Jorvorskie Lane discusses A&M in '16, recovering from injury, Erik McCoy

Key quotes from Jorvorskie Lane interview

“I feel good about A&M this season.  With Trevor Knight coming in and Keith Ford coming with him, it looks like they are getting it together.  The offensive line and the defensive line look good and I am impressed so far.”

“Armani Watts reminds me of Terrence Kiel.  He has looked really good and we should see him on Sundays in the future.”

“The offense is showing that they can adjust and show some different wrinkles.  It is still early and you know that Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, and all of those teams are watching.  Right now you have to show all different kinds of looks and A&M has been doing that.  You have to give them a little bit of everything right now.”

“I really like Keith Ford. He runs straight downhill and he is going straight to business.  That is my type of game.”

“I am about four weeks out from being able to return to the football field.  I am back running and jumping and just doing what I do.  It is just a process of getting my big butt back in shape.”

“There are NFL teams that are just waiting on the green light from me.  Every team that I have talked to has said that they know I can play football and that they know I had an injury, so they are just waiting for me to get into tip-top shape and once I get there I am supposed to let them know.  Mid-October is when I would like to be back to playing.“

“The recovery process is hard.  It was one of those injuries where I didn’t know if I would play again.  A few months ago I was barely walking.  To be jumping and doing what I am doing now is unbelievable what you have to go through to get to that point.  It is one of those things that with my mindset, I couldn’t let it hold me back.  I just have to start from scratch and learn how to walk and jog again, and one day I will run again and hopefully I will get my chance to prove myself again.”

“Erik McCoy has been doing really good.  I always tell him that I am his biggest fan and after the game, I don’t tell him good game, I always tell him what I saw from his game.  I think that the center position is the most important part on the offense.  I just tell him to continue to get better and try to stay injury free.”

“Erik didn’t believe me back in high school when I told him that he needed to move inside and be an interior lineman once he got to A&M.  I told him that I have seen his body structure and have been in the league and I told him he would get his money if he moved to the interior.  When Coach Turner came in and Erik told me he was moving to center, I told him that it was a no brainer because he is a smart kid.”

“When he first got to A&M he was the type of coach that could see my talent.  Even though I moved positions, he was the one of the coaches that was always in my ear about seeing me on Sundays in the future.  When I first got the call to come workout for Miami, he came to my hotel and he really talked me up to the other coaches.  Coach Turner is my guy. “

“It is simple for Mike Evans.  He loves the game of football.  He is doing what he was blessed to do and that is catching the football.  For him making spectacular catches is nothing new to me because I have seen it in practice.”

“Dez Bryant and Mike Evans are very similar.  Mike is a bit longer but they are very similar.  They aren’t blazing fast but when the ball is in the air, they are going to go up and get it.  Mike Evans is the best in the game right now.  I look at him and see a guy who is 6-5, 225 pounds.”

“You know I am sending all of my kids to Texas A&M.  My son is going through a stage right now where you have Odell Beckham Jr., Dez Bryant, and Mike Evans, so he is going through that phase where he wants to be a receiver.  He is a competitor and he always tells me that he is better that I am right now.  He always tells me that when he comes to A&M he is going to break all of my records.”

“I actually have two favorite moments at A&M.  Those games would be Fresno State and beating Texas in Austin.  It felt like I had 60 carries against Fresno State but it was more around 28.  It was like one of those situations like with Adrian Peterson.  The whole world knows that he is fixing to get the ball on 3rd and one.  That was what I went through the offseason for and that is what I lived for.”