Feature on Mouton and Adam Leonard

About how Mouton will be featured in each of their defensive formations, return kicks, and even play WR, Mack said:
"He's a playmaker. We want our playmakers on the field." (HA)

About Mouton, Mack said:
"Mouton is the quickest guy we have on our team. We have a little package for him (on offense). His main thing is to be a corner(back). But if we can give him some things to allow him to use his quickness, why not?" (HA)

About his expanded role, Mouton said:
"I played offense in high school and junior college. I'm willing to do whatever. I guess it shows he has confidence in me to let me do this." (HA)

HA Note: "Last season, his first at UH, Mouton was a cornerback and kick returner before suffering a partially torn posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. To ease the wear on his knee, he was given an honorary discharge from kick-return duties."

About how Mouton is even put at LB in some formations, Mack said:
"He's a natural blitzer because he's so quick." (HA)

HA Note: "In front of scouts at a workout at Blinn College in Texas, Mouton ran 40 yards in under 4.3 seconds."

McMackin likened Mouton to Shawn Springs, a former All-Pro with the Seattle Seahawks.
Comparing Mouton to Shawn Springs (former All-Pro with the Seahawks), Mack said:
"He's a shorter Shawn Springs. I think he's a great athlete and a great person. And he really works hard. He has a passion for football. He's a student of the game. He's really smart." (HA)

About Mack's comparison of him and Shawn Springs, Mouton said:
"He said he drafted Shawn Springs when he was with the Seattle Seahawks. (Springs) had a great career in the NFL. To be compared to someone like Shawn Springs is high praise." (HA)

About how they have to be ready to play the rest of their season no matter what happens at Florida, Adam Leonard said:
"We understand that no matter what happens in Florida, we have to play the next week. We definitely feel it can be a confidence builder if we go out there and play well. No matter what the outcome is of the game, we have to go out and play the rest of the season." (HA)

HA Note: "As a UH freshman in 2005, he still was not fully healed from knee surgery that abbreviated his senior season of high school football. He played most of the 2006 season with a torn meniscus. Last season, he played virtually one-handed. He had a fracture in his right hand, which required him to wear a cast when he was not playing football."

About playing last season with a fracture in his right hand, Adam said:
"It was difficult breaking the right hand. But it's football. I don't need it as much. It's not as important as a leg." (HA)

About the benefit of having to wear a cast when he was not playing football, Adam said:
"I managed to get a note-taker. It made things a lot easier. I couldn't write, and I couldn't read my handwriting." (HA)