Now the others, well, I have to agree, that they didn't live up to their potential.
In the case of Dayne Crist, blowing out both knees, and then basically being viewed as the red-headed step child by Coach Kelly, didn't help things. He was actually having a decent season in 2010 before that second knee injury against Tulsa.
In the case of Tommy Rees, well, we got about everything we could have gotten out of him. The fact that we were able to squeeze out 9 wins in that 2013 season, despite the offense being all but crippled, was as good as a season as we could have had. Maybe one more win, but that would have really been stretching it.
Golson's problems were his own making. For some reason, he lost his mojo in the second half of 2014.
Malik Zaire's problems came from two things. First, the injury robbed him of a golden opportunity in 2015. Second, Deshone Kizer's emergence as the real deal, killed off his chances of ever being a starter again. I don't think he ever recovered from that awful injury in 2015, as evidence by his very poor showing in Florida, where he was unable to beat out a green player.
The jury is still out on Brandon Wimbush, but the fact that he still hasn't established himself as the bona fide #1, go-to guy, even though he's a senior, isn't a good omen.