BillySee58

I think a good benchmark to look at for Jaelon is Richie James from MTSU a few years ago. James had similar ridiculous production at the CUSA level (1,300 yards as a freshman and 1,600 as a sophomore), he measured at 5’10”, and he ran a 4.48 at the combine. He was drafted in the 7th round. James was coming off a season where his injuries prevented him from equaling his previous production, so Darden’s stock should be higher, but I think he has to at least run under 4.5 or else he’s likely an UDFA. Get below that 4.48 that James got and he should be in good shape.

Transfer portal is going crazy

https://www.pff.com/news/draft-prospect-rankings-updated-top-100-big-board-2021-nfl-draft Jaelon Darden showing up at spot 93.

The best thing our board has going for it is when Zach Orr, Marcus Trice, Derek Akunne, and Kenny Buyers jump on the board to talk about it.

Exactly. And if Denton were in the same position El Paso is in and we rejected that offer, I would be mad at us rejecting a game when our subsequent weeks are likely in jeopardy as well. Would much rather play the game away than hope that’s the only game the rest of the season for either team that gets cancelled for us to both make it up.

Pretty early for PWO offers

Also not looking great in other places in West Texas, so Apogee made more sense than a neutral location like Odessa.

It’s ridiculous for a lot of reasons. The idea that CUSA should give UNT a forfeit loss for not wanting to travel to a city that is pushing 100% hospital capacity being probably number 1. That’ll show everyone that we’re taking things seriously as a conference.

The statement from the president states that no players are in isolation. I think her point was meant to be that no players are quarantining due to contact tracing, but still seems to leave the door open that they are going out and about, even if they are strongly being encouraged to stay home as much as possible.

Flying into the city’s airport, staying at one of the city’s hotels.

UTEP President indicating this was our decision

They outdrew us by about 2K fans a game so there’s definitely a degree of self-ownage using the very unique “don’t they normally not have any fans at their games” joke.

Then not being on the depth chart might have more to do with them sort of playing their own positions that are not really on the team’s traditional depth chart/base defense look.

Notable players missing are Oscar Adaway, Murphy Twins, and Jaxon Gibbs

Well, we get WKU at home but they get a far easier schedule

WKU coming to town February 18-20. Huge weekend.

Wonder who else there was between Shanklin and Pegram. Seeing Jaelon Darden climb the charts has really given some perspective on how good Shanklin was. 31 receiving TDs in just 31 career games. Especially with the era he was playing in, his production gives me some pause on declaring Jaelon Darden the best receiver in school history.

That’s a good one. Didn’t know we had a 1,000 yard NFL back. Pretty impressive. Seems like Herbert and Guyton have some good rapport. Feel pretty good about that connection going forward.