Don Dunn
Don Dunn
across bowl front leadership pressure since
It's his time. We need his leadership because we're pretty young across that front line. We've put a lot of pressure on him since the bowl game. I told him this is your D-line and this is your time, so take it over.
fluent people push saw turned
I think what really turned a lot of people on, when we saw him play basketball, he was that big and that fluent that they couldn't push him out of the paint, ... He could rebound. He could jump.
keeping playing
I was disappointed in him because he has a lot of potential. He was not playing up to his potential. He was lazy. He wasn't keeping up with his academics.
four hurt lifting missed practicing supposed weights
He's not even supposed to be practicing yet. He hurt his back lifting weights and they told me it'd probably be two to four days. And he missed like two periods.
drop
That showed me a lot of guts. It's pretty rare, ... Most of them would drop out.
gut reaction
With something of that magnitude, I thought, God, it can't be. My gut reaction was, gee, the whole thing is an error.
looked love push tough wish
We weren't going to push him, but I looked at him and he was back in there. You've got to love him. I wish we all had that attitude. He's just a tough kid.
ask continue help jury maintain question
The question with him -- and we ask him this every day -- is can he maintain and can you continue to do that? If he can, he can help us and help himself. The jury is still out.
plan playing year
We're going to need him by the end of the year for sure. I plan on playing him.