BB Recruiting New Year's (early) morning update
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I like this Johnson kid, hope his grades are in order. It's great the new guys are shaking the bushes for QB prospects. To be realistic, Johnson is the probably the top prospect on their QB board who has shown mutual interest in UK. There are probably other QBs they might like better who just don't have the same level of interest in UK. All that being said, if the coaching staff likes this young man, that's good enough for me. I will trust their judgment and experience in evaluating talent until they give me reasons not to.
Let's be fair and honest here...4.8 for a guy 6.3 195 is slow especially in the sec
It is, but I suppose it's a moot point. Seen earlier today that JRow said in a HoB post that he runs around a 4.5
I figured he looked faster than 4.78, guess I was right.
CC...ck out the Stats of the walk-on rs sophomore at wsu this year...impressive
Caveman...so far I haven't seen anything pleasing to the eye, have you? I will be at EVERY game UK plays next year, but I'm now in a "missouri" mode...
I realize there are Baker Mayfields out there and they often do well in an air raid offense, but even 3 scholly players is a light load in college.
This, a true dual threat QB is going to have a more balanced passing/rushing stat sheet. Though Johnson's stats indicate he is a viable threat because all of his games show positive yardage rushing even after the sacks are factored in. Just not real huge rushing numbers. So I like to think he will be a solid backup that will push Barker and also be a situational type player maybe in a wildcat formation where you have a true passing threat out of it.
No doubt, our new coaches have thought it over. Justin Rowland says they looked at 17 quarterbacks and picked Johnson. What we don't know is, who were the other 16? At this point, most quarterbacks are already committed, or leaning somewhere else. Apparently, Cincinnati wasn't in on any high profile quarterbacks either. So we know they like Johnson best, but we don't know who else is available. Johnson has offers from Hawaii, Eastern Michigan, Arkansas State, Lamar, Morgan State. I don't care about stars, especially for a juco. I remember another juco named Steve Johnson who also didn't have a big rep, and he plays in the NFL now. But the offer sheet means something. So signing Johnson would not change the fact that Stoops and Gran are depending on Drew Barker. Everything we know about Barker's background and offer sheet coming out of high school still says he has more SEC upside than Johnson. How long might it take Barker to reach his potential? He was awful in November, so he probably won't become a world beater overnight. Can Drew stay healthy playing behind Kentucky's offensive line? I figure they want Steve Johnson for injury insurance and a facsimile of competition. But to be fair to Johnson, Randall Cobb was listed with a 4.8 40 time coming out of high school. There is sprint speed, and there is football speed. For all we know, Johnson could have been timed inaccurately. I figure Gran and Stoops will sink or swim at Kentucky on the basis of decisions like this. So if Gran wants Johnson, I will wait and see how it works out.
Perfectly reasonable that Hinshaw has "evaluated" 17 QBs. I'm sure he was doing that all year at Cincy. Despite his numbers, Johnson is not on anyones "Top Juco" lists, at least that I could find. Digging this deep for a QB suggests that they want another QB for insurance purposes if nothing else. For that matter, if they can get involved with any done and 1 guys it would not surprise me if they do so. Heck, CBP recruited about 19 QBs to start off his second run at UofL and I think he inherited a bit stronger QB roster than does Hinshaw.
Given the fact that Barker is still very much an unproven commodity the QB situation at UK is downright scary. Personally, I'm inclined to think this late in the year QB scramble is due almost exclusively to Phillips' unexpected transfer leaving I believe only 2 scholarship QBs on the roster for 2016. And 1 of those guys is a true FR.
Peace
Given the fact that Barker is still very much an unproven commodity the QB situation at UK is downright scary. Personally, I'm inclined to think this late in the year QB scramble is due almost exclusively to Phillips' unexpected transfer leaving I believe only 2 scholarship QBs on the roster for 2016. And 1 of those guys is a true FR.
Peace
Johnsons quote about having a good arm and being a pocket passer along with being able to run it tell me he's not a true read option QB.
Nothing wrong with that, let's just consider him a good option for now.
Nothing wrong with that, let's just consider him a good option for now.
Just for reference, a 4.78 40 puts him exactly in the middle of the 13 QB's invited to the NFL combine. This is not a bad speed (if accurate) for a throw first dual threat QB. Only 3 QB's ran in the 4.5's, Marcus Mariota at 4.52 (the fastest), Nick Marshall, and Blake Sims. Johnson looks more than fast enough to be a threat. He looks to have a little wiggle as well.
Your "19 QBs estimate might be a little low, but it does illustrate that a state University does operate under a different set of rules than a city college.
Doesn't Ohio State have a q-back that is leaving? Cardale Jones I think...What is the story with him?
A bruised ego and an over-inflated sense of his own ability to play at the next level.
If Johnson is as good as his numbers say then he isn't coming to sit behind a qb who hasn't proven anything. He's coming to play from day one.
I said it last year after OSU big run, Jones has JaMarcus Russell written all over him.