1. He enrolled an entire year early and played his freshman season when he should have been a HS SR.
2. He played behind an offensive line that was worse than what Tennessee trotted out at times during the early portions of JG's career as a starter.
3. His numbers were pretty pedestrian as a freshman, but considering points 1 and 2, it isn't hard to understand why he may have struggled a bit. Still, the natural talent is there, and he knows Tee Martin, so there is a level comfortability and familiarity with him, even if it will technically be a "new" system of Chaney's.
I'll take the unknown upside of this kid over the known average, at best, ability of Guarantano, and let Daniels, Bailey, and Maurer/Shrout battle it out in 2021. I say all of that as a fan of HB, but I don't believe he is the second coming of P. Manning that some of our fans seem to believe he may be. If I were convinced that Bailey had an absolute 3 year starter and 1st rd pick sort of future ahead of him, I may be more hesitant to bring in talented competition that could possibly disrupt that.