He's a weapon, ... You know you're going to flip the field every time he steps out there. Also, he's a very good directional punter. He allows us a lot of luxury there.

We have a lot of confidence in Chris, ... He came in and redshirted a year, and, at that time, we weren't real sure. But one year learning under Seth Marler, and the following year he came out in the spring and in the fall and he was a roughly 42-, 43-yard average. He's been in the fire for two years. He's done a great job.

I think over half of the time we will be in the [shotgun], ... The zone-reads, the quarterback counters, those will all be the same, but there will be a few different things in the passing game that will hopefully take advantage of those 'gun-runs.'

For a freshman to come in here the first time, he showed good poise and I think he's right on track,

Of course we were apprehensive.

I'm not sure he's always had his swerve on.