Bussey is far more a natural RB than WR. His twitch ain't what you see from the likes of Craver, Concepcion, and Bethel-Roman. IMO, Owens should've switched to WR and Bussey to third down back and full time returner.

Terrah Bussey keep it real!!

I am excited to watch Terry Bussey take a leap as wide receiver. He has a very high ceiling and works very hard.

The entertainment board thinks this place is overly dramatic.

Heineken-Ashi said:

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The entertainment board thinks this place is overly dramatic.

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Just wait until the season starts, you ain't seen nothing yet.

not a football coach or anything…. but I would recruit anyone from Duncanville, Desoto, Allen, etc …. the guys that have to wade thru a giant roster in their own school to be a starter and play weekly against other starters from really big schools with lots of athletes to chose from. I get it speed kills, but if you are routinely matched up every Friday night with a 5'7 corner that runs a 4.9 at the 2A level…. you should have great stats….. flame away!

rootube said:

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he was supposed to be the next Christian Kirk

but almost 10 years later...the program is still searching

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Bussey is a true sophomore. He contributed a ton as a freshman. I'd say he is on track to have a great career despite your hang up about Christian Kirk. What a weird thing to say?

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Not a ton

As a Refugio Bobcat, I saw him play at Timpson a couple of times, and my hope for him was that a coaching staff would see the potential to develop him a long the line of a Christian McCaffrey… needs the ball in hands as much as possible and an excellent pass catcher out of the backfield. And a return man on special teams. He has that knack of getting better and stronger as the game goes a long.

If not this, then develop him into a headhunter, ball hawking safety where he can use his God-given football savvy.

I think his talent will be wasted as a full time WR. Simply not enough touches.

I'm going to have fun rooting for him, and pray like hell that our coaching staff doesn't ruin him.

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Kid is going to be unreal. Just give it time!

His experience at DB is going to help him at WR too. Can't remember which game it was last season, but he knew he couldn't get to the ball and knocked it out of the defenses hands to prevent an interception by Reed. Very heads up play.

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It was the Missouri game and it wasn't Reed.

CW put a perfect pass to the DB and Bussey made like a DB to break up a sure interception.

https://247sports.com/article/texas-am-aggies-freshman-receiver-terry-bussey-showing-maturity-growing-every-day-237645768/

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One of the only glaring mistakes Texas A&M quarterback Conner Weigman made against Missouri last Saturday simultaneously provided a glimpse of why Terry Bussey might be on the rise. The true freshman wide receiver for the Aggies made quite the effort on the play, colliding with Tiger cornerback Toriano Pride Jr. intentionally to break up what otherwise likely would have been an interception from Weigman in the second quarter.
Trailing 17-0 at the time, Missouri would have taken over in A&M territory with a prime opportunity to get back into the game. Instead, the Aggies extended their lead with a touchdown later that possession before eventually claiming a 41-10 victory.
"It was a great play, obviously," A&M football coach Mike Elko said. "I thought it was critical, because the game was still very much in doubt. I think if Terry does not do that, that is a very clear pick. That was not only a big play, but also a huge play in the game given the time it occurred."

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Thank you and good thing I scrolled down because I was going to post the same thing.

How can one Terry be so Bussey?

LB12Diamond said:

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I love this board.

One thread has a post that states it's not good if you need a true freshman to play.

And threads such as this frustrated with a player that is starting just his second year that was so so as a freshman who just showed up in the summer last year. Did not even play sori g ball. Besides that we switched positions in the middle of fall camp.

TexAgs at its finest.

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And to add to that he got really slow, have you seen those posts? Dude runs like a linebacker now, what happened?

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One thread has a post that states it's not good if you need a true freshman to play.

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Don't tell Ryan Williams or Jeremiah Smith that.

I know you weren't saying you believe that, but still crazy that anyone would after last year.

BACK IT UP, TERRY!

Would be great for this to be incorporated on gamedays for a big Bussey play

I don't really care how he likes up or how the ball gets in his hands but if he's not getting 10-12 touches we are not using him correctly.

Is he truly slow? Players don't usually lose speed.

TX_Aggie37 said:

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rootube said:

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W said:

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he was supposed to be the next Christian Kirk

but almost 10 years later...the program is still searching

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Bussey is a true sophomore. He contributed a ton as a freshman. I'd say he is on track to have a great career despite your hang up about Christian Kirk. What a weird thing to say?

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Not a ton

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Not sure what the expectation is for a 5 star true freshman from a 2A HS, but he had 33 touches (16 rush att / 17 receptions) for 318 yds and 2 TD.

vs ND - 1 rush, 0 yds
vs McNeese - 1 rush, 65 yds, 1 TD
vs Florida - 2 rush, 7 yds / 1 rec, 0 yds
vs Bowl Gr - 1 rec, 10 yds
vs Arkansas - 1 rush, 1 yd
vs Mizzou - 1 rush, 6 yds / 3 rec, 76 yds
vs Miss St - 0 touches
vs LSU - 2 rushes, 10 yds
vs S. Car - 1 rush, -5 yds / 1 rec, 7 yds
vs N. Mex - 2 rec, 17 yds
vs Auburn - 3 rush, 8 yds, 1 TD / 3 rec, 29 yds
vs tu - 2 rush, 5 yds / 2 rec, 40 yds

vs USC - 2 rush, 5 yds / 4 rec, 37 yds

Decent. Made a play here or there, but not sure I would call it a ton.

the Kirk comparisons were made by the recruiting gurus when he signed

24/7 graded him higher than Kirk even

Christian Kirk was a 4/5 star WR coming out of HS. Bussey was a 5 star Athlete who didn't play WR in HS.

Comparing the two as pure skill level WR's, if that happened by services, was dumb. Bussey was always going to need more time to learn the position that CK already knew.

