Lamb also cuts/digs on his routes at about the same point and does not leave his qb guessing. the kid is legit.
So who is coaching and teaching Lamb and Reagor? Any experience difference between them such as multiple years as a receivers coach at the P5 level vs. someone who was a grad assistant for one year, an analyst for one year and is in their first ever actual coaching job?
OU Receivers Coach Dennis Simmons bio on their site:
• Named Oklahoma’s outside receivers coach on Feb. 9, 2015 and added title of associate head coach in spring 2019.
• One of Rivals’ top-25 recruiters of 2019. • OU’s offense has been the country’s most prolific since his arrival in Norman, ranking fourth nationally in scoring in 2015 (43.5 ppg), third in 2016 (43.9), third in 2017 (45.1) and first in 2018 (48.4). The Sooners also rank first nationally in total offense (559.3 ypg), completion percentage (69.2), passing efficiency rating (189.5) and yards per pass attempt (10.7) over that four-year period.
• Pupils Marquise Brown (1,318 yards and 10 touchdowns) and CeeDee Lamb (1,158 yards and 11 TDs) combined for 2,476 receiving yards and 21 scores in 2018. Brown earned AP first-team All-America honors.
• One of two coaches to mentor two different Biletnikoff Award winners, the most recent pupil being Dede Westbrook in 2016, who caught 80 passes for 1,524 yards (19.1 per catch) and 17 TDs. A Heisman Trophy finalist, he was also OU’s first unanimous All-American since 2004.
• Joined the Sooners after spending the previous three seasons coaching outside receivers for Mike Leach at Washington State. Was originally indocrinated in Leach’s highly successful offensive approach while on his staff at Texas Tech.
• In 2014, Washington State led all FBS schools in passing, averaging 477.7 yards per game, more than 100 more than the next closest squad as the Cougars shattered the Pac-12 record with 5,732 passing yards.
• Washington State also ranked seventh in the nation in total offense and was ninth in completion percentage in 2014. Simmons’ top pupil was Vince Mayle, a former basketball player who tied for fourth in the nation with 106 receptions, while his 1,483 receiving yards ranked fifth among FBS players.
• During the 2013 campaign, Washington State set a Pac-12 record with 470 completions as the Cougars ranked fourth in the nation by averaging 368.0 passing ypg after coming in 10th in the nation in that department in 2012 (330.4 ypg).
• Worked with OU head coach Lincoln Riley at both Texas Tech (2008-09) and East Carolina (2010-11).
• Propelled East Carolina WR Lance Lewis to a record-setting 2010 campaign. Lewis became only the third player in school history to register a 1,000-yard receiving season as the All-Conference USA performer caught 89 passes for 1,116 yards with 14 scores.
• His initial assignment working with Leach and Riley came at Texas Tech, where he helped Michael Crabtree earn the Biletnikoff Award and consensus All-America honors in 2007 and ’08.
• Crabtree was the 10th overall selection in the 2009 NFL Draft after accumulating 97 receptions for 1,165 yards and 19 touchdowns during his final campaign for the Red Raiders.
• In 2009, Simmons and Riley helped develop walk-on receiver Alex Torres into a freshman All-American who led the Red Raiders in receiving. • Spent 10 years working with Leach at Texas Tech. Prior to his coaching assignment with the Red Raiders, he served as Leach’s chief of staff from 2005-07.
• Originally joined the Texas Tech program as the assistant athletics director/quality control for the football program, coordinating recruiting visits, player personnel issues, community service initiatives and other responsibilities.
• Coached running backs at Cornell University in 1999, where also held the title of assistant athletics director and chief of staff.
• A three-year starting outside linebacker at BYU, Simmons began his coaching career at his alma mater in 1997, working with the offensive line and special teams.
• Simmons, who earned a degree in broadcast communications, was a member of teams that claimed four straight Western Athletic Conference titles and made four bowl appearances.
• Served as an NFL Minority Fellowship intern with the Buffalo Bills during the summer of 1999.
• Earned his master’s degree in educational leadership in August 1999 from BYU.
TCU Receivers Coach Malcolm Kelly's Bio on GoFrogs:
Malcolm Kelly joined the TCU football staff as outside receivers coach in March 2019.
Kelly came to the Horned Frogs after spending the previous two seasons at the University of Houston. He was a graduate assistant in 2017 before being elevated into an analyst position for the 2018 campaign. He began his path towards becoming a collegiate coach when he worked in a quality control role at Texas A&M-Commerce in 2016.
A two-time first-team All-Big 12 honoree and a 2005 Freshman All-American at Oklahoma, Kelly totaled 144 receptions for 2,285 yards and 21 touchdowns in just three seasons. When he left Norman, Kelly ranked second all-time at Oklahoma with his 21 touchdown catches and nine career 100-yard receiving games. He tied a school record with 11 receptions as a sophomore versus Texas Tech in 2006.
Kelly was selected in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft by Washington and was with the Redskins for three seasons. He made 10 starts in 2009 and had 25 receptions for 347 yards. After concluding his NFL career, Kelly worked in private business before arriving at Texas A&M-Commerce.
A native of Longview, Texas, Kelly was a two-time first-team all-state selection at Longview High School.
Now Malcolm Kelly isn't some guy off the street-- he played in the NFL and I'm sure he knows about how to be a receiver himself but to say he was a proven, accomplished coach would be inaccurate. Maybe Lamb is just better or maybe he gets better instruction or it's some combination of the two but to compare the accomplishments of the guy running his offense and the experience of his position coach to ours reveals some disparity that any reasonable observer would say likely favors Lamb.