True or false: Devrin Young has been under utillized

#26
#26
Devrin caught the first TD of the year correct? He then gets injured, has to fight his way back into the starting lineup and then catches the last TD of the year.

What our WR's this year have failed to do is get good separation. It has made for many contested throws. On two of Devrin's catches against UK he absolutely smoked him man at the line and caught the ball in stride on a slant.

In 12 games how many more times have we seen that occur? 5 times maybe? and Dev did it twice in a game?

I am not from Knoxville. I don't care that he went to high school in Knoxville, so don't accuse me of being biased, but despite his injury I think he should have gotten a lot more snaps this year and been much more involved in the offense.
 
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Advol said:
Devrin had an excellent game against a Lexington High School Team. We also had a depleted WR core....lets not get carried away.... :ermm:
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Agreed, let's not get carried away in either direction. DY is actually pretty good in his role but hasn't (or certainly hasn't to this point) shown "greatness" either. That's actually OK.
 
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hndog609 said:
Agreed, let's not get carried away in either direction. DY is actually pretty good in his role but h (or certainly hasn't to this point) shown "greatness"
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As bad as our WR corp was this year we are just looking for "can run the right route and catch the ball", not greatness.
 
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DY is an average football player at best. You won't hear his name again once Wharton and Jenkins start playing next year.
 
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omghulkhands said:
As bad as our WR corp was this year we are just looking for "can run the right route and catch the ball", not greatness.
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Just pointing out there's no need for some people to be so polarizing about him. He's neither a waste of a scholly or likely to be remembered as great. Why some seem fixated so far on either side of that argument confuses me at times.
 
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tnmarktx said:
Jason Croom season stats.

SEASON REC YDS AVG LNG TD
2013 - 18 - 269 - 14.9 - 43 - 2

Not too bad for a RS freshmen wide reciever, that didn't start all the games, on a team that has had sub par qb play is not bad at all.

Devrin Young stats las night:

REC YDS AVG LNG TD
4 - 66 - 16.5 - 37 - 1

Made a case for more playing time in the future. IMO
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Jenkins and Wharton will play over him in slot and kickoffs. IMO...
 
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driscokid said:
Agree. One thing is for sure- right or wrong, win or lose, the coaches ALWAYS know more than we do...also- Kiffin didn't have the $$$ for Cam
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That's because we wasted that money on his daddy's pathetic defense.
 
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True. I've been wondering why not use him more at WR since he's been back from injury. He is one of the more explosive players for us.
 
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SouthKnoxVOL said:
DY is an average football player at best. You won't hear his name again once Wharton and Jenkins start playing next year.
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Hopefully they are as good as advertised. However, Young may be average on some teams, but he's one of the best we have. I don't see Pig as the big playmaker they keep talking about on tv. Young has about the same explosiveness.
 
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ATLVols said:
Hopefully they are as good as advertised. However, Young may be average on some teams, but he's one of the best we have. I don't see Pig as the big playmaker they keep talking about on tv. Young has about the same explosiveness.
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Pig has done nothing in 2 years with a high volume of touches.
 
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BigT_Chief said:
I can't really speak about Smith and Croom, but after seeing Devrin make those catches last night, I wondered why he didn't get used as a WR more this season. He can definitely catch and is fast.
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He was going to our slot guy. He got hurt before Oregon and honestly I knew then it was going to be a bigger problem than anyone acknowledged. DY is a solid player who often goes full on beast. To make matters worse, Worley's most comfortable pass going into that game was the slot.
 
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VOLorNuttin said:
This is why I always laugh at people who say "the coaches know more than you do, so why don't you STFU?" Coaches under-utilize and mis-evaluate players ALL THE TIME! Case in point....Lane Kiffin essentially telling Heisman winner, Cam Newton to take a hike...and choosing Matt Simms instead.

Telling Tahj Boyd and Bryce Petty, "No thanks...I'm planning on recruiting over you next year...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rze0XkDUqQ[/youtube]
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I know that Kiffin blew it with Taj Boyd, but I have never heard Bryce Petty in connection with UT at all. As for Cam, I believe we did try to get him. Never heard that Kiffin told him to "take a hike". Likely we just got out bid...:eek:hmy:
 
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UTProf said:
He was going to our slot guy. He got hurt before Oregon and honestly I knew then it was going to be a bigger problem than anyone acknowledged. DY is a solid player who often goes full on beast. To make matters worse, Worley's most comfortable pass going into that game was the slot.
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You are right on the money.
I think DY is every bit as good a player as Pig.
Let me qualify that by saying he doesn't have as much ability.
DY makes plays, mostly because he is overlooked.
He gets single covered, and burns his cover man.
He plays with heart, and leaves all he has on the field.
I remember DY taking the field for the first time here.
The crowd cheering for him, he stopped and took it all in.
The look on his face said it all.
I knew right then that he was going to give all he has for his team.

I think once we get some more help on TE it will open up everything.
Slot will be be open more, it will give the backs a better bumper from the LBs, and open up the WR. DY, and Pig will both be needed.
Football is a chess match. Sometimes you put Pig and he will take attention from your RB or Post WR. Sometimes you put DY out and he can fly under the radar for 3rd and short and catch a pass on a curl for a 1st down.
Never underestimate the usefulness of the pawn.
Sometimes the smallest pieces are the ones that win you the game.
What makes them valuable is because most people overlook them.
 
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Croom is too big to play wideout--and he doesn't have the speed to be exceptional outside. I don't know why the coaches didn't make him a TE, especially given that we had ZERO pass-catching threat at TE--a deficiency that killed us all year. The one thing you want with inexperienced QBs is some safe short route options, and that's what a TE SHOULD give you.
 
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armchair said:
Croom is too big to play wideout--and he doesn't have the speed to be exceptional outside. I don't know why the coaches didn't make him a TE, especially given that we had ZERO pass-catching threat at TE--a deficiency that killed us all year. The one thing you want with inexperienced QBs is some safe short route options, and that's what a TE SHOULD give you.
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Didn't play him at TE because we had 2 TE in Downs and Branseil (spelling?) But only had North @ WR. Had Croom not stayed at WR, we would have had even less pass to the outside than we did.

In retrospect ...
Worley going down
Peterman going down
Dobbs not being able to hit the long ball, and not being able to throw the sideline sliders. 1 TE down with injury
The other being a LB blocker only for QB runs
Sure, it would have been better to have had Croom move to TE.

There are so many things you can look back on and say its so simple they should have just moved him. Moving a player mid season is never a good idea.
I think you are right, it would have been My personal preference for him to play TE to begin with. We just needed a WR more than we needed a TE at the beginning of the season.
 
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GBOVOLS said:
It was Kentucky man reading way too much into that. If he did that against USCjr, Mizzou etc then I could agree. If that's the type of talent you want on the field then I would hate for you to be the coach. You would really drive us to irrelevancy.
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I thought we were there [irrelevant].
 
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1truevol said:
Lol...he made what....two catches and people are saying he has the best hands on the team?? I like him but he's a tiny tiny target to start with. He did have the wrist injury earlier, but I'm not ready to say he should be playing ahead of a 6' 5" Croom in the SEC.
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A 6-5 inch Croom that avoids contact at all cost, and routinely drops catchable balls or a 5-7 Young that catches passes, doesn't act like he is afraid of contact, and can make plays after the catch. I'd take young every day of the week over Croom.
 
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#50
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He is a good kick returner.






















But he can't judge where a punt is going to land to save his life. I get nervous every time he's back there dancing around trying to get under it and then he lunges one way or the other to catch it.
 
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