22 Quotes by Donte Whitner

Wilson is going to be a great player here. He puts on that No. 93 jersey and he looks like Will Smith a little bit. He's going to be a great one.

We came in knowing that if we loaded up in the box, they would throw outside. Whenever you load the box, you leave the corners out to dry.

We were talking about it today. If you put that No. 93 on him and look at him from behind, he looks like Will Smith. A lot of things he does on the field, he has a lot of characteristics Will had. His stance, his burst off the ball look like Will's. Once he really learns the game on this level, he's going to be a great player.

We wanted to get after Tate and take him out of the game. The key was our defensive line. They put pressure on Tate and we stopped the run.

Off the field, A.J. is quiet. He's a humble guy. He is a great player, but he's not a guy who walks around bragging on himself. He's a humble guy, a selfless guy. And that selflessness, that's a big thing with his teammates. To us, he's just a regular guy, who happens to be an All-American.

You're just curious about what they think about you; it's something I think everybody ought to take advantage of. If the reports are very favorable, then you really have to think about what you're going to do.

They've changed their offense because of those freshmen. They really needed to upgrade their speed and talent.

They're so good. A.J. hogs the tackles. There were a number of games he had 20-some tackles. If Bobby, A.J. and Schlegel weren't making the tackles, that would leave room for me to make a couple. Then sometimes I had to share them with Nate. It wasn't easy.

They?re gonna throw the ball. We welcome that. It?s up to us to stop them.