He is the best athlete at QB we will have had and he seems to be able to make all the throws judging by his highlight video. I am intrigued by a QB that can pass and run. He might be a Steve Walsh who was a throw in scholarship player who turned out to be big time. We used to thrive on lower rated players who became stars.[video]http://www.hudl.com/athlete/o/2220822/highlights/70757375[/video]
Just to be fair, I'm not sure Steve Walsh was a throw-in. You might know more than I remember, but Steve and Bill Turkowski were two QBs whom I think we sought pretty enthusiastically. Steve and Bill were not at the top of the national recruiting lists but coaches who knew QBs knew about Walsh. He was recruited by Schnellenberger for Louisville as I recall. I followed recruiting fairly closely in the mid-80's---and there was not as much information available---but we generally did not compete very well for the highest rated elite kids on the national lists. They, generally, were not interested in us, even after we won a NC in '83. We concentrated on the Florida kids who were great athletes, with great potential and a lot of heart but who were overlooked by the national "experts."
The irony is, Steve's brother came along a few years later, was recognied as a national elite recruit, he signed wih Miami, and showed up with terrible mechanics. They were so bad he had no future as a QB and ended up transferring, maybe back to University of Minnesota.
We've had a lot recruits who could be described as "throw-in." Maybe Joey Coles, Gino Torretta, and some others. Nobody expected Torretta to emerge the way he did.
Another interesting note is that we had a former Minnesota QB on staff as QB coach under Schnellenberger: Marc Trestman. I don't recall if Trestman followed Schnelly up to Louisville. I think he left coaching for a short time and became a stockbroker or something similar.