Mtsu's Gee Moved To Wide Receiver

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Tuesday, 09/04/07

MTSU's Gee moved to wide receiver

By ADAM SPARKS

Gannett Tennessee

MURFREESBORO — Middle Tennessee State sophomore Desmond Gee will predominantly play wide receiver Thursday at Louisville rather than split his time between wideout and running back.

During today’s MTSU football press luncheon, head coach Rick Stockstill acknowledged disappointment in his team’s wide receiver play and frustrations of not getting the ball to Gee enough as a running back in the Blue Raiders’ 27-14 loss at Florida Atlantic Saturday.

Playing both running back and wide receiver, Gee had two receptions for 55 yards and one touchdown against FAU. His 27- and 28-yard catches were the two longest gains of the game for MTSU. He also rushed five times for minus-two yards.

Gee was a first-team All-Sun Belt selection as an all-purpose player in his 2006 freshman season.

Junior Bobby Williams, MTSU’s leading receiver last season, dropped two passes against Florida Atlantic and did not record a catch. Sophomore Patrick Honeycutt led MTSU Saturday with six receptions in his collegiate debut.

“(Gee) will be at wide receiver 99 percent of the time from now on,” Stockstill said. “We’ve got to get him more involved in our offense.

“... Probably 50 percent of that decision was how can we get him the ball more, and the other 50 percent was that the other guys didn’t perform like we thought they would. ... We’re not kicking anyone to the curb where they’ll never play again, but they have to understand that you have to perform every day on the practice field and in the game or we’ll give somebody else a chance.”

MTSU plays at Louisville’s Papa Johns Stadium Thursday at 6 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 (Comcast channel 29).

[Guest JohnDenver]

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[KAjunRaider]

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