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.

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.

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

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.

And that was a great help to us in selling Lance on Wisconsin.

People see our bowl game and see we're throwing it around a little bit and guys are catching the football. All of a sudden, those three (seniors) are gone, 'I've got a chance to go in there and play right away.' That's always a good thing.

At practice two days ago you could see the look in his eyes. You knew he was going to play well today. And he didn't disappoint.

Brandon has been playing pretty well in a lot of different areas and, obviously, on special teams, ... His game as a receiver is starting to form up. You can see it on film. You can see that he's healthy again. He's running with speed and making some good cuts.

You get to learn who's in the next class and you hear things, maybe a kid is on the rise. For Bret, Paul and myself, it was pretty much a city a day.