Jake Smith Schooling Rookie DB in Practice

The moves and speed amaze me.

 

Kid gets turned around and then takes the wrong angle.

Can you say "red shirt, boys & girls"?

 

I hope Jake gets to contribute a lot this season, I like watching him catch and run fast

 

I cannot discern if the DB is Jaden Hullaby (29) or Jerrin Thompson (28).

Hopefully a red shirt. Nice recovery though once he was deked. Just not quite in time. Exactly what Owens and Watson learned on the field last year.

EDIT: Perhaps it was Hullaby as Thompson just had his stripe removed.

 

Seeing that makes me ready for Horn football even if We can't be in DKR.
Hook'em

 

DB did not look very good, but isn’t It nice to see a receiver sell a hard fake before making a cut after watching so many receivers just run predictable routes.
I am a big fan of Jake, (from State Farm?).

 

The DB had to respect Jake's speed so he had to turn his body, meanwhile Jake made his cut.
Jake will have à good season.

 

I was thinking back to Ship and a game I watched where he juked a db in the most dramatic and effective manner I've seen from a collegiate receiver. I've brought this up before and people post a few guesses, but I nor anyone has ever located it. It wasn't the well acknowledged play vs tech but I do believe it was vs tech(though could be wrong). He was lined up right side and we were headed "north" "long" side of the field...so appx 10-25 yd line w 75+ to go. Describing it won't do it justice, but it is engrained in my mind and was some of the best footwork, pre-catch, I've ever seen. Left db in a heap and then proceeded to catch a TD or very long gainer. Replayed it w my son about 6 times on DVR at the time to appreciate it.
Wish I could find a clip....

 

There was a time when best practice was to never turn your back on the play unless you were making a play on the ball, in the air. He turned his back on the q’back and the receiver. I guess with today’s super athletes things are different?

 

I really like this kid. Fast, runs crisp routes, good hands, gets YAC.....

He reminds me of Jordan Shipley a lot. Perhaps even 1/2 step faster? With Johnson and Duevernay gone, Smith will very likely get more passes thrown his way. He could become Sam's go-to in 2020 like Colt to Shipley was.

Future is very bright for him!

 

Excuse me, but your jock strap is back there.

 

Love Jake Smith but tap the brakes there on "1/2 step faster" than Ship for now.
He may be faster....but has a good ways to go to match Ships ankle-breaking footwork.

 

OK, but I did say "perhaps" since we have no way to truly measure... just eyeballing him. If a receiver is quick & runs good routes, he doesn't have to have sprinter or great speed to get open - good speed will do.

Speaking of good WR speed, that reminds me of Mike Renfro. During Jr. High & HS years I was friends with and attended summer camps in Colorado with him. He was a WR at Arlington Heights, TCU & the Oilers.

The thing that struck me about Mike was he was not big or real fast but he was very quick, had great moves / footwork, ran good routes and had great hands. Those traits will usually help any receiver overcome a lack of great speed and get open.

 

It is fascinating the whole quick, first step, deception, speed, body control paradigm. Some guys are just plain fast and some seem "faster" than they are due to other attributes as far as a pure speed measurable goes. I'm thinking of a million examples and comparisons right now, but will spare...
I like your example.

 

Bottom line, most agree Jake Smith has "Star" written all over him. Can he attain it, that is yet to be determined. I think he has a breakout season. We'll be watching.

 

Speed is nice

Running the right routes is nicer

 

True Dat

 

Well, that's why we have practice, right? Get burned by someone else really good on your own team, then learn from it how not to get burned by a really good opponent in games.

When I hear Shipley juke vs Texas Tech, I think of this one, even though this wasn't nearly 75 yards.

 

Yea. Not fair of me to be overly critical of a kid on one bad play. But I do wonder why we are coaching up players on fundamentals AFTER they get to this level. I have wondered this for several years.

Back in the day a high school sideline had 3 coaches. Current games have as many as 12. We give accolades to our great Texas high school coaches. Yet, we continue to see this need. Coaching failures or un-coachable players (snowflakes)?

 

And that's a good one....
But this other.....man...too bad I cant find it.

 

Got to love fast hard moves followed by blazing speed. DB did the best he could after he bit on the fake. It is difficult not to bite when one steps up from high school to go against former national Gatorade player of the year, I would presume.

 

He can be a star but he's only half the equation.
The QB has to get him the ball.
Not saying Sam won't do that.
But it takes a team.
O-line gives Sam time and Sam makes a good throw and Jake runs a good route and...BOOM!
Sam's got a lot of weapons to utilize also.

 

Source: Texas WR Jake Smith suffers hamstring injury

Updated link

 

Who is it since I can't open it?

 

Jake Smith - hamstring.

 

Thank you

 

Yep...I jinxed us earlier in my preseason assessment and predictions thread post

 

Update on Jake reveals level 1, minor hamstring injury.
Most likely scenario is back by Tech but could hold him another week.
Whew...
Texas head coach Tom Herman provides injury update on WR Jake Smith

 

Whew, at least the bone isn't showing.