For the senior wideout from Corona, Saturday night’s win in the Mountain West Championship game was his best.
Jemond Hazely had a career-high five catches for 78 yards, four of them coming on difficult out routes that required two things: a perfectly timed pass and perfect route running.
They had both.
The fact of redshirt-freshman quarterback Christian Chapman connecting with Hazely wasn’t the surprise. It was how close to flawless that connection was.
“I saw the off coverage and I was like, ‘Take Jemond if I have him,'” Chapman said. “I believed in him and he runs those routes pretty well.