ellitor 33,062 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Early offers from AU, Florida, UGA, Miss St, FSU, & NC St among others Starting QB for first time this season Visited AU a number of times Also big baseball recruit for Butch & Co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ATX 13,654 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I was really impressed with this kid in the game they showed vs Pinson Valley. He's still a little raw, but some serious athleticism and arm strength. Throws a pretty nice ball too for a first year starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKEEL75 2,566 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 15 minutes ago, ellitor said: Also big baseball recruit for Butch & Co. I know we are letting Swartz & Worm work track & football, but would we allow him to do baseball and football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek 16,617 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Great size. Runs relatively North and South. Good job squaring up his shoulders on the run and he doesn't have a big throwing motion, all the better. For a first year starter I really like how high this kid's ceiling might be. War Eagle and I hope he comes down! Our baseball team should be a good draw as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,062 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, LKEEL75 said: would we allow him to do baseball and football? Wouldn't be a major recruit for both if we weren't. Both staffs are helping each other here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg5 536 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 All of the above comments are true but he has a lot of growing up to do ( I don't just mean age). From what I have seen when he throws a bad pass he often blames the WR ( when it's clearly his fault which doesn't go over well with the WR's). He also really needs to work on his body language when things get tight. A real leader doesn't let it show as much as he does when things go bad. A lot of that will come with time and he has plenty of time. Great arm. Great running ability. Great size. He didn't play well in the St. Johns game but bounced back very well against Thompson. If he can make an attitude adjustment he will be very good. As far as Baseball goes, I think they are recruiting him with both in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg5 536 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Pretty sure he was at the game Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerbrotha12 2,362 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Would be really cool to have a guy playing baseball and football again. I believe the last guy to do that at Auburn was Gabe Gross if I'm not mistaken. I know Tyler Stovall was a grad assistant this past season for baseball... EDIT: For some reason I seem to remember a wide receiver playing center field back in the early 2000's? Could be way off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,062 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 Just now, bg5 said: Pretty sure he was at the game Saturday. Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samau 110 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 4 hours ago, Brad_ATX said: I was really impressed with this kid in the game they showed vs Pinson Valley. He's still a little raw, but some serious athleticism and arm strength. Throws a pretty nice ball too for a first year starter. Agree with everything you said. The only thing I can add is he also can run. Looks to be a complete QB. Hope we get him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,062 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 3 hours ago, tigerbrotha12 said: EDIT: For some reason I seem to remember a wide receiver playing center field back in the early 2000's? Could be way off The last WR I can remember playing baseball was Frank Sanders in the early 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFDTiger80 790 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 He is a very good fit for us. Sure hope the kid is a good student considering he wants to play both baseball and football. I know I couldn't have done that when I was in school and come out with decent grades. Of course they get tutors, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowebb11 9,309 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 6 hours ago, bg5 said: All of the above comments are true but he has a lot of growing up to do ( I don't just mean age). From what I have seen when he throws a bad pass he often blames the WR ( when it's clearly his fault which doesn't go over well with the WR's). He also really needs to work on his body language when things get tight. A real leader doesn't let it show as much as he does when things go bad. A lot of that will come with time and he has plenty of time. Great arm. Great running ability. Great size. He didn't play well in the St. Johns game but bounced back very well against Thompson. If he can make an attitude adjustment he will be very good. As far as Baseball goes, I think they are recruiting him with both in mind. For what its worth, the announcers for the Hoover/Pinson Valley game said he was 15 years old. I’m sure a lot of that will grow out of him. He’s one where emotional maturity is probably on pace, but his physical maturity is quite accelerated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle79 3,569 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 @ellitor What kind of QB are we looking for with Gus and Chip? DT, drop back, or some weird combination only Gus can define? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,062 Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 20 minutes ago, oracle79 said: @ellitor What kind of QB are we looking for with Gus and Chip? DT, drop back, or some weird combination only Gus can define? Whatever Gus feels is best available. Likely an atheletic passer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek 16,617 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 5 hours ago, Gowebb11 said: For what its worth, the announcers for the Hoover/Pinson Valley game said he was 15 years old. I’m sure a lot of that will grow out of him. He’s one where emotional maturity is probably on pace, but his physical maturity is quite accelerated. Oof, I can’t imagine 15 year old me with that level of national attention and with social media how it is today... I would have been like T.O. people would have loved to hate me. He’ll learn and Hoover is a successful program so I believe their coach can handle some issues real fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 18 hours ago, LKEEL75 said: I know we are letting Swartz & Worm work track & football, but would we allow him to do baseball and football? Shouldn't be an issue. Bo & Trey Gainous played both throughout and Frank T & Gabe G did briefly but both decided (wisely) to eventually stick to baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,062 Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 9 hours ago, AUsince72 said: Shouldn't be an issue. Bo & Trey Gainous played both throughout and Frank T & Gabe G did briefly but both decided (wisely) to eventually stick to baseball. Completely different eras but yeah, shouldn’t be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerbrotha12 2,362 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 18 hours ago, ellitor said: The last WR I can remember playing baseball was Frank Sanders in the early 90s. I remember a guy with the first name Bruce who played center for us. Stole home plate one time on a straight steal. For some reason I thought he played football as well but I could be way off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwillMac6 20,607 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarDamnEagleWDE 12,737 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 19 hours ago, GwillMac6 said: March decision? That isn't good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg5 536 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 48 minutes ago, WarDamnEagleWDE said: March decision? That isn't good. I don't think it is a bad thing and my best guess is we lead for him. I know the coaching staff wants him but right now I don't. I'm not sure the attitude can be coached out of him. Its for sure not going to get better at Hoover next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaytonAU 4,606 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Think he probably lands at UGA but to be honest he’s not that impressive. JMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeBum 187 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 46 minutes ago, ClaytonAU said: Think he probably lands at UGA but to be honest he’s not that impressive. JMO. LOL that he would pick UG when they just had arguably the best HS dual-threat QB in the last decade and he wants to leave because their OC had no clue how to utilize him. Oh yeah, and the bogus racism issue too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwillMac6 20,607 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 If he does come to AU it will be because of Butch Thompson who along with Bruuuuuuuuuuuce is easily the best recruiter on campus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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