There were several factors that limited his production in college. The coach before Heupel's arrival, the guy who recruited him got fired. Heupel came in needing immediate success didn't think he could do it with a young guy so he brought in experienced transfers and placed them ahead of him. Then Covid came. When he finally cracked the starting lineup, following Tillman, whose specialty was contested balls. They tried to fit him in that mold, which isn't where he shines. Heupel's offense severly limits the "Z' receiver with them asked to run only about 3 routes. This is why Dante' Thorton was relentlessly questioned about his ability to run the entire route tree with him saying the same thing I just said.
