The top 4 QBs are committed to SEC schools ...
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That's hardly the top QB in the country and a player like Shea Patterson. That guy is really, really good.
We did get one, once- a guy from Hyden, Kentucky. The next time, if ever, that the state produces another quarterback like that, we'll probably get him, too. Until then, we probably won't. It's difficult for UK to ever get truly elite out of state recruits. The closest we've had to one in probably 20 years is Boom.
My bad, Towles was only the 9th best QB per rivals.
By the way, only 1 school every year gets the top QB. There are about 130 D1 schools so I guess about 129 won't get it.
I like posters like you, going out of your way to try and disprove a post and be serious serious with facts, when it was a semi "damn, we've sucked for so long" post to laugh about. Keep that holiday cheer in your spirits man!! I'm sure your family is thrilled to be around you!!!
A few years after Couch, UK supposedly was thought to be the runner up for Rivals #1 ranked QB, Brock Berlin. He chose FL instead, but he later transferred to Miami U and he never really played up to the hype. He went undrafted in the 2005 NFL draft. In fact, a lot of highly rated QB's don't live up to the hype. Morgan Newton, Ryan Mossakowski & Jeff Driskell are 3 that didn't. Some do. A lot don't. No guarantee, not even with the overall #1 QB.
Driskel had a pretty damn good year this year, I'm sure he'll be on someones board to be drafted.
You are correct. Driskell is maybe not the best example to use. However, my thought was that he was mostly playing against a lower tier of competition this year & not against an SEC schedule. I mean he was ranked the #1 QB in his class, but he didn't do much playing in the SEC and he had to transfer down.
I still stand by my point. High rankings don't always equal success at the QB position.
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Final 4 starting QB's...
Deshaun Watson #1 Dual Threat
5 star & #31 overall
Jacob Coker #18 Pro Style
3 star 5.7
Connor Cook #13 Pro Style
3 star 5.7
Baker Mayfield *Unranked*
3 star 5.6
He beat out 5,8 4 star Trevor Knight who was the #6 Dual Threat & #179 overall.
Pretty interesting list.
Deshaun Watson #1 Dual Threat
5 star & #31 overall
Jacob Coker #18 Pro Style
3 star 5.7
Connor Cook #13 Pro Style
3 star 5.7
Baker Mayfield *Unranked*
3 star 5.6
He beat out 5,8 4 star Trevor Knight who was the #6 Dual Threat & #179 overall.
Pretty interesting list.
I'd forgotten about him, but I don't think that he was very highly rated. He sure was a great QB though.
Jay Cutler was a QB that I really wish that UK could have landed. I don't think that they even seriously recruited him, but I may be wrong about that. He was from southern IN & he attended Vandy. I don't think that he was rated very high either, but he's still in the NFL.
This really is kinda off topic, but kind of interesting. Watson and Blake Sims who started for Bama last year were from the same HS in Georgia, less than an hour from Athens and Richt didn't offer either until fairly late in the process, after each had committed, Gainesville High, not a huge school either less than 1200 students. I wonder if any other HS has produced 2 starting QBs for the playoffs at this point?
Reading your post reminds me of an article I had read awhile back about all of the Texas kids that Mack brown passed on. In states loaded with football talent it's crucial that football staffs do a good job at evaluating players.
Not only those 2, passed on Teddy Bridgewater too, for Christian Lemay who never took a meaningful snap for us. Watson, we waited on Brice Ramsey to commit before offering him, but he was going to Clemson regardless. Sims wasn't offered until fall before he was to sign.
I agree that Cobb was an elite talent, but...
Cobb was actually a 2 star when he committed to UK. He got bumped up to a 3 star either during or after his SR season (about the same time that UT finally offered). The same scenario was true for Keenan Burton. Just goes to show that the recruiting services don't get them all correct.
We offered Cam Newton as a TE too, Nick Marshall was playing DB before he was dismissed. Richt liked drop back guys who stood in the pocket, he didn't want to even roll out and refused to alter anything he did. With good qb play we were good, without well you saw what we were this year.
Yeah, Berlin never really lived up to his billing, too inaccurate (sound familiar lol) but had a solid senior year with 22 TDs and just 6 INTs for the U. He also had the ultimate "In your face" stunning comebck win over the Gators when the U was down 33-10 in that game and won 38-33 I believe.
Yeah, most think the TU offer boosted him from a 5.4 to a 5.5, and some (me) think the offer was more a CYA attempt by them in case he did blow up, and he was solid to UK by then. They were busy recruiting four and five stars.
Burton was a QB in high school, he also wanted an offer from hometown UL but didn't get one when BP was there, IIRC, also a late promotion from a 5.4 to a 5.5. Tamme offered but then turned down by Morris at UK, reinstated when Brooks came in, another late 5.4 to 5.5, Johnson a two star from JC, Lyons not just a two star but a 4.9 two star (let me repeat that, a 4.9 two star). But Joker couldn't coach his way out of a paper bag, LOL.
Big failure as a HC though, but then go look at the list of great coaches that failed at UK, and mitch's support for football his first ten years rivals any ten years in UK history------for being miserable.