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Player updates: Best, Jackson…
Posted by Eric | August 20, 2007 at 6:47 pm | In DeSean, Players/Alumni | 1 Comment
True freshman Jahvid Best is making a name for himself in fall camp, already earning the nickname “Jet.” Coach Jeff Tedford suggests that Best may not be redshirting this season:
“He’s special,” Cal coach Jeff Tedford said. …
Tedford suggested strongly that Best will get some playing time at running back this year, and it seems a near certainty that Best will be returning kickoffs. Kick returns are a bigger part of the game this season with kickoffs moved back 5 yards to the 30-yard line, and Best is eager to give it a try.
“I love returning kicks,” he said.
The combination of Best and DeSean Jackson should be mind blowing.
Speaking of Jackson, Sports Illustrated just put up an Inside College Football: “Postcard” feature on Cal featuring the star WR/PR and his filmmaking following (his brother Byron and a friend). Jackson is confident as usual:
“I am the one to watch,” says Jackson with a smile when he sees the pamphlet. “I’ve been ready for this moment my whole life. The camera’s always been on me. The spotlight’s always been on me. I’m used to it by now. I’m ready.”
The article also goes into quite a bit more about the team:
- Tedford is “about as comfortable with [Nate] Longshore as any quarterback he’s ever coached at Cal,” with the QB “like another coach on the field.”
- RB Justin Forsett is ready, with “[m]ost within the program think Forsett could prove to be the most explosive back the school’s had since Arrington ran for over 2,000 yards”
- Longshore on taking up Pilates with Forsett: “I have so much more flexibility and I’m able to play smarter and stay fresh. I do a little routine before I come out and I’m loose and everything feels good.”
- CB Syd’Quan Thompson doesn’t blame his performance last year at Tennessee on the cast on his left hand. “The Tennessee game was a crazy atmosphere but it helped me grow and helped me to have a short memory.”
- DE Tad Smith is rising from the third-string, and SI suggests “if he continues to make plays like he’s made so far in camp it will be hard for coaches not to start him.”
- True freshman DE Cameron Jordan is turning heads, “routinely outrunning his fellow lineman by 20-30 yards during sprints.”
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Jahvid is the next 2000 yard Cal rusher… Here’s why….He’s Forsett (same hieght and size) with turbo chargers…He will get through the hole for the same reason Forsett does …he’s got vision and timing. After that things will be different because while Forsett is a great back and has great vision and running instincts, he lacks break away speed and will often get pulled down after long runs…Jahvid will turn those 40, 50, 60 yarders into 6 points……If he’s behind or even with a defender, it’s 6…If he’s in front of the defender and the defender loses focus or blinks ,it’s 6…count it… I hope Cal uses Jahvid the way West Virginia uses Reynaud or freshmean phenom Noel Devine…..(both have blinding speed and make defenders look like they are running uphill in mud)……The combination of Best, Hawkins, and Jackson start to give Cal ridiculous speed and the ability to put pressure on defenses over the entire field in the same way West Virginia does ….Just put Jahvid in space and let him create….kickoff returns, slip screens, quick slants, counters, and reverses…touchdowns, touchdowns, tochdoewns….count it… Go Bears!!!!
1. Comment by Barry Cromartie — August 25, 2007 @ 12:49 pm #