stolen from Buffnik's excellent recruiting forum work:
who does he play above?
Almost Certainly Not: Scotty; Andre; Simas; Clemons. That's 4!! All upperclassmen
Possibly not/Not a huge dropoff: Darden & Ussery and perhaps celestine?
So thats 7 guys that can go not counting WillJeff. Not to mention 5 of them are upperclassmen, and 2 of them have red shirted already and have all the physical tools (the frosh).
I mean, I don't even see it as a knock on the guy if the coaches RS him. It's just a point in the program where there really IS that much depth. In this one area at least, the coaches have finally (barring transfer...) got it where it needs to be.
However, he could distinguish himself and become Jerry Rice the II of course, but I just don't see how RSing is not an obvious smart choice for WillJeff next year unless he establishes himself above some of the upperclassmen as a #3 or even #2... which is very unlikely!
Returning WRs on Scholarship: 7
Senior - Scotty McKnight
Senior - Andre Simmons
Junior - Markques Simas
Junior - Toney Clemons
Sophomore - William Jefferson
RS-Freshman - Jarrod Darden
RS-Freshman - Terdema Ussery
Walk Ons - Cameron Ham (Sr), Jason Espinoza (Jr), Ryan Maxwell (Jr), Kendrick Celestine (Jr), Kyle Cefalo (Jr), Dustin Ebner (So), Mario Conte (RS-F)
2010 Class (2) - Keenan Canty, Donnie Duncan (maybe DB)
who does he play above?
Almost Certainly Not: Scotty; Andre; Simas; Clemons. That's 4!! All upperclassmen
Possibly not/Not a huge dropoff: Darden & Ussery and perhaps celestine?
So thats 7 guys that can go not counting WillJeff. Not to mention 5 of them are upperclassmen, and 2 of them have red shirted already and have all the physical tools (the frosh).
I mean, I don't even see it as a knock on the guy if the coaches RS him. It's just a point in the program where there really IS that much depth. In this one area at least, the coaches have finally (barring transfer...) got it where it needs to be.
However, he could distinguish himself and become Jerry Rice the II of course, but I just don't see how RSing is not an obvious smart choice for WillJeff next year unless he establishes himself above some of the upperclassmen as a #3 or even #2... which is very unlikely!