On Jamar Browder
He's learning the playbook and, you know, trying to take it slow and make sure we bring him up the right way. But he's basically a big receiver. The ball’s in the air—he’s gonna fetch it. He's a fetcher. He’s a high-point-the-ball guy, and they’re super competitive young men.
On Freshman WR making an impact
Well, last year our two freshmen weren’t here for spring ball. The years before, Fred—Fred Moore—Samaj Morgan came in the spring, so you saw those guys play early in their careers. So I think it’s more or less those guys coming in during the spring, learning, and then, you know, during the summertime having an opportunity to catch their breath and refine things in the playbook. And then when camp starts, those guys are acclimated to the playbook.
So we have two of them, you know—Marsh and Browder—here. And, you know, Jacob (Washington) just graduated high school. So, so far, so good. The guys are very hard on themselves because, you know, they’re perfectionists. But, you know, one of the things we tell them is it’s a marathon, not a sprint. You’ll get it. And when you learn it, you’ll play fast and not make mistakes. And you’ll be confident in everything that you do."
On adding size at the position:
Yeah, you know, as you guys know, we want to get bigger, right? We want to get bigger in the receiver room. You know, we had some attrition, and we tried to make up for it via the portal or through high school. But, you know, we chose the portal, and McCulley's been a great addition. You know, he’s a young man who's played a lot of football. Head down, working hard, leader in the room. And he's a guy that, you know, we're leaning on to help with the young guys in developing that—as far as, you know, off the field—how to conduct yourselves, different things like that. But Donovan's been a great addition.
On Fred Moore and Samaj Morgan:
I think a lot of times when I say Semaj, I always think of Fred Moore because they both came in together. You know, we were asking a lot of them as sophomores, and we really didn’t have older guys in our room. It kind of put the stress on those guys. But thus far, we’ve seen the best version of Semaj and Fred. They're just older, more experienced, and those guys— they know what their roles are. They know what the expectations are. And you can see them coaching the younger guys. You see Fred working with Marsh. Same thing with Semaj working with Marsh. So it’s been great for us.
On adapting to Coach Lindsey’s offense:
I think more or less it’s kind of getting acclimated to some of the newer things we’re doing with Coach Lindsey. You know, for those guys, understanding how the game is played. It's not so much like, 'Okay, I play this position, I’m doing this.' They can play all the positions now. They’re older. They’re more mature. They understand how to win in one-on-one matchups, understand what the defense is doing to them, what the coverage dictates and whatnot. So we’ve been blessed, and so far, so good, to see what those guys' development has been.
On bigger receivers and matchups:
Well, it’s just what you’re asking the quarterback to do, right? You know, with the smaller guys—obviously, you like dynamic guys, right? Dynamic guys with the ball in their hands. But what the bigger ...
