Does anyone think Drae Bowles will ever contribute?

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The guy was an 4 star WR coming out of high school. I always thought he looked impressive judging from his high school highlights. Of course the competition wasn't very good, but I thought he had a lot of potential to be a good player for us. Ever since he's been here, he hasn't seen the field at all. With all the talent we have coming in at the WR position next year, do you see him possibly transferring in the future? It would be a shame if that does happen cause he seems like a good kid and he has the potential to be a good WR. I just don't think he's shown the coaches what it takes to play in the SEC yet and he might get burried in the depth chart. What do you guys think?
 
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No. Lots of highly ranked recruits don't pan out in college (though it does seem to happen more often here).

Does anyone remember Michael Collins?
 
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If he doesn't do something serious in spring practice he might get overshadowed by all of these top WR's seeking playing time. Jmo
 
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ManningBerry#1 said:
Who?
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My point exactly.

He was a highly touted, huge (6'5 215) receiver we signed out of Georgia in the 2000 class. Never played.

note: if you ever want to get depressed about the lack of player development during the Fulmer years, read this espn write up of the best prospects of the 2000 class featuring Montrell Jones, Jabari Davis (#6 player in the country!) and the aforementioned Mr. Collins.
 
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He's only was RS Freshman that adjusted to one system then had to immediately learn a different one he will be ok. Hopefully he picks things up this spring
 
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GBOVOLS said:
He's only was RS Freshman that adjusted to one system then had to immediately learn a different one he will be ok. Hopefully he picks things up this spring
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I don't get what's so hard about this system vs that system @ the WR position. In any "system" you need to get off the LOS, you need to block the corner for running plays, and you need to catch the ball when it's thrown your way. The difference is the routes and that shouldn't take years to master unless (perhaps in Bowles case) you just don't have it or a combination of that and the aforementioned.
 
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oregonvol said:
My point exactly.

He was a highly touted, huge (6'5 215) receiver we signed out of Georgia in the 2000 class. Never played.

note: if you ever want to get depressed about the lack of player development during the Fulmer years, read this espn write up of the best prospects of the 2000 class featuring Montrell Jones, Jabari Davis (#6 player in the country!) and the aforementioned Mr. Collins.
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If you read through the article, very few of their "can't miss" prospects have ever done anything. I had also forgotten that Carnell Williams was a UT commit at one point. Imagine the "what if's" had we actually landed him. Would it have been the extra factor needed in 2001?
 
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VOLywood said:
If you read through the article, very few of their "can't miss" prospects have ever done anything.
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Ben Wilkerson
Andrew Whitworth
Marcus Spears
Reggie Williams
Fred Gibson
Airese Curry
Michael Clayton
Kevin Jones
Carnell Williams
Cedric Benson
Joseph Addai
Brodie Croyle
Derek Anderson
Kellen Clemons
DJ Shockley
Matt Leinart
Kyle Orton

...all had solid to excellent college careers. That's more than "very few."
 
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VolFan4Life87 said:
I don't get what's so hard about this system vs that system @ the WR position. In any "system" you need to get off the LOS, you need to block the corner for running plays, and you need to catch the ball when it's thrown your way. The difference is the routes and that shouldn't take years to master unless (perhaps in Bowles case) you just don't have it or a combination of that and the aforementioned.
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Yeah you never played a down of football every system isn't different. Every coach wants things done a different ways. There are different route combinations, different LOS checks for every system. Yeah running routes are same but the nuance of every offense is different. That's why some receivers excel in a spread offense and some excel in a pro-style offense. Some coaches like running deep routes and others like short crisp routes and gettting YAC. Even some blocking schemes are even different for WR(Some schemes require WR's are told they are responsible for blocking the OLB. The basics are all the same you are right be offense can be a lot more difficult than you see.
 
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oregonvol said:
My point exactly.

He was a highly touted, huge (6'5 215) receiver we signed out of Georgia in the 2000 class. Never played.

note: if you ever want to get depressed about the lack of player development during the Fulmer years, read this espn write up of the best prospects of the 2000 class featuring Montrell Jones, Jabari Davis (#6 player in the country!) and the aforementioned Mr. Collins.
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It's no secret Fulmer couldn't develop talent. He could recruit like a machine back in the day but didn't do much with them when they got on campus. If they weren't ready to hit the ground running like Eric Berry or some others, they really never got much better under Fulmer.
 
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