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You can call me Collin or you can call me Tyler, or you can call me Juwan but you doesn’t have to call me Johnson....
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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Maybe they thought he was Chris Tucker.....
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SKULL SESSION: JIM HARBAUGH'S INSECURITY IS SHOWING, K.J. HILL KNEW OF JUSTIN FIELDS' TRANSFER, AND RYAN DAY PREPARING FOR LOSSES
K.J. KNEW. Turns out, the "Justin Fields to Ohio State" rumor was true well before it happened, as was the "Tate Martell transfer" rumor, despite what he may have said in the locker room before and after the game.
At Big Ten Media Days, K.J. Hill explained that he was one of the first to learn about Ohio State's quarterback situation after he sat down with Ryan Day in California to determine whether he would declare for the NFL Draft.
And from the sounds of it, he was planning to leave if Fields wasn't coming.
Here's the quote, courtesy of my good pal Dan Hope, my esteemed colleague who is better than me at everything except eating spicy food:
“I kind of knew before anybody. Coach Day told me when we were in California because I had a decision to make. I told him I needed to know what the quarterback situation was. Do I need to leave with Dwayne or if I wanted to stay would I have a quarterback. Because there was talks about Tate (Martell) transferring and all of this stuff and I just didn’t know what it was.”
There's a lot you can take away from this, but I think the biggest for me is that K.J. Hill was confident enough in Justin Fields' talent to bet his future on it and postpone a chance to make millions of dollars.
That doesn't mean Fields is going to come in on day one and light it up like Dwayne Haskins without the team missing a beat, but it does mean at least some folks on team was pretty damn excited about adding him to the lineup.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...-justin-fields-transfer-ryan-day-prepare-loss
K.J. KNEW. Turns out, the "Justin Fields to Ohio State" rumor was true well before it happened, as was the "Tate Martell transfer" rumor, despite what he may have said in the locker room before and after the game.
At Big Ten Media Days, K.J. Hill explained that he was one of the first to learn about Ohio State's quarterback situation after he sat down with Ryan Day in California to determine whether he would declare for the NFL Draft.
And from the sounds of it, he was planning to leave if Fields wasn't coming.
Here's the quote, courtesy of my good pal Dan Hope, my esteemed colleague who is better than me at everything except eating spicy food:
“I kind of knew before anybody. Coach Day told me when we were in California because I had a decision to make. I told him I needed to know what the quarterback situation was. Do I need to leave with Dwayne or if I wanted to stay would I have a quarterback. Because there was talks about Tate (Martell) transferring and all of this stuff and I just didn’t know what it was.”
There's a lot you can take away from this, but I think the biggest for me is that K.J. Hill was confident enough in Justin Fields' talent to bet his future on it and postpone a chance to make millions of dollars.
That doesn't mean Fields is going to come in on day one and light it up like Dwayne Haskins without the team missing a beat, but it does mean at least some folks on team was pretty damn excited about adding him to the lineup.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...-justin-fields-transfer-ryan-day-prepare-loss
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K.J. HILL ENTERS SPOTLIGHT AS OHIO STATE'S TOP RECEIVER AFTER SPENDING FIRST FOUR YEARS OVERSHADOWED
The glow of the NFL entices anybody, and it certainly tempted K.J. Hill.
He had the chance to leave Ohio State and turn pro, which would have both fulfilled a lifelong dream and put a life-changing chunk of change in his bank account. Given the chance, though, Hill balked at forgoing his final year of eligibility.
Choosing to stay with the Buckeyes, Hill has cited a hefty list of factors that led him back to college football for a fifth year. One of them? He now has a quarterback he wanted and – for a brief moment – wasn’t sure he’d have.
When weighing whether he wanted to leave for the NFL or not, Hill considered the lure of remaining at Ohio State and becoming the team’s undisputed No. 1 wide receiver after years of performing in the shadows of other wideouts. The possibility intrigued him. But he also knew he needed a quarterback he could trust.
While in Los Angeles preparing for the Rose Bowl, he knew Dwayne Haskins would leave for the NFL, and the rumblings of Tate Martell transferring seemed real. That begged the question of who would throw him passes in 2019 if he stuck around. So, Hill took his plight directly to Ryan Day, who was just days from officially taking over as head coach.
“I told him I needed to know what the quarterback situation was,” Hill said. “Do I need to leave with Dwayne or if I wanted to stay would I have a quarterback? Because there was talks about Tate transferring and all of this stuff and I just didn’t know what it was.”
Day gave him the answer: Justin Fields planned to transfer from Georgia to Ohio State.
Hill believes he’s one of the first people to know about the addition, which makes sense. Even though Martell was still on the roster and Haskins hadn’t officially announced his intention to turn pro, Day couldn’t afford to not tell Hill. If he wasn’t transparent, Day risked losing him to the NFL, along with Parris Campbell, Terry McLaurin and Johnnie Dixon. So, he gave Hill the inside scoop.
