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(12-29-2022 11:56 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  Better number for me is his shuttle...the time he clocked at the Elite 11 would've been the 7th best time among all athletes at the NFL combine this past year. The kid is extremely athletic and has a great arm...he just has had next to no experience having to read defenses with college and pro passing concepts. DLS runs a "we have better dudes than you" passing game (fades, slants, and bubbles and letting their receivers run by ill-equipped defenders), but he is accurate throwing to those routes and has solid delivery mechanics.

Rest assured, I think he will be a monster in Satt's offense if it's anything like what he ran at App State with Taylor Lamb...just think it'll take time for him to figure out college coverage reads and progressions.

Do you ever come across HS prospects that have no experience reading complex defenses at the HS level but somehow end up figuring it out in college anyways? Seems like Des did a really good job transitioning from a gimmick HS offense but it definitely took a lot of work and a lot of time.

Des red-shirted and if you remember in 2018 we handed the ball off to Mike Warren 30 times a game.

His 2nd year starting for us was his worst year as a Bearcat by a pretty substantial amount. He was still solid but no where near his rs freshmen, rs junior, and obviously rs senior year.

Would assume most of that had to do with teams getting tape on him and how our offense was orchestrated under him before he gained more experience, improved, and made some adjustments.

I think he was battling injuries the second half of the season and couldn't make the throws he needed to make.

Yeah, weirdly the USF game was the turning point in both of his middle seasons. I think that was the game he was hurt in during his sophomore year and in his junior year that was basically the "Come to Jesus" moment for him here from what he has said after the fact.