2025 Breakout and Expected Improved Players

[TomCat88]

Came away very impressed with Jabez Woods, imagine we’ll see more of him.

Jared White, Colson Coon, Seth Brock and Braden Zimmer also stood out to me.

I wish I would've tracked Woods closer Saturday. Not that he was hard to notice. He had 7 catches and most, if not all, of those were short, crossing routes, which MSU appears to be featuring this year. I'm wondering how many targets he had. He was a prolific receiver in high school. The number of catches he had (averaged around 9 receptions per game) tells me he's got great hands.

I think the toughness after the catch was the most noticeable part. Really wanted those extra yards.

He had a great day.

I went into the scrimmage thinking MSU may go 6’6”, 6’4”, 6’4” at times at WR this year. I’m now intrigued by a 6’0”, 5’11”, 5’9” set.

[SparkCat]

Came away very impressed with Jabez Woods, imagine we’ll see more of him.

Jared White, Colson Coon, Seth Brock and Braden Zimmer also stood out to me.

I wish I would've tracked Woods closer Saturday. Not that he was hard to notice. He had 7 catches and most, if not all, of those were short, crossing routes, which MSU appears to be featuring this year. I'm wondering how many targets he had. He was a prolific receiver in high school. The number of catches he had (averaged around 9 receptions per game) tells me he's got great hands.

I think the toughness after the catch was the most noticeable part. Really wanted those extra yards.

Woods looked damn good in the scrimmage. He welcomes and initiates hard contact. He also falls forward. Overall, I was extremely impressed with the team! Sterbick’s offense felt familiar and also new, some of the formations he was putting out on the field were definitely confusing our own defense.

[TomCat88]

Came away very impressed with Jabez Woods, imagine we’ll see more of him.

Jared White, Colson Coon, Seth Brock and Braden Zimmer also stood out to me.

I wish I would've tracked Woods closer Saturday. Not that he was hard to notice. He had 7 catches and most, if not all, of those were short, crossing routes, which MSU appears to be featuring this year. I'm wondering how many targets he had. He was a prolific receiver in high school. The number of catches he had (averaged around 9 receptions per game) tells me he's got great hands.

I think the toughness after the catch was the most noticeable part. Really wanted those extra yards.

Woods looked damn good in the scrimmage. He welcomes and initiates hard contact. He also falls forward. Overall, I was extremely impressed with the team! Sterbick’s offense felt familiar and also new, some of the formations he was putting out on the field were definitely confusing our own defense.

What did you think about the off-platform/Mahomes passes?

[MSU01]

Excited to hear that maybe MSU will be involving the WRs in the passing game more this year than they have in the past. "Run the damn ball" looks great when you're racking up 400 yards against Northern Colorado and Portland State but I feel like MSU has struggled to adjust a bit when they've finally come up against a team who they couldn't just run against at will.

[SparkCat]

Came away very impressed with Jabez Woods, imagine we’ll see more of him.

Jared White, Colson Coon, Seth Brock and Braden Zimmer also stood out to me.

I wish I would've tracked Woods closer Saturday. Not that he was hard to notice. He had 7 catches and most, if not all, of those were short, crossing routes, which MSU appears to be featuring this year. I'm wondering how many targets he had. He was a prolific receiver in high school. The number of catches he had (averaged around 9 receptions per game) tells me he's got great hands.

I think the toughness after the catch was the most noticeable part. Really wanted those extra yards.

Woods looked damn good in the scrimmage. He welcomes and initiates hard contact. He also falls forward. Overall, I was extremely impressed with the team! Sterbick’s offense felt familiar and also new, some of the formations he was putting out on the field were definitely confusing our own defense.

What did you think about the off-platform/Mahomes passes?

I wish I saw the prior scrimmage, as I felt it would be able to get a better sense of their capabilities with more contact. At times I felt they were even more rushed with the off-platform throws as they wanted the ball out prior to a sack being called.

Duchien throws a great ball, and especially at the beginning of the scrimmage he was on point. Wilson I think performs a better throw off-platform but not by much. Same thing that happened to Wilson in the scrimmage happened to him in a number of passing opportunities in the 2024 season, he throws a ball without his feet quite set, the ball is a bullet right to the target and its just straight up dropped. Maybe the receivers aren’t expecting it as that would have been a time Tommy scrambled to get a better passing position or just tucks and run. Wilson did have a few deep passes that were reminiscent of playing 500 at recess.

[TomCat88]

Came away very impressed with Jabez Woods, imagine we’ll see more of him.

Jared White, Colson Coon, Seth Brock and Braden Zimmer also stood out to me.

I wish I would've tracked Woods closer Saturday. Not that he was hard to notice. He had 7 catches and most, if not all, of those were short, crossing routes, which MSU appears to be featuring this year. I'm wondering how many targets he had. He was a prolific receiver in high school. The number of catches he had (averaged around 9 receptions per game) tells me he's got great hands.

I think the toughness after the catch was the most noticeable part. Really wanted those extra yards.

Woods looked damn good in the scrimmage. He welcomes and initiates hard contact. He also falls forward. Overall, I was extremely impressed with the team! Sterbick’s offense felt familiar and also new, some of the formations he was putting out on the field were definitely confusing our own defense.

What did you think about the off-platform/Mahomes passes?

I wish I saw the prior scrimmage, as I felt it would be able to get a better sense of their capabilities with more contact. At times I felt they were even more rushed with the off-platform throws as they wanted the ball out prior to a sack being called.

Duchien throws a great ball, and especially at the beginning of the scrimmage he was on point. Wilson I think performs a better throw off-platform but not by much. Same thing that happened to Wilson in the scrimmage happened to him in a number of passing opportunities in the 2024 season, he throws a ball without his feet quite set, the ball is a bullet right to the target and its just straight up dropped. Maybe the receivers aren’t expecting it as that would have been a time Tommy scrambled to get a better passing position or just tucks and run. Wilson did have a few deep passes that were reminiscent of playing 500 at recess.

I think the wobbler that Trimble got away from the db was a case of being a little too confident. I watched him from snap to throw because he looked and probably was feeling pretty good about the previous drive. He looked great from the snap to his drop to setting his feet and then it went haywire. I’m not sure if he lost focus or was caught off guard by how open Trimble was.

Duchien looked really good and had it not been for two bad drops he has a big day. He’s 18-22-1 150 instead of 16-22-2 132.

They both looked good throwing off-platform to my untrained eye. I didn’t even know what that was until I saw all three doing it during drills.