Henry Mason Quotations

He's just very energetic. He said to me early on that he wanted to be a head coach who was going to be a good recruiter. He was a good recruiter as an assistant. We used to bump heads all the time in Florida and when you went against him you knew you had to - quote, unquote - bring your 'A' game to beat him. He brings a passion to the recruiting part of it. I like that he is a guy who will get his hands dirty a little bit in the recruiting process as far as being out on the road a bunch.

Because of some of the things he went through early in his career, how hard he works, how important it is to him, how he lives his life off the field and things that are important to him.

I just like the way he goes about his business. I'm not going to say he is going to be the next first-rounder. But I really think that at some point in time he can help us.

He's done some things that get your attention. Just like any young guy, you're looking for a level of consistency. That's what we're trying to get out of these 15 (spring practices). We're going to keep him in there and we're going to see what he can do.

Take football totally out of the equation and he is a quality young man. He is an unbelievable individual. He is a guy you want to be around. He just leads with the way he conducts himself and the way he handles his business.

He'll have to have a great summer working out with the quarterbacks. They can't throw enough in the summer. It's not important to learn plays. It's important to learn how to run the routes.

It looks like he's back up to speed. It looks like he's set for a big year.

We're looking for him to develop a level of consistency where we can count on him for whatever it is, try to define his role and see how far he can take it. He has some good tools and now he has his opportunity to take a step forward and we're hoping he can do that.

He was kind of the odd man out because there weren't enough passes to go around. But he was a great No. 3 receiver and very much of a team guy. He never complained.

You miss that much time with that type of injury you don't get to take very many reps physically or mentally. He is (cleared) medically, but the endurance factor and the concentration level are still a long way away from a guy who is going to be in the depth for you.