How did you feel out there today?
"I felt great. I felt really comfortable and really happy with the
offense. I felt really happy with the way everyone played. Other
than the fumble, everything worked for us, it seemed like. The offense
worked - the run game, the pass game. Pretty much everything was on
point."
A lot of positives for you today, but what happened on that one fumble?
"It was just a brain fart. I should have had the ball in my left hand;
I held it in my right. That was just a mental error by me."
The deep ball was working pretty well to you today. Can you talk
about getting in synch with the quarterbacks and what Jim Harbaugh is asking of
you on those routes?
"He's really not asking much because me and T.C. [Ostrander] worked on it a
lot last year in practice. A lot of people didn't see it in games until
late, but that's pretty much all we worked on. This year he saw it, and we
pretty much are comfortable with it. When I'm in there and he sees that
it's open, we have to make it happen. We can't have drops. We can't
have mistakes. No off-sides when we have a big play potential."
When we asked T.C. how you're doing this spring, he said you could be
unstoppable once you have your emotions under control. Do feel yourself
maturing this spring, even compared to last fall?
"Definitely. I feel like I've matured a whole lot. I feel like
I'm more comfortable with college football - the whole environment and the
pressure. Coming out of high school, it's difficult to deal with the
playbook, the pressure, reading zones and stuff like that. But I feel a
lot more mature and comfortable. When I get out there, it's not all
excited. I stay calm."
There is a lot asked out of the wide receivers in this offense, and you've
been playing a lot of wide receiver positions. All four, I believe.
Does it feel like a lot has been thrown at you this spring?
"Definitely. It's been a lot because I have to learn every position.
I have to know what everybody is doing. I might as well be the
quarterback. I definitely feel I can handle it - whatever it takes to get
on the field and help the team. It's been a lot, but it's definitely
manageable."
How fun is this offense for you?
"It's the most fun I've had. It's even more fun than my high school
offense because no matter what's happening - run play, pass play - you're doing
something productive. I'm running the crackback on the safety, or I'm
running a go route. No matter what, you're having fun with your route and
what you're doing. You have to win your battle - that's what Coach says.
Win your individual battles, so that's what you sit there and focus on.
It's a lot of fun."
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