BYU Football 2014 Season Highlight
BYU senior wide receiver Terenn Houk just started laughing Wednesday when he was asked about his favorite memory of Cougar senior running back Adam Hin.
"I remember one day in fall camp -- last year or two years ago -- after a hard day," Houk said. "We were all just tired, trying to get through the two-a-days. All of a sudden, Adam Hin-- he"s big and he"s buff -- goes to his locker and comes out with nunchucks, actual nunchucks. He puts a headband over his head and starts acting like a ninja. It"s the funniest thing because he is this big, buff dude with these nunchucks going, "waaaa!" No one would"ve thought that out of Adam but that was one of my favorite Adam Hinmoments."
The "Ninja" showed off some of his other non-nunchuck skills in Saturday"s 24-23 loss at No. 10 UCLA, including his ability to power through contact and hurdle tacklers.
The senior did say, however, that his hurdle over the lunging Bruin defender wasn"t how he used to do it back when he was a high school long jump and high jump champion.
"Since high school, I weigh almost 40 pounds more than when I jumped," Hin said. "It"s tough. I surprised myself a little bit but I"ve still got it a little bit, I guess. They were going low a lot so I decided to go up and over one time and it ended up working out. They were going for my knees and while I"d prefer to bang with them up high, I"ll go up and over."
That memorable moment was part of a big day forHin as he rushed 23 times for 149 yards and a touchdown -- but he wasn"t about to take solo credit for any of it.
"First of all, our offensive line had a great push, which opened up the run game which in turn opened up the pass," Hinsaid. "Overall, I think we got better from the week before and we plan to get better this week."
Hin now has 242 yards on 44 carries in the last two games and has established himself as the featured running back.
"He has his opportunity now and he"s making the most of it," BYU running back coach Mark Atuaia said. "I"m proud of him. We"re going to continue to make sure he does the same thing week-in and week-out by keeping him healthy and having him pound on Saturday and do what we need him to do."
Hin said he feels like he is settling into the role and getting more comfortable every week but added that he has things he wants to do better.
"The more reps I get, the more opportunity I get to have runs and do more things with my skillset,"Hin said. "I think I can do more breaking tackles downfield. I know there are a lot of times I"ve gotten tripped up. I think there is also a lot of improvement with my blocking schemes and with my routes."
Atuaia said he thinksHin just needs to continue to show he can be a consistent, reliable running back.
"It"s hard to duplicate (that type of performance)," Atuaia said. "The elements were great. But whatever the elements, we"re going to have to make sure Adam is ready -- and then also the rest of the backs."
Hin also has an added workload away from football since he and his wife Cassidy have a baby girl.
"I was up last night (changing diapers) and it was quite the experience,"Hin said. "But it"s been great. It"s brought a lot of joy. My wife and I have been working in tandem a lot more and it"s fun. Getting up in the middle of the night, holding the baby, you"re frustrated but once you see her, you just have to smile and be happy. It"s a great change and we love it."
The senior said he knows when the Cougars go to Michigan this Saturday (10 a.m. MDT, ABC) the Wolverines will be looking to take away the BYU rushing attack but he still likes his chances.
"When our offensive line gets pushing like they do, it just opens up runs,"Hin said. "I might have a target or the running backs as a whole may be targeted but we"ll step up to the challenge. We love challenges like that."
Source: http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/byu/football/byu-football-rb-adam-the-ninja-hine-getting-to-show/article_9d6df093-6963-5f7f-b372-68df5e5ad481.html
