WR Jalin Marshall (Edmonton Elks)

[lvbuckeye]

Dude balled out against Sparty.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Jalin has always been a baller. Since his freshman year in high school til now. He just has sick athleticism and very high sports IQ. Don't be surprised if he isnt mentioned in some very high accolades, even Heisman talk, by his Junior/Senior year here.

 

[Michael Bluth]

Jalin is a stronger version of Percy Harvin. Percy will be an afterthought after a couple years of Jalin

 

[ShowMeBuck]

You serious? I really like Jalin but that's crazy talk on a few points. I believe Urb said that Percy was very strong for his size and it would take a Heisman season to make him an after thought if that's even possible.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Jalin is a stronger version of Percy Harvin. Percy will be an afterthought after a couple years of Jalin

I think this is a tad bit of hyperbole. I do think that Jalin is improving game-by-game and by the end of next season (his RS soph season), he'll be a nationally-familiar name.

 

[pnuts34]

Jalin is a stronger version of Percy Harvin. Percy will be an afterthought after a couple years of Jalin

You may want to pump the brakes on that proclamation. Percy was one of the most explosive athletes in CFB history. I think even Urban would disagree with your statement

 

[Krenzelicious]

Jalin is a stronger version of Percy Harvin. Percy will be an afterthought after a couple years of Jalin

I think that's a bit

 

[LordJeffBuck]

Jalin is a stronger version of Percy Harvin. Percy will be an afterthought after a couple years of Jalin

In three seasons at Florida, Harvin rushed 194 times for 1,852 yards (9.5 ypc), caught 133 passes for 1,929 yards (14.5 ypc), and scored 32 total touchdowns. That's 3,781 yards from scrimmage in 36 games, or an average of 105 yards per game. He also averaged almost one touchdown per game.

If Marshall gets anywhere close to those numbers it will be a tremendous accomplishment. And he'll have to pick up the pace quite a bit going forward, as he has only 264 yards from scrimmage in 9 games (29.3 yards per game) and 3 total touchdowns.

 

[GeorgiaBuck2]

Percy Harvin was in another world when it came to talent. Marshall will be good no doubt, but he will unlikely become that good, in my imo.

 

[maximumblitz]

In three seasons at Florida, Harvin rushed 194 times for 1,852 yards (9.5 ypc), caught 133 passes for 1,929 yards (14.5 ypc)

Jalin is averaging 6.3 ypcarry (7.6 in Nov) and 11.2 ypcatch (17.0 in Nov).

http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/549819/jalin-marshall

 

[LordJeffBuck]

In three seasons at Florida, Harvin rushed 194 times for 1,852 yards (9.5 ypc), caught 133 passes for 1,929 yards (14.5 ypc)

Jalin is averaging 6.3 ypcarry (7.6 in Nov) and 11.2 ypcatch (17.0 in Nov).

http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/549819/jalin-marshall

Harvin's numbers are really quite phenomenal. Only four Buckeyes in history have more yards from scrimmage than Harvin (3,781 yards), and only two have a better yards per game average (105 yards per game):

Archie Griffin - 6,559 yards; 145.8 yards per game (45 game career)
Eddie George - 4,302 yards; 89.6 yards per game (48 game career)
Keith Byars - 4,082 yards; 110.3 yards per game (37 game career)
Tim Spencer - 3,923 yards; 83.5 yards per game (47 game career)

Marshall is a player with talent and upside. Harvin was a bona fide superstar from day one.

 

[Buckeye86]

He just has sick athleticism and very high sports IQ.

What's the difference between sports IQ and IQ? Can't we just call him smart?

 

[greyscarlet]

What's the difference between sports IQ and IQ? Can't we just call him smart?

Katzenmoyer is the difference

 

[Buckeye86]

Katzenmoyer is the difference

That makes it even more important to call a kid smart rather than calling him "sports smart" because it is easy to interpret that as a backhanded way of calling him dumb.

 

[Mike80]

How about we try to not infer intelligence in what is an instinctual sport?