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WR Jalin Marshall (Edmonton Elks)

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ScriptOhio said:
B1G TELECONFERENCE: URBAN MEYER SAYS BRAXTON MILLER 'GOOD TO GO' FOR SATURDAY'S GAME AT ILLINOIS BARRING A SETBACK
  • Meyer again referred to Jalin Marshall as "one of the best punt returners in America."
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...turdays-game-at-illinois-barring-any-setbacks
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Jalin is 11th nationally at 13.3 yards per return. That's 7.5 yards per return better than the 50th ranked punt returner, or 3.3 yards better per return than the Illinois returner who is 27th nationally. I always think of a turnover as 40 yards on average, so on a 6 punt day, that is equal to half a turnover.
 
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maximumblitz said:
Jalin is 11th nationally at 13.3 yards per return. That's 7.5 yards per return better than the 50th ranked punt returner, or 3.3 yards better per return than the Illinois returner who is 27th nationally. I always think of a turnover as 40 yards on average, so on a 6 punt day, that is equal to half a turnover.
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Do you know how the stat is calculated? Is it only based on balls actually fielded without a fair catch or does it include fair catches or both fair catches and unfielded balls? I ask because my view of Jalin as a returner is that I love him once he has the ball in his hands and is running with it, but that his decision making in terms of letting balls drop and roll when he could run up and fair catch them or fielding them when they'd likely be touchbacks if avoided leaves quite a bit to be desired.
 
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Comfort Makes Perfect for Punt Returner Jalin Marshall

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No player is born a punt returner. Even the record-setting Ted Ginn Jr. didn’t wakeup one day with the knowledge of how to field punts and takeoff down field.

This is also the case for Jalin Marshall, who is Ohio State’s current return man.

“It’s all about practice,” Marshall said of punt returns. “We practice hard at that. It made me better as a punt returner and I just had to get comfortable too. The more comfortable you are back there, the better you can be I feel.”

In his first season returning punts last year, Marshall struck fear in opponents with his speed and elusiveness, but also scared Buckeye fans with his fumbling problem.

Last year, Marshall had games like Indiana where he had a 54-yard punt return for a touchdown, but too often he muffed punts or came dangerously close. Against Minnesota, Marshall had two fumbles, losing both and that was a fear throughout the season for a player who took unnecessary risks to try and make a play.

As a quarterback in high school, Marshall had never returned a punt in his life. Though he practiced it, there was a lot going through his head while waiting alone for the ball to drop.

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“I just wanted to catch the ball,” he said of his thought process. “That was the biggest thing. Just catching the ball. And I think with me not being comfortable catching the ball, it made it nervous for me and obviously nervous for all the fans.”

Entire article: http://theozone.net/Ohio-State/Foot...akes-Perfect-for-Punt-Returner-Jalin-Marshall
 
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Jagdaddy said:
Do you know how the stat is calculated? Is it only based on balls actually fielded without a fair catch or does it include fair catches or both fair catches and unfielded balls? I ask because my view of Jalin as a returner is that I love him once he has the ball in his hands and is running with it, but that his decision making in terms of letting balls drop and roll when he could run up and fair catch them or fielding them when they'd likely be touchbacks if avoided leaves quite a bit to be desired.
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I have no idea how it is calculated. BTW, I see I forgot to provide the link:
http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/individual/15
 
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Jagdaddy said:
Do you know how the stat is calculated? Is it only based on balls actually fielded without a fair catch or does it include fair catches or both fair catches and unfielded balls? I ask because my view of Jalin as a returner is that I love him once he has the ball in his hands and is running with it, but that his decision making in terms of letting balls drop and roll when he could run up and fair catch them or fielding them when they'd likely be touchbacks if avoided leaves quite a bit to be desired.
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I think he's become pretty fantastic in every category you just mentioned. Certainly had some struggles early on, but I feel supremely confident with him back there as of now.
 
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LordJeffBuck said:
Fair catches and unfielded balls do not count as punt returns.
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It would be interesting, although perhaps somewhat unfair given the variables of punting, to factor those things in by, for example, subtracting yards from the only/closest returner from the first contact with the ground on a forward rolling punt (and adding them if it rolls backwards), crediting the only/closest returner with twenty yards for a touchback, and counting a fair catch as 0 yards (maybe unfair since it often the right decision, but it's fairer if you get negative yards for unfielded forward rollers).
 
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Jalin is going to be an All American next year. His year to really shine out of that slot spot. Dontre, Jalin, Noah Brown, Curtis Samuel and JT Barrett. We definitely aren't bare in the cupboard for offensive playmakers next year.
 
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