ESPN is reporting today that Juice Williams has been benched in favor of Eddie McGee, following Juice’s 1-3 start this season. After seeing the hype and love Juice Williams got early in his career this comes as a bit of a shock, even if he was putting up fairly pedestrian stats: 51/89 for 519 yards, 1 TD and 4 INTs through the air and 49 carries for 152 yards and 1 TD on the ground. Definitely not the sorts of numbers you want your starting quarterback putting up.
Compare to Pryor’s current stats (over 5 games): 66/114 for 854 yards, 8 TD’s and 5 INTs through the air, and 55 carries for 298 yards and 3 TDs on the ground. And we’ve been complaining that he still has growing to do. Ouch…
Juice Williams has underperformed for years, with his only big flash coming against the Buckeyes in 2007. This is perhaps a move that comes far too late for poor Ron Zook, who may be looking at the end of his career here shortly.
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