Word: patterson
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...originally planned on remaining in the South to play college ball, but he had heard all too often from coaches that at 5'11 and 180 pounds, he lacked the size to play quarterback. Patterson had intended on enrolling at the University of Memphis, but Murphy caught wind of the athletic speedster, and soon enough, TP found his way to the Ivy League...
...definitely a big change moving from the South to Harvard," Patterson said. "It was really different because it's just so fast, and I'm a pretty laid-back guy. But I wanted to come here because in case football didn't go as well as I wanted, I'd still get a great education...
...Patterson's raw speed and finesse convinced Murphy and his staff that he would be a perfect fit at wide receiver. In 1996, Patterson's rookie season, then-junior Colby Skelton '98 took the talented freshman under his wing and helped him to adjust to life as a top wide receiver...
...During my first day of practice, which was my first day at wide receiver, I was doing horribly," Patterson recalled. "But Colby came out there and told me, 'Terence, you've got to do this,' or 'Terence, when you do this, you've got to keep your hands up.' He was instrumental from day one, and I really admired the hard work that he put into the game as well as the hard work that he put into making the other people around him better...
...During his rookie season, Patterson, who then wore No. 86, hauled in seven receptions for eighty yards, and more importantly, he created his signature play--the split end reverse, a play that has baffled defenses for the past four years...