Kevin Stepherson: "Limited in Action."

[stu4don]

Kelly says he will play!!! (Bodi, he's out of jail.) Doing a much better job attention to detail! "Don't expect him to be playing a high volume game." "He's got great explosion, can run by anybody we play against. Elite speed. Needs to work on concentration and focus. He's had to do a lot to get himself here. Significant progress, but he has to work himself up the depth chart. He'll have to earn that." "Most proud of his grit and sticking with it."

Dex is a game day decision to play (ankle).
Josh is fine and Tony Jones will be #2.
Deon is 3rd.

 

[stu4don]

On Julian Okwara: really making progress in the weight room. His physicality has surprise and pleased Coach.

 

[stu4don]

On Daniel Cage: "Most important thing is he gets his degree this year and then we'll talk in January if we decide we want to restart this, we'll sit down and have that conversation."

 

[IrishInOntario]

As expected, KJ will be back in the mix. Doubt he plays a ton this week, but I think you'll see maybe 15 snaps or so. Next week it will probably be 20-25, and he'll be fully integrated by USC.

In reality, you have 5 receivers for 3 spots on the field on most snaps... EQ, Cam Smith, Chase Claypool, Kevin Stepherson and Chris Finke... Michael Young will get some mop up duty work. I'm with those 5 guys getting between 15-50 snaps and keeping them all rested. They all bring different skills to the table in different areas of the field.

 

[hoopsstar12]

Dexter Williams should just take the week off and let his ankle heal. He is too valuable to mess around with. Miami Ohio has no chance of winning. If you play Dexter then you risk reinjury and weeks of rehab. Kelly should just let him sit and focus on UNC.

 

[Bodizephax]

Kevin Stepherson greatly improves the chances of the Irish making the playoffs. He will score a TD this Saturday.

 

[stu4don]

I'm not giving upon on Miles Boykin.

 

[faviles15]

Getting KS back in "football" game shape shouldn't take long but as we've seen with BW, it's getting the comfort of his WR's route running and timing that will need to take place over these next few games. Yes I know they still have had him practicing but things are just a bit different when it's "real" and a split second can be the difference between a catch or an incompletion. I really want to see how he's improved his pass catching ability as that (drops) plagued him at times last year so hopefully that new found focus that CBK is alluding to will be displayed through that aspect of his game.