🏈 What player surprised you the most this year?

[PhillyGirl]

Was there a player who blew your expectations away? Maybe one who really did not meet expectations? One who came out of nowhere and surprised you?

 

[TerryP]

Was there a player who blew your expectations away

One who came out of nowhere and surprised you?

Two questions, one person. Jonah.

Maybe one who really did not meet expectations?

One question, two people. Cam and Dieter.

 

[alabama mike]

Agree with Jonah making a huge impact this season.

I will also add Ryan Anderson. IMO, he made tremendous strides in his overall play this year.

 

[PhillyGirl]

Agree with Jonah making a huge impact this season.

I will also add Ryan Anderson. IMO, he made tremendous strides in his overall play this year.

Seconding Anderson. He had a great year, and he will be rewarded in the draft.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Jalen Hurts, cause I hadn't seen the likes of that. Jonathan Allen, cause you still haven't seen superman until he actually shows up.

 

[UAgrad93]

I would agree on Jonah being the surprise and exceeding any and all expectations.
Disappointment or didn't meet expectations Gehrig Dieter. I knew he wouldn't have the 90+ catches he had at BG, but he had some really bad drops though that would seem uncharacteristic for someone with that many catches under his belt.

 

[TerryP]

but he had some really bad drops though that would seem uncharacteristic for someone with that many catches under his belt.

I saw a stat the other day that he'd dropped less than five passes during his last season at Bowling Green. I want to say he'd caught 91 of 93 or some ridiculous stat like that.

 

[UAgrad93]

I saw a stat the other day that he'd dropped less than five passes during his last season at Bowling Green. I want to say he'd caught 91 of 93 or some ridiculous stat like that.

That is what was so mind blowing. The kid seemed so consistent.

 

[bama alum]

Completely agree about Jonah Williams and Ryan Anderson, but perhaps as an honorable mention, Bradley Bozeman. He solidified the line as the season progressed.

 

[PhillyGirl]

Gehrig Dieter

Dieter finished 2016 with 214 yards on 14 receptions, for 4 TDs. Averaged 14.3 yards a catch, long was 45.

He did well the first 3 games (accumulated 148 yards and 1 TD) .. Then we didn't really see him until Chattanooga when he scored 2 TDs on (with 1 yard net? How is that right?) .. And he got a TD versus Florida on his only catch.

:headscratch:

 

[jdpas29]

Jalen with his running game

 

[RoeTied]

Tim Williams was the biggest disappointment. His production does not match his speed and quickness. I'm guessing teams figured out fast that he only has a few moves in his pocket and he was more or less shut down.

 

[alagator]

Tim Williams was the biggest disappointment. His production does not match his speed and quickness. I'm guessing teams figured out fast that he only has a few moves in his pocket and he was more or less shut down.

#2 on the team for TFL's.
#28 in the nation for TFL's.
Improved both over last years results.

Another post of yours which makes no sense, at all.

 

[RoeTied]

And yet I can hardly remember any of them. Did he even play against Clemson?

 

[bearsnest]

biggest surprise:
I would say Josh Jacobs, to me he was way underused in the Washington and Clemson game, when he got a lot of touches against Aubarn I had many barn fans going who is this guy that continued to skull drag our defense down the field. Jacobs hits the hole like Ingram used to do like a bullet being shot out of a gun. hopefully he gets more carries next year and does not transfer that would be a loss to our backfield IMO. He would start on any SEC team next year and easily have a 1K yardage rushed, hopefully we continue to feed him.
Honorable mention Hurts, the 18 year old kid did pretty darn good being a relative unknown, yes his downfield passing ability needs work (but how many 18 year old freshmen qb's don't?), his running ability is nothing short of stellar.

Biggest disappointment:
Cam Robinson:
Yes when he run blocks he is very good, but he mental breakdowns and penalties for a seasoned lineman and mediocre pass blocking...very very disappointing to me

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Two questions, one person. Jonah.



One question, two people. Cam and Dieter.

Agreed on all.

 

[EasyTider]

Interesting that an AA and Outland trophy winning LT did not meet expectations. Maybe expectations were too high?

He did have a few untimely penalties I guess.

 

[rick4bama]

Was there a player who blew your expectations away? Maybe one who really did not meet expectations? One who came out of nowhere and surprised you?

To me this is a hard one here. But, if I had to pick one, it would be that freshman QB. He played great in some way and he didn't in others.

 

[Trob]

Biggest surprise for me was Anthony Averett. I actually thought he would be the weak spot in the secondary but he outplayed Marlon. Hope he shows just as much improvement this year as he did last year. On the offensive side it has to be Hurts. He has a lot to work on but I still can't believe a true freshman started for Saban at Alabama, won SEC Offensive Player of the Year and led the team to an SEC Title and NCG appearance. The future is very bright with him.

Having a time trying to see who didn't meet my expectations, I guess I'll have to go with Dieter. I was expecting a more athletic Mullaney, who was one of my surprises from last year.

He would start on any SEC team next year

Jacobs is good and was clearly underrated by the recruiting services but I have a hard time believing that he'd beat out Chubb(UGA), Guice(lsu), Pettway(aub) and maybe a few others like Webb(VAN) and Williams (ARK). I think Kentucky brings back a couple of thousand-yard rushers as well so there would at least be some stiff competition for him.