My first look at Qadree Ollison came before most people had a chance to see him. I attended a scrimmage last year during training camp and remember seeing him then. In my recap afterwards, I noted that while Chris James was the more heralded of the two recruits that Ollison actually had the better game.
Fast forward to the 2014 season and Ollison went on to a redshirt year while James was an effective backup for starter James Conner. It was starting to look as if he was going to have trouble getting onto the field with Conner, James, and the emergence of Darrin Hall, who had a strong training camp this year.