FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
But you wouldn't have schooled a 20 year old college DB.Yep, you are correct and I was wrong. That’s what I get for not double checking. He was still old as a freshman and was 21 when he played in his first bowl game. That’s significant, IMO. I can state with certainty my 20 yr old self would have schooled my 18 yr old self badly.
Your original point was that he was only putting up numbers because he was playing against guys that were younger than him, which is a mis-representation. As a freshman who was immediately his team's #1 WR he was typically lining up against opposing team's best DB, which was usually an upper classman.
He was a 20 year old with no college experience schooling a bunch of 20 year olds with 2 years of college experience. That's not the same as if he had only played well when he was a 23 year old lining up against a bunch of 20 year olds.
Obviously the ideal scenario is to be an 18 year old schooling 20 year olds like AJ Green, but then he would probably be a top 5 nfl pick so lacking that is probably already built into his value.
The bottom line is his age when he started schooling guys isn't a positive (he wasn't younger than them), but it's not really a negative either (he didn't struggle when he was the same age as them). It's kind of a wash but it certainly isn't this scenario where he failed at a normal age and then could only excel when he was more mature than everyone else as it is being painted as.