The maturity, not only physical, but mental and emotional, he gained over the last six or eight months has been awesome.

This is a great day, without a doubt.

You can only practice so much. Now it's time to get in the game.

(He) played very well and did a nice job for us out there. The kickoffs were great and all of the punts were right back there against the end zone.

He's not a guy who lays back and gets juked by people. He's very aggressive going to the ball and he runs through people. He's a physical guy who can run; he covers the field. He's a pretty gifted guy.

But you know that there's going to be more coming, because they haven't done it all in their first two games.

He stayed strong. I was really proud of him.

In my opinion, they are the best team I have seen in college football. There is no doubt about it.

I obviously haven't done enough of the coaching or preparation you need to do, so we're not going to give up on him as a kid or a player. You can work on a lot of things in practice, but how do you simulate a game? That's where Joe is facing his biggest struggles.

In open space with people spread out, the guy is very, very difficult to tackle.