Deejay Dallas in better shape?

[Canes91]

During the Florida game I noticed during his TD run and screen pass he looks like he has a little more burst. I don't know if a year ago he would have housed that TD run. Glad to see him a little more trim also he runs hard difficult dude to bring down he's slippery and strong.

 

[dookie blaylock]

he lost a pretty good amount of body fat between seasons.

 

[5XNC]

Fml

 

[motorcitycane]

Always has been a slippery kid since he got here. To have the awareness to start high stepping so the defender didn’t get his legs on the TD was nice.

 

[Canes91]

Always has been a slippery kid since he got here. To have the awareness to start high stepping so the defender didn’t get his legs on the TD was nice.

agreed always been slippery just seems like he may have gotten a little quicker as well.

 

[HerbieDaGawd]

During the Florida game I noticed during his TD run and screen pass he looks like he has a little more burst. I don't know if a year ago he would have housed that TD run. Glad to see him a little more trim also he runs hard difficult dude to bring down he's slippery and strong.

When he was a freshman he was very explosive and quick, for his soph season, they had him up his weight, but it wasn't really clean weight. He looked pretty tubby tbh. Now he dropped weight slightly but prob kept most of his strength and just lost body fat with coach feeley and eating better.

EDIT: also want to add that they wanted him to add weight, because of a permanent move to RB. If you remember, he was filling in at RB for his freshman season when walton got injured.

 

[Home Slice]

For sure

 

[troyskiles]

He is definitely a nice back to have.

 

[cowboycane]

One of our problems has been getting our running backs going against good teams. Deejay delivering a breakout performance against (probably) the best defense we will face makes me think he could have a really big year if he stays healthy.

 

[DTP]

He still seems pretty solidly built, he just lost that bit of a belly he was carrying around. He's solid 210lb running back and not a 190lb 3rd down back anymore.

 

[clg003]

I agree I dont ever remember him pulling away like that. It was Lamar Miller like.

 

[chreess1]

The Feeley effect!

 

[Hurricane23]

He was 220 last year, he's down to 208

 

[321>CANES<305]

He sure is running like it. Good awareness and good post. +1 @Canes91

 

[Memnon]

Deejay ran a 4.5 40 coming out of HS as QB before switching to WR as a TF & then eventually becoming a RB.

Felder put bad weight on him & slowed him down a bit, but even last year was arguably our best offensive player even though our offense was pure garbage.

He still had 617yds & 6TD's at 5.7ypc last year despite playing in one of the worst offenses in school history.

Deejay slimmed down & redefined his body with more muscle but got leaner & is back to his quicker more explosive self. He's going to be the catalyst playmaker this year.

 

[bshaw28]

 

[BooBoo]

Uh don't think we need these picks. Isn't shirtless picks a dotcom fsu thing?

 

[Canes91]

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this is when felder was still with the program.

 

[brock]

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That was from the 2017 and 2018 season from left to right when when he gained noticeable weight. Deejay got dreads now so it’s not this year

 

[bshaw28]

this is when felder was still with the program.

Exactly! The pic on the left was him as an "explosive" Freshman. The pic on the right was when he was a "fat" Sophomore

The truth is - Deejay is the same dude he's always been.

But it's all about the narrative....

Soph Year - He lost a ton of body fat (14.7% to 10%) and put on 20 lbs. He looks more explosive than he was as a Freshman!
Junior Year - He lost a ton of body fat (17% to 9%) and lost 20 lbs. He looks explosive again like he did as a Freshman!