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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 08-24-2008, 08:43 AM:

UK offensive coordinator Joker Phillips says he has a player with the ‘it’ factor in freshman Randall Cobb.

“He has it,” Phillips said. “The first day he walked on campus, you could see it. Keenan Burton, the first day he walked on campus, you could tell he had it. I told pro scouts when they came around here that Keenan was the kind of guy who’d make everybody better. He’ll make the secretaries better, he’ll make the position coaches better. Randall Cobb is doing those things to this program right now.

“I don’t know what ‘it’ is, but he has it. I don’t know how to describe it, but you can see it in everything he does, whether it’s playing cornhole or playing ping-pong.”

But just exactly what role Cobb and his ‘it’ factor will play in the season opener against Louisville is unclear. Sophomore Mike Hartline is expected to get the nod at quarterback. Cobb has spent practice time at quarterback, wide receiver and punt returner.

Cobb has taken more snaps at quarterback than at any other position, but when Coach Rich Brooks was asked whether he’d put a true freshman back there in a season-opening rivalry game, he would only say, “Who knows?”

Cobb didn’t have an answer, either.

“I don’t even know,” he said. “They told me that I’d probably be taking some punt returns, but other than that, I have no idea.”

Phillips did say the coaching staff would have no reservations about putting Cobb in the game at quarterback if the need arises. Phillips said Cobb has the strongest arm on the team, and senior receiver Dicky Lyons Jr. said Cobb throws the best deep ball. Cobb, a left-hander, said he can throw the ball 65 yards.

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