LSU wide receiver Trey Quinn is seeing things more clearly now after getting contact lenses this offseason, according to Nola.com's Randy Rosetta.
The 6-foot, 197-pound slot receiver said struggles like the two key third-down drops he had against Alabama last season, were due less to an inability to step up in a big moment and more to do with his poor vision:
"It wasn't my hands as much as it was my eyes," Quinn said according to Rosetta. "Some balls I'd be able to track about my midway and then I'd lose sight of them.
"I talked to our training staff and went to an eye doctor and they told me I needed contacts — that my vision was what was affecting me. I wouldn't listen to them because I was being immature."
The Tigers check players' eyesight pretty regularly but if the players don't mention any irregularities, it can be difficult to diagnose a problem with vision:
"We've asked some questions there, to try to get some prying answers, but sometimes a guy has to say, 'Hey, listen, I didn't quite see that one,'" Les Miles said. "But no one really wants to say that."
The sophomore WR will look to regain the momentum that had him taking snaps from John Diarse in 2014, even if LSU is looking to go bigger at the slot position this season. Quinn said he and the rest of the Tigers' receiving corps need to learn from last season's struggles and grow from them:
"We're not young anymore," Quinn said. "This is more of a veteran group. We have a lot of experience returning and really throughout the offense. This whole camp is going to be key in get chemistry down. It's already almost night and day from last year and we expect some pretty big things."
