Texas fan here, just wandering through.
A lot of Texas fans would consider Casey to be the worst QB Texas has had in the past decade. I’m not sure that I’d put him at the bottom but he’d probably be 3rd or 4th worst. So not great, and especially not since Sark’s offense is very QB friendly. Case in point being that we had a mediocre OL, Casey throwing to largely average receivers (with the big exception being true freshman Xavier Worthy), a very good RB corps and injuries to lots of key players in the back half of the year and still had the 18th best offense in the country.
What he’s good at:
- Using his feet to keep plays alive
- Hitting the swing pass on the front shoulder
- Generally the short to intermediate throws
- He works hard (though that’s a bit of silly meme)
- Did hit some nice throws late to get needed scores (OU, KU) but…
Where he’s not:
- It’d be a mistake to call him clutch - scheme did him a lot of favors against OU/KU (though he did make the necessary plays so hats off for that) and had chances to beat OSU, Baylor, WVU (and really KSU, he didn’t do much in 2H) and didn’t do much of anything late in those games, including late picks, errant throws, etc
- Tries to go for the big play late in the game leading to picks, longer line-to-gains, etc. instead of taking yards with his legs, shorter passes to convert first downs or just make it easier on the next down, etc.
- Seeing dropping/late arriving defenders
- Seeing open receivers downfield
- Gets happy feet and throws off-platform sometimes even when not pressured
- Hit and miss on throws over 20 yards whether the receiver is open or not
- Max range is 50 yards downfield
- Can go more E-W looking for an opening when running instead of getting yards by going upfield
And none of this is mentioning that he nearly transferred after his freshman year, threatened to leave in the middle of fall camp after losing the starting job last year, his dad more or less held the program hostage mid-season and demanded that Casey be the starting QB and then transferred right after Texas took Ewers without even giving a thought to competing in the spring. Right or wrong, it looked like he wanted the job and was told no so he took his ball and left. There was no love lost between Casey/his family and the Texas coaches/players.
So with all of that said, I would caution you to look at some to the context of his performances and watch the video below. Frost’s system is probably a better fit and maybe he can cover up some of his flaws/highlight his legs. But it’s a little concerning from afar that Purdy is concerned about the competition being fair in light of what we at Texas know of Casey.
Hope you guys beat the hell out of those bastards from Norman. Would love for Casey to get revenge against them (plus of course OU sucks). Best of luck with the year, glad y’all have a real game in only 6 weeks (!!!)
oh and lastly, Marcus Washington is 15 in the video below. Really like MW as a person/teammate but could never pull it together on the field to be a threat. Hands just way too inconsistent but a very likable, hardworking kid. He had a nice spring but was going to be WR5 so glad he’ll have a little more time with y’all.