Had Ohio State not landed Fields, Hill said his decision “definitely” would have been different, meaning he would have turned pro.
“I needed a quarterback,” Hill said. “It was nobody here. They said Tate was about to leave and there was nobody in the room. Dwayne was about to leave. He was gone.”
Hill now has his quarterback, and he’ll be as important to Fields as the quarterback was to him.
As he prepares for his fifth-year season, the focus on him is much greater than what it was even just one year ago. Having caught 70 passes for 885 yards and six touchdowns in 2018, Hill is the only returner who had more than 26 receptions last season. Parris Campbell, Terry McLaurin and Johnnie Dixon – a trio of team captains who combined for 167 receptions and 31 touchdowns – ran out of eligibility and left for the NFL, creating a natural hole for Hill to fill both as the team’s top wide receiver and the unit’s leader.
“It's going to be kind of weird. It was already weird in the offseason,” Hill said. “A couple FaceTime calls every day, almost, talking to all of them. But I know I've got big shoes to fill. I had three great leaders in the receiver room. I followed them and I want to fill those shoes and have the younger guys look up to me like I looked up to them so we can keep the standard in the receiver room and raise the bar.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-after-spending-first-four-years-overshadowed
Re: Even though Hill is just 48 catches away from breaking David Boston’s record for the most career receptions in school history, he has started just four games.
Wouldn't have guessed that. He definitely spent the first 4 years "under the radar". In 2019 he will be the 1st passing option and/or the "go to" guy.
The glow of the NFL entices anybody, and it certainly tempted K.J. Hill.
He had the chance to leave Ohio State and turn pro, which would have both fulfilled a lifelong dream and put a life-changing chunk of change in his bank account. Given the chance, though, Hill balked at forgoing his final year of eligibility.
Choosing to stay with the Buckeyes, Hill has cited a hefty list of factors that led him back to college football for a fifth year. One of them? He now has a quarterback he wanted and – for a brief moment – wasn’t sure he’d have.
When weighing whether he wanted to leave for the NFL or not, Hill considered the lure of remaining at Ohio State and becoming the team’s undisputed No. 1 wide receiver after years of performing in the shadows of other wideouts. The possibility intrigued him. But he also knew he needed a quarterback he could trust.
While in Los Angeles preparing for the Rose Bowl, he knew Dwayne Haskins would leave for the NFL, and the rumblings of Tate Martell transferring seemed real. That begged the question of who would throw him passes in 2019 if he stuck around. So, Hill took his plight directly to Ryan Day, who was just days from officially taking over as head coach.
“I told him I needed to know what the quarterback situation was,” Hill said. “Do I need to leave with Dwayne or if I wanted to stay would I have a quarterback? Because there was talks about Tate transferring and all of this stuff and I just didn’t know what it was.”
Day gave him the answer: Justin Fields planned to transfer from Georgia to Ohio State.
Hill believes he’s one of the first people to know about the addition, which makes sense. Even though Martell was still on the roster and Haskins hadn’t officially announced his intention to turn pro, Day couldn’t afford to not tell Hill. If he wasn’t transparent, Day risked losing him to the NFL, along with Parris Campbell, Terry McLaurin and Johnnie Dixon. So, he gave Hill the inside scoop.
Had Ohio State not landed Fields, Hill said his decision “definitely” would have been different, meaning he would have turned pro.
“I needed a quarterback,” Hill said. “It was nobody here. They said Tate was about to leave and there was nobody in the room. Dwayne was about to leave. He was gone.”
Hill now has his quarterback, and he’ll be as important to Fields as the quarterback was to him.
As he prepares for his fifth-year season, the focus on him is much greater than what it was even just one year ago. Having caught 70 passes for 885 yards and six touchdowns in 2018, Hill is the only returner who had more than 26 receptions last season. Parris Campbell, Terry McLaurin and Johnnie Dixon – a trio of team captains who combined for 167 receptions and 31 touchdowns – ran out of eligibility and left for the NFL, creating a natural hole for Hill to fill both as the team’s top wide receiver and the unit’s leader.
“It's going to be kind of weird. It was already weird in the offseason,” Hill said. “A couple FaceTime calls every day, almost, talking to all of them. But I know I've got big shoes to fill. I had three great leaders in the receiver room. I followed them and I want to fill those shoes and have the younger guys look up to me like I looked up to them so we can keep the standard in the receiver room and raise the bar.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-after-spending-first-four-years-overshadowed
Re: Even though Hill is just 48 catches away from breaking David Boston’s record for the most career receptions in school history, he has started just four games.
Wouldn't have guessed that. He definitely spent the first 4 years "under the radar". In 2019 he will be the 1st passing option and/or the "go to" guy.
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