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As a Refugio Bobcat, I saw him play at Timpson a couple of times, and my hope for him was that a coaching staff would see the potential to develop him a long the line of a Christian McCaffrey… needs the ball in hands as much as possible and an excellent pass catcher out of the backfield. And a return man on special teams. He has that knack of getting better and stronger as the game goes a long.

If not this, then develop him into a headhunter, ball hawking safety where he can use his God-given football savvy.

I think his talent will be wasted as a full time WR. Simply not enough touches.

I'm going to have fun rooting for him, and pray like hell that our coaching staff doesn't ruin him.

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I believe this is correct but it's hard to imagine this happening with the running back position being what it is. And the article about Morrow makes it sounds like he might get some of those touches also. They probably should have given Bussey an opportunity to take on this role last year when Moss and Owens were out and the season was swirling downward.

A. G. Pennypacker said:

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TX_Aggie37 said:

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rootube said:

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W said:

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he was supposed to be the next Christian Kirk

but almost 10 years later...the program is still searching

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Bussey is a true sophomore. He contributed a ton as a freshman. I'd say he is on track to have a great career despite your hang up about Christian Kirk. What a weird thing to say?

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Not a ton

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Not sure what the expectation is for a 5 star true freshman from a 2A HS, but he had 33 touches (16 rush att / 17 receptions) for 318 yds and 2 TD.

vs ND - 1 rush, 0 yds
vs McNeese - 1 rush, 65 yds, 1 TD
vs Florida - 2 rush, 7 yds / 1 rec, 0 yds
vs Bowl Gr - 1 rec, 10 yds
vs Arkansas - 1 rush, 1 yd
vs Mizzou - 1 rush, 6 yds / 3 rec, 76 yds
vs Miss St - 0 touches
vs LSU - 2 rushes, 10 yds
vs S. Car - 1 rush, -5 yds / 1 rec, 7 yds
vs N. Mex - 2 rec, 17 yds
vs Auburn - 3 rush, 8 yds, 1 TD / 3 rec, 29 yds
vs tu - 2 rush, 5 yds / 2 rec, 40 yds

vs USC - 2 rush, 5 yds / 4 rec, 37 yds

Decent. Made a play here or there, but not sure I would call it a ton.

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I'm saying he's on pace to have a great career. You and others here are already calling him a disappointment. I guess we will see.

Bussey had a very good scrimmage by all accounts. Of course don't let that stop the board from thinking he's already a bust.

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Y'all act like you haven't seen this episode before.

We have had 1 5 star player that was truly a great player (Myles). The rest have pretty much been busts

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While we have had our share of busts and disappointments:

Myles Garret
Kenyon green
Christian Kirk
DeMarvin Leal
Jaylon jones
Shemar Stewart
even daylon Mack

We're all great collegiate players even if they didn't all end up 1st rounders. Kyler Murray, Walter nolen, and Evan Stewart also weren't busts, they just left here early.

5 stars still hit here far more often than 3s and it ain't even close. I'll take my chances as long as we keep them on campus, which other than during coaching changes we should keep most of the good ones.

rootube said:

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A. G. Pennypacker said:

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TX_Aggie37 said:

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rootube said:

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he was supposed to be the next Christian Kirk

but almost 10 years later...the program is still searching

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Bussey is a true sophomore. He contributed a ton as a freshman. I'd say he is on track to have a great career despite your hang up about Christian Kirk. What a weird thing to say?

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Not a ton

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Not sure what the expectation is for a 5 star true freshman from a 2A HS, but he had 33 touches (16 rush att / 17 receptions) for 318 yds and 2 TD.

vs ND - 1 rush, 0 yds
vs McNeese - 1 rush, 65 yds, 1 TD
vs Florida - 2 rush, 7 yds / 1 rec, 0 yds
vs Bowl Gr - 1 rec, 10 yds
vs Arkansas - 1 rush, 1 yd
vs Mizzou - 1 rush, 6 yds / 3 rec, 76 yds
vs Miss St - 0 touches
vs LSU - 2 rushes, 10 yds
vs S. Car - 1 rush, -5 yds / 1 rec, 7 yds
vs N. Mex - 2 rec, 17 yds
vs Auburn - 3 rush, 8 yds, 1 TD / 3 rec, 29 yds
vs tu - 2 rush, 5 yds / 2 rec, 40 yds

vs USC - 2 rush, 5 yds / 4 rec, 37 yds

Decent. Made a play here or there, but not sure I would call it a ton.

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I'm saying he's on pace to have a great career. You and others here are already calling him a disappointment. I guess we will see.

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I'm not calling him a disappointment, just saying that in his freshman year he did not contribute a "ton". I'm still very hopeful that he will have a great collegiate career - at Texas A&M.

Unfortunately for Terry, I'm afraid you will be right.

Fannie Luddite said:

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Quick pitch to Bussey while in motion. Kid is quicker than a rattlesnake.

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Ashton is even faster @ a blazing 4.3s 40-yard time and why I am so excited about him. Bussey, Ashton, Carver, Concepcion....gonna all have big years.

We finally have some serious, serious speed! And sprinkle in some jump balls for Jerome Myles...

And not sure what you watched last year but considering the QB situation, Bussey had an absolutely great true freshman year.

Pray like hell….interesting

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LB12Diamond said:

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I love this board.

One thread has a post that states it's not good if you need a true freshman to play.

And threads such as this frustrated with a player that is starting just his second year that was so so as a freshman who just showed up in the summer last year. Did not even play sori g ball. Besides that we switched positions in the middle of fall camp.

TexAgs at its finest.

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And to add to that he got really slow, have you seen those posts? Dude runs like a linebacker now, what happened?

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Wait, he can play linebacker?