WR coach Garrick McGee
- Charlie Jones made a lot of plays; good to have him out there
- Didn’t think Charlie Jones would fair catch any balls
- 19 targets to Charlie Jones, Aidan O’Connell puts ball where reads tell him; how it worked out
- No doubt, will get Tyrone Tracy more involved
- Need to be better at game speed, consistency as a WR group, and play with intensity
- Mershawn Rice is a big body who made some plays in space; didn’t practice a lot coming into the game
0 Mershawn Rice is experienced and knows what he’s doing
- Will see more of Deion Burks
- Broc Thompson will be ready
- If you takeaway 5-6 snaps, T.J. Sheffield played well; he will get better
- Elijah Canion got out there early, wanted his feet to get wet; did pretty good
WR Mershawn Rice
- Blessing to get back out there
- Hamstring almost kept him out Thursday night; was able to get out there
- Playing helped my confidence, felt like a kid
- Last played at Notre Dame in Sept. 2021; foot injury in that game
- He and T.J. Sheffield came to Purdue in 2019 with Milton Wright and David Bell
- Confidence comes from work in training room
- Rice and King Doerue are roommates
- I am a bigger body, guys can bounce off me; I know the playbook
RB King Doerue
- It was decent first game; wanted the win
- Red zone success shows work of the o-line
- Work the 6 OL set a lot with Marcus Mbow as blocker in motion
- Coach Barclay emphasized making explosive plays; just a tackle away from breaking one
- Happy for Mershawn Rice; proud of him; tries to control what he can; trust the process; he will make big plays for us
- Charlie Jones made a lot of plays; good to have him out there
- Didn’t think Charlie Jones would fair catch any balls
- 19 targets to Charlie Jones, Aidan O’Connell puts ball where reads tell him; how it worked out
- No doubt, will get Tyrone Tracy more involved
- Need to be better at game speed, consistency as a WR group, and play with intensity
- Mershawn Rice is a big body who made some plays in space; didn’t practice a lot coming into the game
0 Mershawn Rice is experienced and knows what he’s doing
- Will see more of Deion Burks
- Broc Thompson will be ready
- If you takeaway 5-6 snaps, T.J. Sheffield played well; he will get better
- Elijah Canion got out there early, wanted his feet to get wet; did pretty good
WR Mershawn Rice
- Blessing to get back out there
- Hamstring almost kept him out Thursday night; was able to get out there
- Playing helped my confidence, felt like a kid
- Last played at Notre Dame in Sept. 2021; foot injury in that game
- He and T.J. Sheffield came to Purdue in 2019 with Milton Wright and David Bell
- Confidence comes from work in training room
- Rice and King Doerue are roommates
- I am a bigger body, guys can bounce off me; I know the playbook
RB King Doerue
- It was decent first game; wanted the win
- Red zone success shows work of the o-line
- Work the 6 OL set a lot with Marcus Mbow as blocker in motion
- Coach Barclay emphasized making explosive plays; just a tackle away from breaking one
- Happy for Mershawn Rice; proud of him; tries to control what he can; trust the process; he will make big plays for us
