I called it flanker when I played it. As opposed to the faster split end. I hear flanker called "possession receiver" a lot nowadays or slot WR.
You have to be able to block and go over the middle which Van can do.
Van Jefferson had videos of him running excellent routes. His NFL coach dad has trained him well. Douglas will eat his words on Van next season. NFL WR Doering understands WRs and he thinks than Van is excellent. Douglas will be wrong.
"Obviously he lives in the household and has grown up working with an NFL wide receivers coach who was a great player in his own right at Central Florida and then in the NFL for many, many years. So he’s learned how to run routes at an early age,” Hester said. “I’ve been a coach for 19 years, and he’s by far the most polished route runner that’s ever walked through the door of any school that I’ve worked at. That’s his biggest asset. He runs routes like an NFL wide receiver. Probably a little undersized weight-wise, but is a long, lean kid and able to play in the slot and on the outside.
“I think he still has yet to reach his ceiling. I think he can still continue to grow as a wide receiver, and I’m excited to see what Coach Gonzales and the staff at Florida can do with him.”