Randy Edsall Quotes

"When you can get that kind of field position through special teams it's a big advantage. Guys like that, the one thing it does is it gets the guys in front of them to keep blocking longer and sustain their blocks because they know that whenever he touches the ball he can go the distance."

"We knew about his athleticism when we recruited him. We wanted to utilize his speed and athleticism and his ability to get to the ball. He's a tough kid, too."

"We feel Jonathon has speed and athletic ability coming off the edge if we play him as a defensive end, ... In college football you don't need to have all those big people up front rushing all the time. Plus, with his athleticism, it helps us with some of the other things we do with our nickel package."

"We feel Jonathon has speed and athletic ability coming off the edge if we play him as a defensive end. In college football you don't need to have all those big people up front rushing all the time. Plus, with his athleticism, it helps us with some of the other things we do with our nickel package."

"When I saw him at our summer camp, (Hurd) demonstrated a lot of athletic ability. And he showed good speed for a big man. We'll put some weight on him and where we plays ... I'm not sure yet ... but I know he's going to keep getting bigger and better."

"I knew physically that he had the ability to do it. It was just a matter of him learning his assignments and the things that he had to do from a mental standpoint of playing the position."

"They all watched the Iowa State-Army game on television. They saw what kind of team Army had."

"Danny made significant improvement from the time his second spring ended to the time we started in the fall. He made a complete jump. That's what I'm hoping with D.J., that he'll make that jump."

"Dan made significant improvement from the time his second spring ended to the fall. We?re hoping we get the same thing with D.J. We know he?s going to work his tail off."

"He's never thrown a ball like that since I've seen him. He's a guy that's not going to force a ball, but that one should have gone into the stands. These are the things he's going to have to learn from. He's as upset with himself as anybody."

"Shane has got a tremendous passion to be a pilot. It's not something that he could do here from an academic standpoint so he's going to be going down there because he wants to be a corporate pilot. I told him that when he gets his license we'll rent a corporate jet and he can fly me around or something."

"There has to be a whole revamping of recruiting because of technology."

"They're all pretty excited about it, but they also understand the practice squad can be a week-to-week thing,"

"We won't have to worry about that this week."

"He's demonstrated to me to have the best work ethic. He has the most passion of the next best tackle that I think we have on our team. He has the size, the strength and the athletic ability we're looking for. I just felt as we head into spring that he's going to line up there. It's based on what he's done and what other guys didn't do."