Not good news for his team mate Eric Berry though
Eric Berry Carted Off Practice Field With Lower Body Injury - Arrowhead Addict
Bray played well when you consider the coaching staff that was in place when he was there and the lack of talent that was around him.
He passed for 7,444 yards in his 3 year career. I am positive that had he not missed about 5 games due to injuries & if Dooley had let him play earlier in his freshman season and had he come back his senior year, he would have surpassed Manning on the passing list of 11,000.
He missed 12 games by NOT returning for his senior season. He missed 5 games due to injuries and a couple more due to Dooley wanting to play Simms during the hard part of the schedule.
However; when you look at things from Brays' perspective. (1) New coach (2) New system (3) C.P gone (4) Zack gone (5) Rivera gone. Can he really improve his draft status by staying one more year????????????????
You fail to realize and\or recognize the games he played in were nothing compared to the talent level of the teams he didn't play against!
He missed the M.T.S.U game & the "O Bama" game his sophomore year. I distinctly remember those but can't recall the other three.
He would have lit it up against M.T.S.U.
To me bray is one of the few former vols I could care less about.
The way he didn't care if we lost to kent..his effort for game prep and other things..
Maybe it was fools that drove this but that's just me.
The guy got a bad rap. Dooley tried to save his job by throwing Bray under the bus. If he had Cutcliffe in his corner like Manning did, he would be the second favorite QB in UT history. And a first round pick. If you want to blame a college student for the failings of the worst coach in UT history, Go for it. But the problem was Dooley, not ANY of the players.