Rivals/KQ: Soph WR Marquez Ezzard has left the team (link)

As for Ezzard, he was on the bench during the entire Pitt game. And when I say on the bench, I mean literally, sitting on the bench for the entire game.
 
ComputerNut62 said:
I feel bad for him, but not because of the football part. Very few HS players go on to be stars at the college level. You have to really stand out at the college level to have any hope of making money playing FB. Apparently he thinks he can make it somewhere else. (or the school part was just too much) Historically speaking, if you can’t excel in GTs FB program, you’re never going to play professionally, but a GT degree will make you successful in life. So unless he didn’t think the degree was in the cards either…. I just feel bad for him. Best of luck.
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It hasn't been announced that he is in the portal, just that he left the football team. Even though he is a sophomore in terms of eligibility, this is his 4th year of college. Best not to speculate too much.
 
Under the new rule do players get immediate eligibility even if they have previously transferred?
 
The Champ said:
Pretty sure he was our starting slot every game he was healthy
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In Brown's own words, he couldn't make the NFL playing for a team like GT and needed to transfer to an SEC school so he could make his dream of playing in the NFL happen. He knew this was always the path.

And apparently he never noticed where Calvin Johnson, Demaryius Thomas, or Darren Waller played CFB
 
JJacket said:
In Brown's own words, he couldn't make the NFL playing for a team like GT and needed to transfer to an SEC school so he could make his dream of playing in the NFL happen. He knew this was always the path.

And apparently he never noticed where Calvin Johnson, Demaryius Thomas, or Darren Waller played CFB
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Cool story
 
JJacket said:
In Brown's own words, he couldn't make the NFL playing for a team like GT and needed to transfer to an SEC school so he could make his dream of playing in the NFL happen. He knew this was always the path.

And apparently he never noticed where Calvin Johnson, Demaryius Thomas, or Darren Waller played CFB
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Those 5 catches for 26 yards and zero TDs are probably turning a lot of NFL scouts heads. Those 0 catches through 3 SEC games will definitely catapult him to the early rounds.
 
cincyjacket said:
Dude could stretch the field with his speed. Wish he didn't leave. Oh well. iiwii
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Malik Rutherford, Nate McCollum and Jamal Haynes are just as fast, possibly McGowan, and all 4 have better route running and hands than Brown. Brown had straight line speed, but couldn't create separation unless he just beat somebody on a sprint. Folks figured that out after year 1 and he wasn't open nearly as much in year 2. He had a couple big drops too.
 
Brown was awesome for us then left when the freshman QB missed him several times last year.

Didn’t show much patience and now he’s stuck at USCe. It was clearly a stupid decision but we all make bad choices in college.

And since this thread is about Ezzard….I was disappointed we didn’t see more of him at PR. He’s leaving because he’s not seeing the field AT ALL. Unlike Brown…I Don’t blame him for this choice.
 
wesleyd21 said:
Brown was awesome for us then left when the freshman QB missed him several times last year.

Didn’t show much patience and now he’s stuck at USCe. It was clearly a stupid decision but we all make bad choices in college.

And since this thread is about Ezzard….I was disappointed we didn’t see more of him at PR. He’s leaving because he’s not seeing the field AT ALL. Unlike Brown…I Don’t blame him for this choice.
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FWIW, it's still unclear if he's just leaving the team, finishing his degree and then intends to transfer, or if he's just hanging up the cleats for good. All we know right now is that he has left the football team. It sounds like he is still in school. No clue where he is at in terms of progress towards his degree.
 
BigDanT said:
While you’re correct and I share some of the disdain for his decision, do we really want to call the kid out like that? After all while he was here he was a good teammate and player.
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Yes. He's gone so who cares?
 
GoGATech said:
Malik Rutherford, Nate McCollum and Jamal Haynes are just as fast, possibly McGowan, and all 4 have better route running and hands than Brown. Brown had straight line speed, but couldn't create separation unless he just beat somebody on a sprint. Folks figured that out after year 1 and he wasn't open nearly as much in year 2. He had a couple big drops too.
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Graham had a better touch on the deep ball than Sims. Sims has a better touch on pretty much every other throw. Brown, due to his size, needs to get separation by using his speed. The problem being his speed was generally 20 yard speed and not burst speed. So if Brown wasn’t trying to round up low percentage deep balls, he was limited as a receiver. Our offense had to evolve beyond running or throwing the bomb. It just moved away from Brown’s skillset.
 
smokey_wasp said:
It hasn't been announced that he is in the portal, just that he left the football team. Even though he is a sophomore in terms of eligibility, this is his 4th year of college. Best not to speculate too much.
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True. Until otherwise indicated, I will cross my fingers that Ezzard completes his degree and uses that to have a successfup and happy life. I’m always proud of GT alum. Quitters, not so much.
 
ComputerNut62 said:
True. Until otherwise indicated, I will cross my fingers that Ezzard completes his degree and uses that to have a successfup and happy life. I’m always proud of GT alum. Quitters, not so much.
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I hope he gets his degree and leverages his remaining eligibility to pick up a free Masters. There are a lot of good schools out there where he could certainly play. I’m surprised more guys don’t grab a Masters from Rice. Miami (OH) is a solid degree too. Both would welcome a decent athlete.
 
GoGATech said:
FWIW, it's still unclear if he's just leaving the team, finishing his degree and then intends to transfer, or if he's just hanging up the cleats for good. All we know right now is that he has left the football team. It sounds like he is still in school. No clue where he is at in terms of progress towards his degree.
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I hope he finishes his degree. It isn't a good look for transferring to another program not finishing the season. He may just be hanging it up and moving on with life with a GT degree in hand
 
WracerX said:
Graham had a better touch on the deep ball than Sims. Sims has a better touch on pretty much every other throw. Brown, due to his size, needs to get separation by using his speed. The problem being his speed was generally 20 yard speed and not burst speed. So if Brown wasn’t trying to round up low percentage deep balls, he was limited as a receiver. Our offense had to evolve beyond running or throwing the bomb. It just moved away from Brown’s skillset.
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Since when did Graham have better touch? He was all over the place with his throws.
 
JJacket said:
Since when did Graham have better touch? He was all over the place with his throws.
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Better touch on those low percentage long ones. Far worse on every other throw.

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Sims touch on the deepball has improved this year over last. But this year’s performance has no bearing on Brown.
 
Brown’s better than average skill was his ability to adjust to the ball in the air. Graham’s throws weren’t all that great but Brown could often adjust and caught them anyway. He was fast, but most slot receivers are. He wasn’t a particularly good route runner and no better than average at 50-50 balls.
 
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