Yes. He was a state champ in TN in hs as I recall. My problem with him, and I love the guy, is no lateral ability. Somebody mentioned him in the same sentence as Edelman and I cringed a little bit. Edelman can cut 90· without slowing down. The only way NC can cut 90 is if he runs straight and somebody rotates the stadium.
Cutting should be a teachable skill.
You don't know jack shit about his lateral ability. We had no blocking last year and a QB that struggled pitching the ball. Cottrell took the ball on the edge and pushed down field as hard as possible. No, he didn't dance around for you. He would have gotten nowhere with multiple unblocked defenders around. Best bet is to run hard for 5 yards north/south, not wiggle for you and lose 2
Did you even watch our games? Notice how poor pitches were? How awful timing was? How bad edge blocking was?
Seriously? I pay attention to routes and runs and I'm sticking to my guns.
You didn't pay attention to Jack shit. None of our AB's were productive last season. The mesh was bad, reads were bad, pitches were bad or nonexistent, blocking was horrid...
A modified “Annexation of Puerto Rico” play.. I see. Good catch
My point is that NC is not the guy you want running a complex route because his ability to change direction is not in evidence. If you want to debate the point then perhaps an example would be more persuasive than whatever it was you just posted.
My point is what plays did we run last year that would have shown you anything about his change of direction? Searcy had an awful year. Lynch had an awful year. Both are good backs. Both got tackled behind the LOS a lot last season. Pitches were bad. Plays developed slowly. Our QB struggled to deliver the ball and mostly just kept it. You could tell nothing about Cottrell based on last season. Did he run straight north-south most of the time? Yes, he did because the way our offense was sputtering, that was the best option.
Nah
Dude isn't a freshman and he's got tape from HS. All bake, no shake.
4,000 yards rushing and 48 TD's in high school. 12 YPC in high school. 700 yards and 9 TD's receiving in high school. 937 yards and 5 TD's on kick returns. All state running back his Jr. and Sr. years.
Tried that, he was our KR in 2017. Let's just say he is a much better fit at RB.
I'd love for us to be sit at a table in Waffle House with Geoff Collins and listen to you explain how Cottrell doesn't have a great change of direction, because you just are making shit up, and for Collins to look at you like you are the village idiot.
He was a great HS running back. Not every skillset translates well to the next level. IIWII.
I hope he can find a new position, but a slot receiver who doesn't have great change of direction isn't going to be successful.
