Georgia Tech: Jeff Greene summer update
Some notes from a group interview with Georgia Tech wide receiver Jeff Greene.
1. Greene looks at the competition at wide receiver as open. Greene will compete with Darren Waller, Chris Jackson, Jeremy Moore and incoming freshmen Anthony Autry, Travin Henry and Micheal Summers.
“Everybody has the chance to play,” he said. “You’ve just got to go out there and fight for that spot, fight for that job.”
2. In the past, receptions have not been distributed particularly evenly. Last season, Stephen Hill led with 28 followed by Tyler Melton with 17. In 2010, Hill led with 15 (that is crazy). The second wide receiver was Correy Earls with nine. In 2009, it was most pronounced. Demaryius Thomas had 46 and Hill had six. In 2008, Thomas had 39 and Melton was next among receivers with five.
Greene’s explanation: “You have a big target in Steve. We already knew that if it was a go route, he’s most likely going to get (past) the DB. You just already knew he was going to be open.”
The gap may not be so wide this year.
“With the receivers we have, if you’re open, you’ve just got to go make the play,” he said. “Whoever gets thrown to, any time, we have to be ready.”
3. On not having made a catch last year: “It’s nothing that we can control, but when you do get the ball thrown your way, (you have to be) hungry for it, just be able to go up and get it and make that first catch.”
4. On the to-do list provided to him by receivers coach Buzz Preston and coach Paul Johnson: Route running, getting off press coverage, conditioning.
“Just mainly getting the stamina up there, make sure I’m ready to go at all times, even if I have to do 50 plays in a row,” he said.
5. Greene is 6-foot-5, 210 pounds. He’s trying to add another five before fall camp starts. With all of the running he’s been doing, he said, it’s been hard to put on weight.
“You put the weight on,” he said, “next day, you break it all off.”
6. As was the case last year, skill-position players are conducting seven-on-seven sessions with players from Georgia State and Morehouse, typically once a week. They’ve also gone out and thrown on the weekends.
Thanks for reading. Enjoy the weekend.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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Glory, Glory to manface Courtney
July 6th, 2012
10:58 am
first!
Delbert D.
July 6th, 2012
11:12 am
Waller and Greene ought to be able to over-match most CBs. The QB needs to get catchable balls to them.
HighTech
July 6th, 2012
11:18 am
The first game will set the tone for the season. Go Jackets!
5150 UOAD
July 6th, 2012
11:41 am
In this heat I would think it is hard to put on much weight other than from lifting. The running and conditioning will really bleed the weight off for sure. I don’t mind him not gaining much weight if he has the strength and speed.
Stumpknocker
July 6th, 2012
11:46 am
Don’t know much about this kid, but at 6′ 5″ he could be schooled into a valuable receiver…….If he has decent speed and is a little bit athletic and can catch the ball…….yeah he’ll be alright.
Jack It
July 6th, 2012
11:55 am
These guys are going to be catching some long bombs this year from Vad Lee. Can’t wait to see him replicate what he did in high school. Check out this film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q2k95TtTdk&feature=related
Not Disappointed!
July 6th, 2012
12:12 pm
Go Jackets!
1 4 GT
July 6th, 2012
12:18 pm
Less than a month until preseason practices start. Hurry up !! Let’s go!! Tee it up &—————-toe meets leather!!!!!!!!! GOOOOOOOOOO JACKETS THWGeorgie
reebok
July 6th, 2012
12:26 pm
Hopefully these guys are metally tougher than Stephen Hill…Hill is tremendously gifted athletically, but when he started dropping passes, it got in his head and he was cooked. Just think if we had 2 receivers who could catch the ball and make people miss afterwards…with opponents putting 9 & 10 in the box to stop the option, that would be deadly.
Tokyo jacket
July 6th, 2012
12:32 pm
Honestly, I was more excited about Greene than Waller during recruiting. Greene has some natural tools and speed after he gets going – a lot like Stephen Hill coming out of highschool. If we ever needed a fade route guy in the endzone, I think he’s your man.
5150 UOAD
July 6th, 2012
12:36 pm
1 4 GT…………………This group of standout student-athletes will be inducted on Friday, Oct. 19, at the annual Hall of Fame Induction Dinner at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center. Tickets for the dinner are $50 and can be purchased through the Alexander-Tharpe Fund at 404-894-6124. They will also be honored during Tech’s football game against Boston College on Saturday, Oct. 20, at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
PEACH TREE
July 6th, 2012
1:36 pm
Delbert D. is right,
The quarterback needs to throw balls that are catchable.
