Well, sorta. But I’m more in the group that thinks his poor play is due to coaching malpractice. For starters, he’s 250lbs. What idiot thought that was a good idea? He needs to be around 225-230, and any head coach worth a damn would manage that. His extra weight has led to a bunch of soft tissue issues (hamstring, calf) and he isn’t running the ball at all, not even trying. He was a running phenom in HS.
Napier also apparently had no issue at all with Lagway having ZERO live reps throughout spring/summer/fall, zero. His first reps were game 1. Some of this falls on the player himself, but his entire offseason and start of this season has been completely blown, mostly by coaching incompetence. And don’t even get me started on the play-calling.
Think what a Dan Mullen, or Lane Kiffin or Josh Heupel could do with a healthy DJ Lagway.