It’s time to shake loose KaVontae Turpin on punt returns.
That’s the assessment of TCU coach Gary Patterson.
“We’ve got to do a better job with our punt return group to get him more chances,” he said Tuesday at his midweek press conference. “We haven’t been able to get him released yet. So we’ve got to find a way to do that.”
The junior from Monroe, La., returned a punt for a touchdown in both his freshman and sophomore seasons. Before he was hurt last year, he led the country in punt return average (28.