Don't underestimate the value of walk-on Kameel Jackson in the receiving corp

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For those that don't know, Kameel is a 4* receiver you won't see in our list of 2014 signees.

Jackson saw significant playing time and a few starts at Oklahoma, that's enough to make him an exciting addition as it is. If my facts are correct, he was dismissed from OU, then transferred to Louisiana-Monroe, then to a JUCO in Texas. He committed to us but didn't have the academics so he was going to stay the JUCO route, but is being allowed to walk on for the 2014 season.

Kameel is 6'0, runs a 4.45 40 (probably faster now), and had offers from TX A&M, Nebraska, Kansas, and of course us and Oklahoma, among others. His freshman year at Oklahoma, he caught 12 passes for 165 yards, including a career-high 3 catches for 45 yards in the Insight Bowl against Iowa.

Add him to the already ridiculous amount of threats that are going to seriously improve the play of Worley, Dobbs, Peterman, Fergus-.... Pig in the wildcat, etc.
 
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He has a really fun personality. I can't remember specifics at the moment, but I remember I was really pulling for him to get to UT.

Glad he finally did.
 
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The strength of the WR corps (and the RBs) should help our inexperienced OL in passing situations considerably.

It's hard to imagine that Worley will need more than 3-4 seconds to find an open receiver with that much talent on the field.
 
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Biopsyman said:
So who the WR's on the roster riding the pine.. Meaning not in the rotation at all
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The way this offense is run it is possible to see probably 10 wr a game. Multiple personal groupings rotating to keep the up tempo. Im not 100% they will do that, but I have seen offenses do it to keep receivers fresh. We certainly have the depth to do so
 
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Possibly the most talented WR corps ever assembled at UT and that's saying a lot. I would love to be the offensive coordinator with this talent. Hope the O line can pull their weight.
 
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A four star walk-on is unusual, but still most of the guys that walk-on at UT are plenty good enough to be playing somewhere else on scholarship - but they just want to be here.

Anything you can do to show your thanks to a walk-on is a noble gesture in my book. They don't get much glory so the little acknowledgments go a long way.

I'm always glad when they announce a walk-on has earned a scholarship.
 
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UT Hill Man said:
A four star walk-on is unusual, but still most of the guys that walk-on at UT are plenty good enough to be playing somewhere else on scholarship - but they just want to be here.

Anything you can do to show your thanks to a walk-on is a noble gesture in my book. They don't get much glory so the little acknowledgments go a long way.

I'm always glad when they announce a walk-on has earned a scholarship.
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He's had a very checkered past.

Suspended from OU for unspecified reasons. The situation there didn't look good for him.

Former Oklahoma receiver Kameel Jackson no longer with La.-Monroe football team | News OK

Transferred to LA-Monroe but then left to go to JUCO.

I saw he committed then decommitted to us from JUCO. Don't really know what's up with that.

Regardless, he's a bit of a character question but his talent was very apparent when he was at OU. I hope he gets with Von Pearson and doesn't squander this opportunity to turn himself around.
 
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I wasn't really sure what had happened to him. I think he was dismissed from the team this past season but I had been really excited about him. He had one of the best ever tweets... We Rivals ranked him as a 3* he tweeted something like dear Rivals, you missed me by 2*'s . sincerely... You worst nightmare
 
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Orange And Garnet said:
The way this offense is run it is possible to see probably 10 wr a game. Multiple personal groupings rotating to keep the up tempo. Im not 100% they will do that, but I have seen offenses do it to keep receivers fresh. We certainly have the depth to do so
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The opposite is true in a CBJ offense. He wants his hand full of top play makers on the field and wants them to stay there.
 
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big harry said:
The opposite is true in a CBJ offense. He wants his hand full of top play makers on the field and wants them to stay there.
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I wasn't sure how he did it, but I like that better. I think the best should be on the field as long as possible. But this team definitely has enough wr's to do the rotation
 
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