5150 UOAD
July 6th, 2012
1:45 pm
WOW…………..Darren Waller is used to filling big shoes. He wears a size 17, the biggest on the Georgia Tech football team.
ghost of matt uremovich
July 6th, 2012
2:51 pm
Enter your comments here
Tech Fan Since 1950
July 6th, 2012
3:12 pm
Thanks Ken for the excellent updates you are providing. The Tech tradition of tall receivers continues. Reminds me of the days of Billy Martin. I am convinced the Tech offense will be just as strong this year, if not even better. Just a few more completed passes would have put us over the top the last three or four years. The running game is going to be tough again on opponents. If we can be a touchdown better on defense and special teams, we are going to win a lot of games.
5150 UOAD
July 6th, 2012
3:21 pm
Guys I will ask for you to send out some Prayers for Larry Morris & his Family.
Robert Barron
July 6th, 2012
4:53 pm
It will not hurt to have too many QBs who can play.
Even Joshua the Warrior got injured a number of times.
G.P. Burdell
July 6th, 2012
5:06 pm
Not only do you need guys that can throw a catchable ball and guys who can catch it, we also need those calling the plays be willing to throw across the middle quite a bit as well. Throwing every pass down the sideline or on a 30 yard seam isn’t going to give us the passing threat we need to compliment the run game. We threw a couple of 6-10 yard drags out of the back-field last year for first downs and we need more of those. Couple that with our STO and we will continue to put pressure on opposing offenses, however, we need to make more stops on defense consistently…that will be the key to CPJ’s success at Tech.
Paddy
July 6th, 2012
5:26 pm
5150….done!
Buzz 2011
July 6th, 2012
6:27 pm
A new breed of Jacket receivers. Maybe they will follow suit as Tech
is producing the best receivers in the NFL at this time..
Freddie Blassie
July 6th, 2012
6:36 pm
5150……….Larry Morris……..and family…………..Check.
GT GRAD
July 6th, 2012
7:39 pm
5150……..done
Chuck Allison
July 6th, 2012
8:24 pm
Joshua the Warrior? was more injury prone than most any other QB we have had in a very long time.
yeller bug
July 7th, 2012
1:26 am
In order of priority:
IRT 5150: Numbers 6:24-26 for Larry Morris and family
For GT offense—-I agree with G. P. Burdell–please get a short passing game this season. Fake the dive, two step drop and hit a WR slant or an A-back curl or something easy to complete. It will keep their LBs in place and open up the run and if they cheat and crash the gaps, a pass could go for big yards. Throw a lot on 1st down and mix it up. We need to be unpredictable.
Jadams
July 7th, 2012
2:31 pm
Can he block
GT71
July 7th, 2012
2:37 pm
Great ideas here. Hope CPJ reads these pearls.
As for WRs, I just hope they don’t all have stone hands, 80-15 vision…and psycho brains. Also, injury-faking after a SNAFU will not be tolerated again – S. Hill is gone.
With a QB who can actually hit a moving target on 1 of 3 tries, we should throw the ball 15-20 times per game.
life time gt fan
July 8th, 2012
11:03 am
Watch out for Henry this season. He was a well kept secret for the recruiting class last year. He will push for playing time. I don’t think there will be any fall off in production with the receiving core this year. It has been poor since the departure of Thomas.
chas_jacket
July 8th, 2012
11:35 am
agree with you life time gt fan. Travin was being pursued hard by the Gators when he signed with Tech. I think we will see at least three receivers involved this year and aside from experience , they look to be the best group we seen at Tech in some time. With the size we have at WR – Greene 6′4″ 210, Waller 6′6″ 230, Henry 6′ 4″ 230 and Moore at 6′3″ – it’s going to cause match up problems for defenses.
Long Beach Jacket
July 8th, 2012
12:10 pm
I think we’re gonna be just fine on offense. I want to (and do) believe we can take that “next step” this year on D in CAG’s 3-4 scheme. If we can just get off the field more consistently on 3rd downs (a constant buggaboo) and hold opponents under 21 pts…..not an unreasonable goal…. I can’t see us winning less than 9 games (I’m already predicting 10). Every game on the schedule is winnable. It’s all about execution. Cmon D. Help the O.
