“He comes on the field and competes very well. With that kind of talent and a guy that will compete and is willing to work, he can move up pretty quickly.”
“He's proven that he can play very well at times, and he's proven he can play very poorly at times. We're looking for that guy to show up week in and week out on a more consistent basis.”
“It's unusual for a guy not to play except for his senior year, ... No one really knew about him. I think we maybe found out sometime in October or November that year. It came right down to the end. We had to evaluate him based on six or seven games his senior year.”
“If you take an all-conference performer and put him on the field, it's going to help your defense a lot, ... We'll see if we can get him up to speed.”
“We've talked about that game in situations other than this week. We've stressed the need to play 60 minutes and taking advantage of opportunities when we get them. We need to score touchdowns and not settle for field goals in the fourth quarter. That's the type of things we've talked about and that we've used from last year's game and applied to other situations the past 12 months.”
“His body has been through a traumatic ordeal lately, and you don't want to have a repeat of that. Let's see if he can do more (today). They tell us he'll get stronger every day, so I think we have to wait and see if he's going to be able to play a majority of the game, or any of the game.”
