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Mr. Corey Frederick
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Home Phone: 954-779-7109 Football: Frederick eyes starting berth Bruce Brown High on the 2005 shopping list for Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns is a reliable receiving corps. The current group is not without possibilities, but early returns confirm it is definitely a work in progress. Senior Bill Sampy had 57 catches for 776 yards and 6 touchdowns in 2004, but he’s the only one with any significant number of catches from last season. Besides, Sampy is still working his way back into the coaches’ good graces after a suspension and will not play in the season opener at Texas. Everywhere Jerry Babb looks for a receiver, he sees a new face. “They’re some of the best athletes we’ve had here,” Babb said. “They just need to learn how to be receivers. It’s tough for them until it sinks in.” “There’s so much competition, and I think they’re starting to feel it,” receivers coach Brian Crist said. “They’re starting to press a little bit. If somebody throws the ball right to them, they’ll catch it, but we don’t help anybody out by making a play. “If you ask them if they’re thinking too much, and they say ‘no.’ They’re trying to make plays before they actually have the ball. I think they’re thinking more in depth, instead of having to think what they’re supposed to do. “I think they get lost in some of the intricacies of the game. Will it come? Absolutely.” Cajun coaches are intrigued by the speed of freshmen Jason Cherry and Derrick Smith, as well as signee Phillip Nevels. Returnees like Jordan Jackson, Kevin Robbins and Eddie Brown are also ready to blossom. But one player who seems most at ease on the field is junior college transfer Corey Frederick. Last season at Compton Community College, Frederick caught 56 passes for 641 yards and 7 touchdowns and was named to the second-team All-Western States Conference team. Frederick had a school-record 13 catches in one game against Cerritos College and showed dramatic improvement after a 15-catch freshman campaign. “Having junior college experience makes a big difference,” said Frederick, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. product. “It helps in learning the plays. That’s hard to do with no experience. “I’ve got to come in and be a leader. That experience makes a big difference. I’m ready to play.” Frederick has the most polish of the new faces, and showed in Wednesday’s scrimmage that he was comfortable finding soft spots in a zone so quarterbacks know where to find him. “Right now,” he said, “I’ve got to learn the plays and learn the system right now. The offense we ran at Compton is comparable to here. We ran a lot of four-wides and three-wides, and we do that here, so it’s the same to me. “At the same time, I need to work with the quarterbacks.” “Corey has been through all this before, so it isn’t as new to him,” Crist said. “He’s shown he can play.” It would surprise no one if Frederick’s continued efforts land him a starting spot for the season opener at Texas, and beyond when Sampy returns. Any receiver who can consistently be where the quarterback needs him to be, and catch the ball, has a chance. “My routes are my best feature,” Frederick said. “It’s something I was schooled in as I grew up. I keep working on them to get better every day.” “I’ve got to be patient,” head coach Rickey Bustle said after Wednesday’s first full-scale scrimmage. “They are young, but there was an older guy that dropped one, too. You have to have a lot of focus on that football to catch it and I think the heat affected some of those young ones because they got themselves open. We have just got to make catches.” As for Sampy, who returned to practice on Monday but did not see action in Wednesday’s scrimmage, he is still the go-to receiver in the mix. “Bill is as much a part of this program as anyone,” Crist said. “He has a reduced role for the next couple of weeks, but he’s done a great job of helping the younger receivers. If they need a blow, he’ll jump in at that spot, even if it’s not his spot. “He knows he needs to work his way up, too. He’s not just going to step in where he was last year.” The sooner Sampy resumes that role, the better the Cajuns will be. But Corey Frederick is among those aiming to give UL quarterbacks more than one option on each play. Originally published August 19, 2005
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