De'Mornay Pierson-El

[308_Husker]

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's De'Mornay

 

[suh_fan93]

Good stuff mavric. I lol'd 308!

 

[QMany]

[H]e had implored defensive leaders Corey Cooper and Josh Mitchell, players five years his senior, to force Michigan State into a three and out.


If they did that, he promised, he would take the ensuing punt to the house.

That is awesome!

 

[StPaulHusker]

Sure hope he gets a few more chances to do damage in the return game. But I have a feeling teams will be doing their best to avoid him from now on.

 

[Mavric]

De’Mornay Pierson-El never wants to catch a punt flat-footed. Some sharp coach in youth league taught him to judge kicks well and stay just behind the ball as it tumbles down so he’s accelerating when he catches it.


Never flat-footed, though.

“I don’t think you have any momentum at all,” Pierson-El said. “I try to get behind it and kind of roll to get it. That way I’ll have some momentum. If I do get hit, it won’t be as bad as standing flat-footed.”

First thing Pierson-El looks for after he catches it?

“The most dangerous guy,” said the Nebraska freshman who has returned two punts for touchdowns already in 2014 and helped reinvigorate a unit that lost all of its mojo in 2013 after being decent for much of Bo Pelini’s tenure. Yes, decent; the Huskers ranked in the top 30 nationally in yards per punt return in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Right now, Nebraska is one of seven teams to score two touchdowns on punt returns.

OWH

 

[QMany]

@danhoppen: The more I hear from the Nebraska coaches, the more it appears DeMornay Pierson-El is about to see his role on offense really expand.

 

[Mavric]

Bye week probably hit just right for him, too. Obviously getting on the field a lot as a punt returner and has performed really well. Seeing the field here and there as a WR. Perhaps with some injuries and an extra week to work on things, he's getting the playbook figured out and has earned some more reps on offense.

 

[PaulCrewe]

Beck needs to get him the ball and let him do his thing in space not the other way around.

 

[Count 'Bility]

I'll believe it when i see it. These things have been said about guys before.

 

[Mavric]

I'll believe it when i see it. These things have been said about guys before.

Agree. Especially with Bell and Reilly back, I think he's still down the depth chart a ways. But he was getting a few snaps here and there so hopefully that continues.

 

[Mavric]

Brian Christopherson ‏@HuskerExtraBC 26m26 minutes ago
Kenny Bell on young receivers getting timing right: “It’s not easy to just throw guys in there and say, ‘Oh, now, play pitch and catch.’”

 

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[ZRod]

Brian Christopherson ‏@HuskerExtraBC 26m26 minutes ago
Kenny Bell on young receivers getting timing right: “It’s not easy to just throw guys in there and say, ‘Oh, now, play pitch and catch.’”

Apparently it is that easy Kenny.

 

[Bigred_inSD]

I love how well tommy sold this. He waited for demornay to get the ball before running.

 

[zoogs]

Haha!

Kenny is right, though, about timing. Pierson-El is going to get plenty of chances now, along with Hovey, thanks to injuries. It's absolutely not going to be easy for them and they'll be swimming in it for a while, but maybe this baptism by fire will result in one or both of them picking it up fast.

Tommy's play was a nice design. If you can get a guy that nobody is covering in the endzone, it is that easy. Most plays don't work that way. There's always somebody that is supposed to be covering a receiver.

By the way - when we show that formation again, teams will maybe have to think twice to call man coverage. And maybe that works in our favor.