Sorry to hear he's left the team. Glad to hear it's not a serious situation. I hope he has a great future, even if it's outside of UK Football (as long as it's outside of UL football).
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Sorry to hear he's left the team. Glad to hear it's not a serious situation. I hope he has a great future, even if it's outside of UK Football (as long as it's outside of UL football).
It’s easy to see a kid who is a really good athlete with a body type to play WR along with baseball and basketball in high school, getting to college and realizing that gaining 40 lbs of muscle and moving to TE, but in the meantime being a practice dummy for grown-assed men SEC athletes, is more than he can handle.
I know someone who had the same experience only at a lower level. He moved on and became a success in life. We all need to wish the same for Jacob.
I know someone who had the same experience only at a lower level. He moved on and became a success in life. We all need to wish the same for Jacob.
Your handle is clarified. Thanks for that
Scholarship athletes are not "practice dummies" at UK. I understand someone being intimidated and not being prepared to handle it, but hyperbole like that just makes people look and sound fragile and ignorant.
It's disappointing seeing most of our tall receivers not being used to their best advantage and bailing. I don't see why Dixon would have to be moved to TE. 6'4" 225 LBS is plenty big enough for the SEC @WR. It's a little discouraging to think he'd HAVE to be a TE simply because of his height
That's why roles get discussed during recruitment. If he isn't happy, better to leave now than later. Better for everyone.
My point is that if there is a genuine SEC level talented player in the City of Louisville, be it at St. X, Trinity, Male, or any other school, we need not concede them to UofL. We've had some pretty darn good players from Louisville come through here. Corey Peters, JJ Weaver, Keenan Burton, Izayah Cummings to name a few off the top of my head. So we need to not abandon recruiting the city. We do need to own the state though. We've finally made inroads back into freaking Lexington, which should have never been the issue it was, and I think we are picking up steam in the Northern KY area too. I think Cincy's ho hum hire of Satterfield has put some tarnish on their program that we need to jump on.
Sorry dude. Young scholarship players are sometime sometimes place on practice squad for reps. Nothing fragile about it.
Some of y'all need to learn what a "scout team" is, who usually is on it, and how important it is for game prep
Not before practice starts, and there's a big difference between that and a "practice dummy"... for those who've played the game anyway
Can a young guy who’s never been away from home, yes 80 miles might as well be 800 if you’re homesick, just decide that all of this is overwhelming? He went home to re-assess. Maybe he calls CMS in two weeks to return. Maybe CMS is helping find the right fit. I feel for the guy. In my summer after my senior year of high school I partied, went out had some great times but when August rolled around, all my friends took off and went to colleges all over the Country. It’s a scary time. Took me taking a year before I got serious, found a school and walked on. Look up the stats on kids who go away to college. See how many wind up back home. It’s their first failure in their eyes. To come down on them is unfair. We all gotta figure out our way. It involves stepping out of our comfort zones and overcoming fear. I wish him well. He will mature and will do what he’s meant to do in his own time.
