I'm happy for him that he went out a winner because he seems like a very good guy, but good god a 5th year senior who has spent all five years practicing in the same system should not look like he looked. Probably quite a bit of going through the motions these last 5 years.
Yep, he probably was going thru the motions for most of the time. Believe he was really here for the education and football was his venue.
I'm not as critical on him as some, why? Because his position coach didn't play to his strengths, and he had some or he wouldn't be here. He could run, as he was the 1st. leg of his high school 4x400 relay team that won their share of meets, so there's that.
He has never liked passing from the pocket, he is a roll out passer but his position coach preferred to keep him in the pocket. This was not on Grayson, he was doing what he was told. Against Baylor and OSU he was effective on the roll out, but..........he had some open receivers which he didn't in the bowl game.
The offensive game plan for the bowl game, comprised by the offensive staff, failed to put him in his comfort zone. It frustrated the hell out of him, but he was doing what they had coached him to do and putting too much pressure on the QB to perform in their scheme instead of doing just the opposite which was the run game with occasionally designed roll out passes after he had made a fake to a RB which the defense had to respect because we were running the ball effectively.
Let's not be too hard on Grayson because there is more their than was obvious.