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We should just go ahead and offer JA. Just to be ahead of the curve. It shouldn’t effect us with GARCIA as it seems. Lashlee is always in touch with him. I have a feeling the offers will start rolling in for JA after the Elite11.
 
aleahy said:
I seem to recall Preston Dewey getting hyped from that camp years ago. He got to Miami and looked like he belonged in D3. I think he just quit football all together after a year. Terrific eval from Jedd Fisch.
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Kirby Freeman made Elite 11. I think we all remember the 1 of 14 Nc State game.
 
So the first “challenge” last night was called the “rail shot” challenge and was won by Maddox Kopp, who beat out Caleb Williams for the win.

After the first night's workout, according to SI, they would rank the QBs in this order - noting that it took some time for a few of them to get in the groove, especially those in the #11-20 group.

#1-10

Caleb Williams (best QB on the field and it isn't close)
Ty Thompson (Oregon)
Miller Moss (USC)
JJ McCarthy (Michigan)
Brock Vandagriff (UGA)
Luke Altmeyer (FSU)
Maddox Kopp
Garrett Nussmeier (LSU)
Christian Veilleux (Penn St)
Carlos Del Rio (UF)

#11-20

Behren Morton (Texas Tech)
Tyler Macon (Missouri)
Kyle McCord (OHio St)
Grayson James
Kyron Drones (Baylor)
Drake Maye (UNC)
Tyler Buchner (ND)
Dee Davis (Auburn)
Kaidon Salter (Tenn)
Jay Allen


EDIT: Just to add another perspective, Trent Dilfer, head coach at Elite 11, singled out these QBs as having caught his eye last night:

Caleb Williams, (also identified as by far the most talented arm on the field) Kyron Drones, Brock Vandagriff, Ty Thompson, Kaidon Salter, Tyler Macon, JJ MCCarthy, Garrett Nussmeier, and Christian Veilleux
 
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Some background on Kopp: (the Athletic background article highlights)

Kopp is a big dude, too, at 6-foot-5 and 210 pounds. The Houston St. Thomas passer understands why he has flown under the radar.

“Honestly, I’m so late on the scene for football,” Kopp said. “I always grew up playing AAU basketball, from fourth grade until this past year. That was literally my life. And football was in there, I still played football. But I never really took it as serious as I did basketball.”

He’s the youngest of four brothers in a family full of athletes. Braden played football at Vanderbilt, Miller plays basketball at Northwestern and Anderson plays basketball at Lamar. And Maddox can throw it down like the rest of them.

He backed up Miami’s Peyton Matocha at St. Thomas until his junior year. When he got his shot, he earned second-team all-state honors in TAPPS after throwing for 3,106 yards and 28 touchdowns and leading his squad to the state semifinals, where it lost to the same foe, Parish Episcopal.

He has spent the past few months training with Darrell Colbert Jr., along with fellow Elite 11 quarterback Kyron Drones, Miami’s D’Eriq King and Florida’s Kyle Trask, and vows it has made a huge difference in his arm strength, release and ball placement.
 
Hoyacane1620 said:
Some background on Kopp: (the Athletic background article highlights)

Kopp is a big dude, too, at 6-foot-5 and 210 pounds. The Houston St. Thomas passer understands why he has flown under the radar.

“Honestly, I’m so late on the scene for football,” Kopp said. “I always grew up playing AAU basketball, from fourth grade until this past year. That was literally my life. And football was in there, I still played football. But I never really took it as serious as I did basketball.”

He’s the youngest of four brothers in a family full of athletes. Braden played football at Vanderbilt, Miller plays basketball at Northwestern and Anderson plays basketball at Lamar. And Maddox can throw it down like the rest of them.

He backed up Miami’s Peyton Matocha at St. Thomas until his junior year. When he got his shot, he earned second-team all-state honors in TAPPS after throwing for 3,106 yards and 28 touchdowns and leading his squad to the state semifinals, where it lost to the same foe, Parish Episcopal.

He has spent the past few months training with Darrell Colbert Jr., along with fellow Elite 11 quarterback Kyron Drones, Miami’s D’Eriq King and Florida’s Kyle Trask, and vows it has made a huge difference in his arm strength, release and ball placement.
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Has Miami been in contact?
 
CaneLife93 said:
Has Miami been in contact?
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Good question. I don't think so - at least as of this event. UH seems to have the most buzz around him. Saw some SMU stuff too. He was offered by Wyoming right before the Elite 11. I think USC may have reached out to him after last night too. Saw a mention of that. Also Baylor and Maryland are new followers to his twitter. I suspect if he continues to get mentioned in the next two days he will get all kinds of attention.
 
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Maddox is really athletic. He’s got video of him dunking in basketball games as part of his football highlights. He’s dunking with ease to. His arm is gonna get better as he solely dedicated to football.

 
The only question I have on Maddox is if he can make better decisions. He threw 14 picks to go with 28 TD’s. You want to see that be lower.
 
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Zbrod95 said:
Maddox is really athletic. He’s got video of him dunking in basketball games as part of his football highlights. He’s dunking with ease to. His arm is gonna get better as he solely dedicated to football.

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I mean he's 6'5" and probably a d1 athlete, he should be dunking pretty easily at that height.
 
Just a note: If anyone is interested and has an instagram account, you can watch tonights workouts on Elite11 instagram live. They are doing a pro type workout tonight.

It started about an hour ago. 6 QBs have gone. Kyle McCord (OSU) looks the best so far but all the other top guys have yet to go.
 
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