He was a good study on how hard it is to evaluate high school quarterbacks. He seemed to have it all…3 star rating…size…played in Texas…showed leadership on social media. But things haven’t worked out for him yet.
In all honesty, a 3 star QB is probably the hardest position to evaluate. There are a plethora of those type every year in the recruiting cycle. Maybe (Hopefully) we can take it up a notch and convince a 4 star (or 2 over the course of a few recruiting cycles) to actually take us seriously and come here. Problem here is we don't have time to truly develop anybody here at that position. We need a competent/ultra competitive guy there NOW.
I think the most likely starters for UConn at qb will be portal qbs( successful FCS starters or P4 backups). In this environment, it will be tough to recruit a high school QB who will be good enough to start over a transfer with experience. It feels like the only true freshmen QBs who will start will be high 4 star or 5 stars.
Hey…if he has the talent to start as a true freshman…that would be great. I would just be surprised if a true freshman would be better than a portal transfer with college experience.
I think it was around 25-30% that dropped out of the FBS level.
here is last years list with destinations
Wow, 40% no transfer, may or may not have transferred to some school without a scholarship. And, 30% downgrades to FCS (albeit Colgate’s a worthy potential degree).here is last years list with destinations
He did respond on his IG story to Manalac’s departure saying he was heartbroken
That list is not up to date. Montgomery wound up at Tennessee State, Daniley at New Haven, etc.
I’ll update Daniley - but Monthomery is already listed @TSU.
OK, the point regarding portal risk remains nationally. For UConn, 50% downgraded last year. 40% down to FCS. 10% down to then transitioning D2 to now lowest FCS New Haven.
