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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
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THE DAILY DEBATE
Which Kansas football player impressed you the most in the season opener?
"MONTELL COZART"
The Kansas Jayhawks grasped their fourth-straight season opener win Saturday night with spectacular performances from senior wide receiver Nick Harwell and sophomore quarterback Montell Cozart.
Harwell and Cozart's incredible chemistry surprised us all. Cozart found Harwell in the end zone to mark his first career touchdown pass, followed by a 10-yard pass moments later to pull a 24-0 lead against the Redhawks. The Jayhawks won the game, 34-28.
Cozart set new career-high passing numbers in yards, attempts and completions going 12-for-24 with three touchdowns.
Harwell had a great performance Saturday night debuting crimson and blue for the first time, but he is no stranger to success. Harwell set the Miami (Ohio) University school record with receiving 219 yards in a game as a freshman. All our expectations were already sky-high for this transfer.
On the other hand, Cozart impressed us all with his confidence and leadership starting on the field as a sophomore. With Cozart's redshirt ripped off in the middle of the season last year, he ended up starting
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three of the seven games he played in.
Plus, we all can't forget Cozart's first-career start vs. West Virginia last year, which helped the Jayhawks end their 27-game conference losing streak, snatching their first Big 12 game victory in two years.
Cozart told the Kansas City Star in February of last year that a big reason he chose Kansas was reuniting with former Bishop Miege High School coach Tim Grunhard, the former offensive line coach. However, Grunhard stepped down at the end of the season and was replaced by John Reagan, formerly the offensive line coach at Rice University.
"I have more confidence in this offense, because I ran it in high school and I was more familiar with the spread," Cozart said (via cjonline.com). "When coach Reagan came in, that gave me a little more confidence. With coach Weis' offense, it would have been the same, but this offense is a lot more fun. It gives me a lot more freedom. I can go through up to three progressions, then if no one is open I can scramble."
Not since Todd Reesing led the Jayhawks to a victory in the 2008 Insight Bowl have Jayhawk fans had such high expectations for a quarterback, but Cozart is committed to meeting those expectations with his confidence and the athletic ability that is destined to change history.
Edited by Logan Schlossberg
"NICK HARWELL"
When senior wide receiver Nick Harwell was selected by the team to be a captain this summer, he had never suited up for a Jayhawks football game. But after one game, it's clear why he was selected for the leadership role.
Harwell took his role as the offense's chief and ran with it Saturday in the Jayhawks' 34-28 win against Southeast Missouri State. Quarterback Montell Cozart was looking for Harwell early and often.
On the Jayhawks' third drive, the transfer wide receiver and the sophomore quarterback connected on a well-executed corner route from six yards out to put Kansas on top 17-0. Harwell's second touchdown of the first quarter came on an out-route inside the 10-yard line, where he was clearly Cozart's first option, as he stared him down all the way through the route.
Cozart kept looking Harwell's way, too. Harwell got in space multiple times in the second half, including once on a post near the goal line and another on a deep fade route, but the two couldn't quite connect on either play. That's likely a facet of the Jayhawks' offense that will grow as the season progresses.
At the end of the day,
Harwell notched four receptions for 46 yards and two
touchdowns on eight targets. Harwell's performance was so raved about that he overshadowed a nice day for his senior counterpart, Tony Pierson, who came up with four receptions for 95 yards, including a 67-vard receiving touchdown.
Maybe most impressive was Harwell recovering the Redhawks' onside kick after they had scored to make it a one-possession game. The ball rattled around the Jayhawks' special teams crew, shaking Memorial Stadium, but Harwell eventually jumped on it, letting Cozart and the offense run out the remainder of the clock effortlessly.
The fact that Harwell seamlessly transitioned into Kansas' new offense in his first game — lining up out wide, in the slot and taking a reverse
for a few yards — shows just how important he's going to be to the entire offensive staff, including Cozart under center.
Last week, Harwell said he was shooting for the Biletnikoff Award, which is attributed to the nation's outstanding college football wide receiver every season. Harwell was placed on the award's watch list this summer.
With his performance Saturday, Harwell made a resounding effort toward that award, and possibly many more accolades beyond that.
Edited by Jacob Clemen
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