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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
That's the Nebraska kid, right?
I think you could call him Hyatt light and not be too far off.
What I'd have to answer before I got excited about him was what happened at LSU?
Hyatt was a 1-year wonder but he was behind Tillman and Velus Jones who I think are high quality prospects/players in their own right in previous years. But Palmer was behind pretty much trash at LSU last season and did nothing then transferred out.
Was that competition level? Was there something in the system that kept him from producing? Does that something exist in KC as well?
I'm nowhere close to calling him a 2nd rounder but in the 4th you could have something there if you haven't gone WR already.
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He came to Nebraska with Mickey Joseph who was the WR coach at LSU. Same guy that recruited all of the dudes tearing up the NFL from LSU right now. He played behind them at LSU for the most part. LSU was pretty much a train wreck his last season there, but I don't follow LSU enough to know why. Then he moved to Nebraska with his coach.
There were many issues with the Nebraska coaching staff this year, which everyone knows about.
But for 4 of the last 5 games of the year, there were major problems at the QB position too. Thompson got hurt. Purdy and Smothers shared the QBing job. Neither did well.
Over those 4 games (Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin), Palmer caught 15 balls for 97 yards. 4 for 47 against Wisconsin on Thompson’s first game back while Thompson was not 100% healthy. Add to that Nebraska only played 12 games instead of 13 or more like many of the top teams. And Palmer was still close to the top of the receiving lists in college football.
I hope this helps some. And here are the Nebraska stats:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb.../2022/gamelog/