Gary you especially. This is college football not the NFL. Guys in the NFL prove themselves over the course of a year, couple years, or whatever but there is nowhere left to go after the NFL. There are no other leagues that are better. The NFL is last stop on the talent train so they return the next year as proven commodities.
This is college football, player growth development from year to year is far greater than in the NFL. College football is more like a conveyor belt with stops at freshman year, sophomore year, junior year, senior year and the occasional RS and/or medical RS year then you are gone. Proven talent in college football is not unusual but it is also not the norm either. Gino Torreta was talking on WQAM how when he won the MNC he was sitting behind guys the year before and had to come out of nowhere. In 2001 McGahee had 327 rushing yards behind Gore with 575 and Portis with 1254. The next year he was whooping everybody's ass with 1808 yards until that cheap shot at the end of the season.
At the beginning of last season Duke and Perryman were the only "proven" talent but Perryman definitely wasn't being projected as a late first or second round. His evaluation after the 2013 season was 3rd possibly 4th round. Did everybody forget how bad this board used to bash Dorsett as a sophomore in the 2012 season for the drops against Notre Dame? Who thought at the beginning of last season Feliciano would have gotten drafted, let alone in the 4th? Flowers had been decent his sophomore season but had alot of penalties. At the beginning of last season no one predicted he would have been drafted as a top ten pick. I personally think he has alot to improve on his game and was drafted more on potential. That is not say he wont be a dominant LT in the NFL, as long as he keeps improving.
College football is more about unproven talent juxtaposed against opportunity. I for one am excited to see what Grace does this year, Jenkins, Bush, Elder, Howard, Kirby, Thomas, AQM, McCord, and Burns do this year. Those guys have talent and have flashed at time now they have a starter's opportunity. Lets see what they do with it. On offense Yearby, Edwards, Coley, Scott, Dobard, Berrios, Lewis, and the offensive line.
With that being said Kaaya is proven talent. That kid has ice water running in his veins and isn't going to have a sophomore slump. Lets hope Kehoe gets that group together.
This is college football, player growth development from year to year is far greater than in the NFL. College football is more like a conveyor belt with stops at freshman year, sophomore year, junior year, senior year and the occasional RS and/or medical RS year then you are gone. Proven talent in college football is not unusual but it is also not the norm either. Gino Torreta was talking on WQAM how when he won the MNC he was sitting behind guys the year before and had to come out of nowhere. In 2001 McGahee had 327 rushing yards behind Gore with 575 and Portis with 1254. The next year he was whooping everybody's ass with 1808 yards until that cheap shot at the end of the season.
At the beginning of last season Duke and Perryman were the only "proven" talent but Perryman definitely wasn't being projected as a late first or second round. His evaluation after the 2013 season was 3rd possibly 4th round. Did everybody forget how bad this board used to bash Dorsett as a sophomore in the 2012 season for the drops against Notre Dame? Who thought at the beginning of last season Feliciano would have gotten drafted, let alone in the 4th? Flowers had been decent his sophomore season but had alot of penalties. At the beginning of last season no one predicted he would have been drafted as a top ten pick. I personally think he has alot to improve on his game and was drafted more on potential. That is not say he wont be a dominant LT in the NFL, as long as he keeps improving.
College football is more about unproven talent juxtaposed against opportunity. I for one am excited to see what Grace does this year, Jenkins, Bush, Elder, Howard, Kirby, Thomas, AQM, McCord, and Burns do this year. Those guys have talent and have flashed at time now they have a starter's opportunity. Lets see what they do with it. On offense Yearby, Edwards, Coley, Scott, Dobard, Berrios, Lewis, and the offensive line.
With that being said Kaaya is proven talent. That kid has ice water running in his veins and isn't going to have a sophomore slump. Lets hope Kehoe gets that group together.
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