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Player You Were Most Surprised By:
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:49 pm
What player surprised you the most this year? While it can be a freshman, i was thinking more along the lines of guys that you thought you had pegged as far as ability goes and they proved you wrong.
For me it has to be Donte Jackson. I honestly thought that he would struggle as CB1. I thought he was fast but not very technically sound and that he was too light to be an efficient tackler. I was Wrong. The guy balled out this year.
who y'all got?
list of overachievers in this thread:
Donte Jackson
Christian LaCouture
Greg Gilmore
Russell Gage
Darrell Williams
Greedy Williams
Saadiq Charles
Devin White
Kevin Tolliver
Corey Thompson
Grant Delpit
For me it has to be Donte Jackson. I honestly thought that he would struggle as CB1. I thought he was fast but not very technically sound and that he was too light to be an efficient tackler. I was Wrong. The guy balled out this year.
who y'all got?
list of overachievers in this thread:
Donte Jackson
Christian LaCouture
Greg Gilmore
Russell Gage
Darrell Williams
Greedy Williams
Saadiq Charles
Devin White
Kevin Tolliver
Corey Thompson
Grant Delpit
This post was edited on 12/14/17 at 4:53 pm
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Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:50 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Christian Lac
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:51 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Darrell Williams
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:51 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:51 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Devin White
Didn’t expect him to become the best LB in CFB as a true Sophomore.
Didn’t expect him to become the best LB in CFB as a true Sophomore.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:52 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Freshman - Greedy
Upperclassman?
Darrel Williams or Lac. I'm a big fan of both players. They exceeded my expectations this year, particularly Lac coming off injuries. He looked rusty early and really had a great back half of the season.
And we needed it.
And White played better than I expected, but more of a mild surprise.
Upperclassman?
Darrel Williams or Lac. I'm a big fan of both players. They exceeded my expectations this year, particularly Lac coming off injuries. He looked rusty early and really had a great back half of the season.
And we needed it.
And White played better than I expected, but more of a mild surprise.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:52 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Darrel Williams and greedy
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:52 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Greedy Williams is a redshirt freshmen and surprised the hell out of everyone. I was surprised by many of the freshmen especially on the O-line. I'd have to say that Kevin Tolliver was a big surprise. He was solid in coverage this year. He struggled last year and was in the doghouse. He's usually had pretty tight coverage, but this year he actually got his head turned around some and made some plays. Was good in run support too. He was good enough to put D-Jax at nickel.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:53 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
D Williams.
Completely different player from last year. Much quicker, better burst...
Completely different player from last year. Much quicker, better burst...
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:54 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Nobody’s said Russell Gage yet?
Weird.
Weird.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:55 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
I'll add Greg Gilmore to this thread as well.
He's a guy that I thought was a placeholder last year. I thought he was the best we had so we had to roll with him and that he'd be replaced by Alexander this year.
To his credit, he really improved during the offseason and turned himself into a really nice NT. I was really proud of that guy.
He's a guy that I thought was a placeholder last year. I thought he was the best we had so we had to roll with him and that he'd be replaced by Alexander this year.
To his credit, he really improved during the offseason and turned himself into a really nice NT. I was really proud of that guy.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:57 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Negatively surprised:
Key - I didn't think it would take so long for him to get back into playing shape
Donnie Alexander - I expected more this season, hoped to be somewhere close to Duke Riley
Stevens - #1 safety. Thought he'd have early impact.
Positively surprised:
Darrell Williams - really stepped up as a senior, bailed us out when Guice was either hurt or struggling
Couture/Gilmore - both had very solid senior seasons beyond expectations
Greedy - Was barely on my radar before this season. If he keeps it up he may be held up as one of our best ever which is insane.
Key - I didn't think it would take so long for him to get back into playing shape
Donnie Alexander - I expected more this season, hoped to be somewhere close to Duke Riley
Stevens - #1 safety. Thought he'd have early impact.
Positively surprised:
Darrell Williams - really stepped up as a senior, bailed us out when Guice was either hurt or struggling
Couture/Gilmore - both had very solid senior seasons beyond expectations
Greedy - Was barely on my radar before this season. If he keeps it up he may be held up as one of our best ever which is insane.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:58 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Agree here. I thought Alexander was gonna pass him early in the depth chart.
I’ll go with Charles the freshmen olinemen. Thrown into the fire and really learned quick. Has some work to do, but to hold your own as a true freshman playing oline was big
I’ll go with Charles the freshmen olinemen. Thrown into the fire and really learned quick. Has some work to do, but to hold your own as a true freshman playing oline was big
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:58 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
The only answer is Greedy Williams.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 2:59 pm to public_enemy
I feel like Gage is the obvious answer. Based his margin of improvement/impact.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 3:06 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Greedy Williams
Posted on 12/14/17 at 3:06 pm to What Ever I Want
Honestly, everyone has a different answer because this team overachieved as whole. That has to be a testament to Coach O and the ENTIRE staff. Gage, Lac, Gilmore, Toliver, Greedy, Daryl Will, delpit, Taylor, the entire O Line, and even Etling.
Despite any haters that say we didn't beat anyone, a potential 10 win season is nothing to laugh at. Are we behind Bama and Clemson, sure, but the guys play hard and the team chemistry seems rock solid.
Despite any haters that say we didn't beat anyone, a potential 10 win season is nothing to laugh at. Are we behind Bama and Clemson, sure, but the guys play hard and the team chemistry seems rock solid.
This post was edited on 12/14/17 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 12/14/17 at 3:07 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
What's kind of funny about this thread is that so many on the rant are acting like we didn't have a good year because of the early season woes and what seems like 1/4 of the starters have been named in this thread as performing better than what we expected. 
just thought that was interesting
just thought that was interesting
Posted on 12/14/17 at 3:09 pm to KG5989
I'll second Gage, he was lost under the previous regime and the week after Miles was fired he had a role and was contributing and was solid his sr year.
Posted on 12/14/17 at 3:11 pm to jdeval1
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Darrell Williams
Legit beast-mode
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