Jack Pyburn LSU Game Stats

I've been told that Pyburn asked Napier why Tre Wilson always seems to go in motion pre-snap then disappear without actually running a downfield route. When Napier didn't have a good answer, Pyburn made his mind up right then to transfer. At least, that's what I've been told.

 

While I'm a long way from an insider there are a lot of clues, as Tommy says above me.
He got his feelings hurt, I would imagine money is involved, and LSU was there whispering in his ear.

IMO it's a pretty big blow to us, CBN should have done what he had to do to keep him. IMO.
He didn't, but all signs show Napier didnt' tell him to walk.

While it was a long time ago, but I understand being a UF athlete and being young.
Your teammates are really close, but competitive guys are competitive. And ego is involved.
In the moment- it would be easy to listen to those voices and bolt. Esp. when money is involved.

But as time goes by those little slights fade away and you are left with your identity.
And a guy who grew up a Gator, who then turns his back on his team, his school, his teammates...
hmm.. He's not me, I get it, but from my POV, he will regret this deeply.

Just based on what we know publicly. I understand there is always more...

 

There’s a reason why our defense improved after the first few games of last season and got us to 8-5. It was playing Pyburn more. Not because he’s a sack or tackle machine but because he’s a leader, he’s great at gap integrity, and in on nearly every play. Those intangibles will be sorely missed this year.

 

I do not wish him the best. I don't care about him at all. Sorry, that is reserved for Gators.

 

Also tipped a pass. Wouldn't have minded him coming back to the team. But it is what it is. We can't be paying stupid money for everyone.

 

But you took the time to click on a link about him and then post about it?

I take the view of a poster before me. I wish him all the best until he has to face us.

 

Knowing what we know about Napier and his reputation for genuinely caring about his players I find it hard to believe he was anything but professional and accommodating about the whole situation.
Anything otherwise would be really out the norm from what we know.

What we do know is Pyburn had a hissy fit publicly, bashed the program and then chose to go to a rival. In this crazy time of entitlement and NIL I'll choose to believe Napier and the program did what they had to do and Pyburn and family didnt like it.

I do think he was more valuable to us than his statistics show and I wish he would have stayed but I dont wish him well or harm. I hope he flops at lsu though.

 

Pyburn feasted on how stout we were in the middle last year on short yardage plays. He's not a pass rusher, and it showed against Clemson. We have a lot of depth and a much better vocal leader in Sapp on the DL, so I don't see him as sorely missed.

 

My son and Jack have been friends and teammates since middle school. Durring that time I got to know Jack pretty well as well as the parents. Bill and Julie while divorced are great parents and enjoyed getting to know them. I have friends closer to them and they don't know the story completely but we can speculate this. Bill, while a great guy has always been in charge of Jack (not in a bad way), for example at one time he was paying 5k a month for individual training and nutrition for Jack, so my guess is Dad was not completely happy and pushed for more, emotions got the best of them and things were said that were hard to retract and come back from. I do know they were (are) huge gator fans and Jack told anyone that would listen he would be playing football for his dream school as early as pop warner, so when he got his offer he was over the moon happy. I don't blame either side and look at it like a mutual divorce. Its hard for me not to wish him and his family the best.

 

In this day and age with NIL, it’s hard to have a defensive end that has a weakness with rushing the passer. Your ends better be able to get to the QB. Tough to pay him first string money when he had 1 sack and 4 TFLs the year before.

 

Thanks for sharing that. This is a new world of NIL, and we have to expect that school and players will have to do what they feel best for themselves, and that will be emotionally charged. Overall though UF is retaining well and that will advantage us over the huge roster turnover schools.

 

Sapp certainly was the other reason for the defensive improvement. I hope you’re right. I’m not a huge sack guy. Teams that sell out for sacks tend to lose the edge gaps and / or put their DBs on vulnerable islands. Would rather have my DEs contain the edge and focus my DTs on pressuring the QB up the middle. Blitz only when needed.

 

The film shows that Woods as a frosh was really good setting the edge, and he is a way greater threat for sacks than Pyburn we have people in place who can do both. I think we have set our expectations way too low since the beginning of the Mullen era with uni-faceted guys like Princely and Pyburn who flash but dont put it all together in one package.

 

Probably had more to do with Roberts moving up to the booth than it did being Pyburn being on the field more

 

In this era of college ball this scenario is getting pretty common. Whatever...

I hope he thrives and I hope his play against us is unspectacular.

Go Gators.

 

Meh

 

We need improved play from our RT to deal with any DE including Pyburn. That's what I'm concerned about.

 

The DE in a 3-4 Defense is not primarily a pass-rusher. Its the guy on the other end of the line (most schemes call this position a LB, but in the past 10 years are labeling this position Edge. They only rarely drop back in coverage). Pyburn was a 3-4 DE not an Edge and he was being substituted for in obvious passing downs, so you wouldn't expect his sack total to be high. It would be great if it was better, because he was damn good against the run.

 

Still speculation, but at least you have some background info to be informed about the family dynamics.

 

Putting Pyburn and Princely in the same sentence is an insult to Pyburn who never dogged it or lost the edge like Princely routinely did.

Hopefully Woods is everything that he was thought to be in camp....difficult to tell against a team as poor as LIU.