diminished every week. I have my personal opinions of why and I'll keep them to myself. OCF, wouldn't call it thinking outside the box as much as I'd defer to an old School House Rock: Mother Necessity. AJ is a football player, that is his greatest asset, he will be fine there

Love AJ. He's all heart. Anything to fill the need. But he's inexperienced at LB and listed as 195 lbs. Expecting much out of him at LB is not reasonable or fair. Guys listed 10-20 or more lbs bigger have gotten dinged.

Arkley with Solich's input on the matter -
http://www.athensmessenger.com/blogs/bobcat_blog/solich-d...

That leads me to believe it's more of a case where they are seeing what he can do on defense. Perhaps Johnson has been really impressed, but starting Ouellette at a position he hasn't practiced in two years before this week might be a little much.

This is what I was thinking. More of a rover role in a Nickel.

What kind of offense does UB run? Maybe he can be a guy that check a TE in passing downs? Or guys out of the backfield?

The Game Notes now have Ouellette at 204 this season. Please don't use roster or depth chart weights, they have not been updated.

This is crazy. Oulette out of the woodwork last year as a walk-on true fresh RB starter. This year coach is putting him at Linebacker because he's hungry to play. Frank's had 12 recruiting classes in Athens I'd think he'd have it figured out by now. 10 classes since the first bowl appearance. 5 recruiting classes since the first bowl win. And this is where we are today.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say here, Wes. I gather you're trying to spin it as somehow negative that Ohio was lucky enough to land AJ. AJ is a "football player", and he belongs on the field. He's also a team player, and will play where needed to help the team. How is that a bad thing? You lost me.

Last year Ohio was short on running backs who didn't fumble, so AJ played there. If they have been short of linebackers last year, AJ would have been a linebacker last year. One way or the other, AJ will be on the field, and he'll play wherever he's needed and do a good job. A team player like him is a great asset to the team, and guys like him that can play multiple positions are probably the best answer to the injury problems because they enable the team to reconfigure itself to remain strong.

It isn't unheard of for a guy to play multiple positions, especially when there are injuries. As far as temporary switches, you may recall that Byrum played some wide receiver in 2005 when there were injuries that depleted WR. There have also been plenty of permanent switches, too, just as Thad Turner moving from WR to CB.

I just don't see how this is a big deal. It's simply a team that is cohesive, trying to win in the face of adversity.

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This is crazy. Oulette out of the woodwork last year as a walk-on true fresh RB starter. This year coach is putting him at Linebacker because he's hungry to play. Frank's had 12 recruiting classes in Athens I'd think he'd have it figured out by now. 10 classes since the first bowl appearance. 5 recruiting classes since the first bowl win. And this is where we are today.

Back in the 90s I lived in New York state and often listened to The Fan. Don Imus had the morning show (before the sports talk started) and he used to say something like

"... baseball is easy. It has to be the easiest game. C'mon, I go to Yankee Stadium last night and their pitcher (Jim Abbott) only has one arm...I mean how hard can it be, you know?"