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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1093653, member: 40"]
Bust is way too harsh.  WAY too harsh--especially for a guy who had a fine senior year and actually made the NFL.  If you want to say that he didn't live up to 5-star hype, then you'll get no argument from me.  But I think it is important to keep in mind the following:

--Morant was rated that high because he was a physical specimen with impressive measurables, not because he was a "polished" receiver, per se.  It was a "projection" ranking
--He didn't redshirt his freshman year, a mistake on the coaching staffs' part compounded by the fact that he only played a relatively small handful of snaps that year
--Despite being such a physical specimen, he was more of a finesse receiver; in other words, he played "small" despite being so big, which frustrated a lot of posters /may have clouded their impression
--Inconsistent QB play was rampant during his time here, which really hurt his productivity
--His senior year, when RJ had a pretty good campaign, not surprisingly Morant had a fine campaign where he was an impact player
--His senior year, he was arguably the second best WR in the conference, behind Larry Fitzgerald
--He never fully played up to to his physical potential, but he DID perform well enough that senior year to get drafted and carve out an NFL career--which is more than you can say for a lot of players
--I'm confident that he would have been even better if he'd been eligible to play a 5th year, as opposed to flushing his first season of eligibility down the toilet for a handful of snaps

He was far from a bust, but admittedly did not live up to the promise of being a high major five-star recruit.
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