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It's like having a coach in the huddle, only a lot less awkward. Three or four times a week, Georgia senior WR Terrence Edwards answers a knock on the door of his off-campus house to find sophomore SE Fred Gibson. What happens next is routine: Gibson beats Edwards in pool ... and Edwards teaches Gibson about football. "He's on top of everything," says Gibson, a member of the SEC's All-Freshman team and one of the most exciting players in the nation.
Too late. Gibson looks up to him, as do the rest of the Dawgs. When Gibson struggled with routes, reads and responsibilities last fall, it was Edwards who worked with him on the tiniest of details, such as how to run a five-yard slant. And it was Edwards who gave scouting reports on DBs, who battled double-teams without complaint, who seamlessly moved from wide receiver to flanker during spring ball, who was named Most Improved Receiver by his coaches at the end of spring drills. Who, in short, is a coach in pads.
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This article appears in the September 2 issue of ESPN The Magazine. |
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