1 4 GT
July 8th, 2012
12:34 pm
It all flows from the outcome in the 1st game with VT. If GT leaves Blacksburg with a win, I believe we will be set to have a really good year, IMNTBHO. 10 wins or more. With the Georgie dwags being in that 10 number. GOOOOOOOOOOO JACKETS THWGeorgie
dry dirt road
July 8th, 2012
2:58 pm
Sounds like plenty of receivers. Also sounds like they need Vad Lee according to his hs video. TW is known for not passing and running mainly during the trip op off, a run based off. Lee was on the hs video out of the shotgun passing long bombs. Now Tech is incorporating shotgun, maybe this year much more than last year if it works, if not they revert back to the trip op run. All the other schools will be gambling on a missed passes and passing like crazy against Tech and the gambling helluva engineers who do not gamble when they run the ball. It’s flattering for opposing teams to gamble against Tech, but Tech shys away from gambling with the ball more than the other teams. That’s been my impression as Tech grad of ‘73. I also prefer dry dirt roads over muddy ones that splash on vehicle bodies in back of tires without mud flaps, which aren’t included anymore with vehicles. Those muddy 4wds that pull into a city look like they need a wash.
1 4 GT
July 8th, 2012
3:13 pm
My pick/up has splash (mud) guards!
chas_jacket
July 8th, 2012
3:29 pm
I wonder if PJ might switch up some and shuttle plays in with Vad or Days occasionaly instead of an A back. A quick switch from a TO set to a passing formation would be really tough on defenses. It would seem we have the personnel now to try some new wrinkles
Been There. . . Done That
July 8th, 2012
3:32 pm
I’d also like to know how Chris Jackson fares among this group – will all of the press he received while recruited by ‘Bama & Tech (and then transferring here FROM ‘Bama), I’m curious how much playing time he’ll be able to create for himself. With the competition wide open, I’m hoping he’ll show the form he supposedly displayed in high school (somewhere in Henry County?).
If Greene, Waller, & company create MORE than just a one-man show, this could develop the offense into more of a spread hybrid – this, along with a solid running game, would keep defenses much more honest, doesn’t everyone think?!
yellow britches
July 8th, 2012
5:01 pm
Well, I got tired to reading the police plotter, er, my bad, reports on the UGA football team so I thought I would check out what Ken had to say. Last year the offense moved the ball as good as ever. However, we were weak in the red zone and didn’t convert opportunities to points especially TDs. My bet is we will again move the ball. The issue is still the defense and special team play. If we don’t stop people and if we give up big plays on special teams we are mediocre and it will be another Chan Gailey type of year. You know the drill: 7 and 5 and a trip to the forgotten bowl. Hope the defense can show up. Go jackets.
yellow britches
July 8th, 2012
5:03 pm
Sorry y’all. That should read “blotter” not “plotter.
PEACH TREE
July 8th, 2012
5:03 pm
Orwin Smith = Explosive
23.5 yards per catch
10.1 yards per carry
5150 UOAD
July 8th, 2012
5:36 pm
FAMILY…………………….
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4252303950948&set=a.1777736528309.100239.1386252554&type=1&theater
Top Row Dawg
July 9th, 2012
1:30 am
5150 UOAD done sir. He was a good one. Never lost to Georgia.
headley lamar
July 9th, 2012
2:00 pm
Yawn….
Tech.
Really?
July 9th, 2012
4:14 pm
Three days after the story broke and I’m still on the first page. You gotta love the way the north avenue trade school supports their teams. LOL LOL LOL Meanwhile there have been thousands of posts by bug boys on Georgia blogs.
I guess we will never find out where that drug crazed tech football player got his steroids or cocaine from, huh? I really wanted to know if it was a tech coach that sold it to him like was rumored in many places. Why investigate that when the ajc can just run the 20th story about crowell?
GT Lee
July 9th, 2012
5:49 pm
If you’re so worried about it, Really?, why don’t you put your Sherlock Holmes hat on and go investigate for yourself…..oh, wait, that would require getting up and leaving mommy’s basement, wouldn’t it?
Shouldn’t you be more worried about where that gun with scratched off serial numbers in IC’s Momma’s car came from?
BLT
July 9th, 2012
9:41 pm
Thanks for keeping up “Heady” and “Really?”
Don’t let anyone accuse you of not staying on top of errr….stuff. You are both a credit to the school you did not graduate.