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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 2562504, member: 27"]
On the surface, this seems like a weird move.  Custis is our biggest and maybe our fastest receiver.  I bet he has the best vertical of all the WRs as well.  His hands aren't great and maybe he doesn't run his routes as perfectly as the staff might want.  He seems ideally suited to playing on the outside.

But when the staff tried to use Nykeim inside last year, he was run off his routes routinely.  I think he was just too small and weak to get through the traffic there, at least against the good teams we play that have a plethora of physical CBs to throw at us.  Plus, I think small guys like he, Sharod and Sean Riley are hard to find and hit with passes in that kind of traffic.

When we have tried to get the ball to Jamel on the outside, he has struggled to get open.

Opposing defenses are not going to be able to defend the inside as easily with Custis charging through those inside lanes.  The DCs at Clemson and FSU might need to pause and think about how they are going to defend the middle against the pass.   The real question here is, can Jamel hang on to the ball on these kinds of routes?  If so, this could be a great move.
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