El Paso Times · Oct 1, 2022
Happy returns: Marcus Bellon provides quick fix on special teams
The plan was so simple on a drawing board.
The UTEP football team has struggled to return punts for years, then the Miners struggled even to field them last year when opponents averaged more than 46 yards a punt after typically long bounces and rolls.
The Miners had a problem to fix.
They rode the junior college recruiting route to prosperity on defense and offense, so why not reprise that for special teams?
Go get an electric junior college returner who wasn’t getting much interest as a position player, stick him back there to field punts, problem solved.