Desmond Hutson commits
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Excited to eventually see you in Black & Gold Desmond! You made a great choice!
I have an almost unhealthy love for 6’4” wideouts.... welcome Desmond!
This is classic Kirk and Ken here ... get a guy who can get out of his breaks well and a guy who can use his body to make space ... those are some of the other things you can do to get open. More and more teams are trying to push the speed card ... and opposing Ds are chasing it too. However, it's not uncommon for speedy DBs to be small. Thus, a contrasting skill-set is another way to create mismatches.
Also, as of late, we keep on seeing this "bigger WRs" land at non-P5 schools and end up landing as high NFL draft picks. I'll be excited and interested to track Hutson's development through the years.
Great bloodlines for a receiver- I believe he’s a descendant of Packers great Don Hutson.
I think that there were other factors that undercut Lazard. Lazard was a big name recruit - and I'm willing to bet that he had more than a little bit of an entitled attitude. Guys like Golladay at NIU tend to have more of an edge to them ... because they feel slighted by P5 schools. Consequently, they worked harder than the average WR in order to better themselves ... they developed better technique ... and the quality of their play showed up BOTH on tape and in terms of production.Sometimes the NFL hates big receivers.
At the end of the day, Lazard ended up being a tall WR who was talented at catching the ball. He didn't really improve himself as a fluid athlete ... and he didn't play within an O that necessarily translates well to the NFL.
Call me a sucker for big bodied recievers but I am very bullish on this young man. (I am also a huge B. Smith fan also) Based purely off body language I get the feeling this guy has a little ISM he will be bringing into the recieving core, let's call it "confidence." I personally believe "we" have been seriously lacking in WR who see themselves as b10 playmakers and whether or not these two actually have the skill to do it is one thing but they dont lack the confidence to fake it until they make it. I'm really hoping this kid comes in with a solid work ethic and a little of that "confidence" rubs off on Brandon as well. This guy makes several diving backwards/ over the head/ big play catches he has some star power and that is a good thing. Welcome Desmond happy to have you.
Big B Smith fan here. He certainly looks the part. But I have tempered my expectations. I hope I am wrong.
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Jacob Hillyer
Last two big receivers I can recall. One was under-used and split, the other was just plain under-used.
Kirk needs to get this one right.
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Jacob Hillyer
Last two big receivers I can recall. One was under-used and split, the other was just plain under-used.
Kirk needs to get this one right.
Good God! It's a Iowa commit thread!Sometimes the NFL hates big receivers.
The receiver who transferred and put up pedestrian stats in an air raid offense against terrible defenses was underused? Interesting. I guess everyone misused him, then.
Jacob Hillyer got used plenty - he just wasn't within our top 3 WRs until he was a SR.
2012: We had a new O and Hillyer was just a RS FR (also, Martin-Manley and K. Davis would clearly be ahead of him - so the best he could have hoped for would be to get #3 WR targets)
2013: Martin-Manley, Powell, and T. Smith
extra remarks: Also, the Hawks were relatively "rich" personnel-wise at TE (Fiedorowicz, Hamilton, Duzey, and Krieger-Coble) - that would impact Hillyer's looks too.
2014: T. Smith, Martin-Manley, Powell, and VandeBerg
2015: VandeBerg, T. Smith, Hillyer
extra remarks: As a SR, Hillyer becomes the crack-back block king ... and also gets targeted more than ever before in his career. People still remarks about him failing to get separation - but he adds enough of a threat to still help our O.
Hillyer underutilized? Really?
Also, go back and watch the tape when Willies played at Iowa. There were many plays where Beathard clearly wanted to go to him - but Willies screwed up his reads - so the plays ending up being massive fails. If you're going to utilize a WR ... that guy better be on the same page as the QB. Willies wasn't ... and that's on him (because other WRs were on the same page as the QB).
You can't honestly believe the coaches have been 100% perfect over 19 years in their selections?
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Derrick Willies was not underused. For some unknown reason, this myth has become a standard reason to explain Willies. He played in 3 of the first 5 games that he was eligible to play.
Kevan Martin-Manley (Sr) who was well on his way to set the Iowa reception record and Tevaun Smith (Jr) started at WR that season. Willies wasn't going to displace either. Matt VandeBerg (So) had a year of experience and already had couple starts ahead of Willies. The staff was also trying to get snaps for Damond Powell (Sr) and Hillyer (So).
As has already been noted, Willies' problem was not playing time. His problem was how he played when given the opportunities, namely: wrong and/or sloppy receiver routes. Willies definitely could have earned more time with more study and practice and he was positioned well to do so once seniors Martin-Manley and Powell graduated. Instead, he quit the team mid-season.
Don't discount the value of confidence. If the receiver room gets some swagger in it we might be surprised how fast they catch fire.
Only when they went to the wrong school. Should have been developed as a tight end.Sometimes the NFL hates big receivers.
Boys we got a 6-4 WR who is capable of making some really acrobatic plays...... with all due respect F Lazard. AL can sell me a car in a few years.
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Please only a used car.
I bought a brand new Tundra when I graduated grad school. Dumbest/smartest decision I have ever made. Dumbest because I learned how much depreciation happened and I am not a "new" vehicle kind of person. Smartest because I stuck it out and now have a paid in full tundra with 125k on it and I am going to drive it until the wheels fall off and then put new axles in it and drive it some more....
Enough about me.. watch this kids video, WR recruitting is taking a step up fellas. If we get this guy and DBell (a guy can wish) we will have a legitimate WR core in a year or 2 with solid depth.
Tyrone Tracy is also going to start out at WR. Says he plays with alot of "sass" likes to be "electric" says the fans may not see what's coming but it's coming. That's "confidence".
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Wonder if we will use him like the Packers used Randall cobb
I told You He would commit WDDT , It was just a couple weeks later than I thought, Welcome aboard Young man, Really like this commit.
Your a real Oracle dick. How's about your next prediction? Does it rhyme with "bustin jritt"
I wouldn't say 100% perfect. However, as an instructor - if I were to select students to perform in competitions - I'd select the students who perform the most consistently in class. Even if there are folks who show tremendous potential ... if it doesn't show up in class where I can properly assess them ... then I wouldn't take them to competitions (nor would I want them in a research group).
I don't doubt that some calls have probably been close. For example, our safety situation was more than a little iffy in 2012 ... but that was also a year when Coach Wilson had taken over the DBs after previously coaching the LBs. Also, at a certain point ... I'm willing to bet that Reese Fleming and Mabin may have been close in the competition before. However, I'd be hard pressed to question Phil given his track record.
As for WR, did Willies deserve to get the reps that VandeBerg to that year (what, in '14, was it?)? Willies may have had a higher ceiling ... but he also didn't understand the O whatsoever. For as little as I might trust Kennedy - I'm not certain that there have been a bunch of no-brainer calls where the ball was dropped.
Back in 2006, I recall some fans loudly advocating for Ryan Bain over Matt Kroul. However, while Bain could get some penetration ... Kroul did a much better job of occupying double-teams. Did Aiken get it wrong on that call? Would Norm have "signed off" on a bad personnel call? Again, it may have been a judgement call ... and Ron's and Norm's track record was stellar.
The QB controversies were also popular ones to question (Christensen vs Stanzi and then Beathard vs Rudock) ... but given how divisive QB decisions can be to a team ... I honestly believe that Kirk and offensive staff were treading really carefully there in order to be maximally fair to all parties involved.
LOL, this is definitly the first time I’ve ever heard that Jacob Hillyer needed to be targeted more. Gotta love the offseason.
