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Two simple rules for recruiting QBs

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In a more generalized sense, if you want your kid to succeed in athletics, you need to:

Get them involved in youth gymnastics as early as possible. It really helps. Kindergarten age.

Get them involved in football as early as possible, and running track if available. Make it fun. 1st grade.

Don't force them into it. As they grow up, encourage them to try other sports outside of football season. Middle school.

Incorporate wrestling in late middle school or highschool.

Raise them to take studying and school serious.

Even if the NFL isn't in their future, there will be scholarship options to talented kids like that.
 
My general observation is that more than any position I can think of in any sports, QB is both a physical and psychological profile. The guys that are athletes who can throw far that they try to make into QBs, doesn’t work at elite CFB and NFL level.

Belief is kind of a binary. You can tell when a team does and doesn’t believe in their guy. They move different. This team last year really believed if they got Cam the ball, they could win.
 
SCarolina Ibis said:
I advise QBs to give up baseball as early as possible. In my experience there's been issues with footwork and throwing motion that can be difficult to correct for QBs who continue to play baseball late into high shcool.

I completely understand why you brought up Mahomes. But he's the exception, not the rule. Same thing was true about saint Elway. They both have/had the kind of elite arm talent that can overcome **** near anything.

Jameis Winston has a ton of issues. But his mechanics have always a mess. He said it himself that playing baseball played a huge part in it.

Jake Locker was another one. Playing baseball killed his footwork.
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Jameis Winston won a natty though.

Jameis throws that deep post as good as I've ever seen. He made him I millions n they dialed up that play every third down.

I'm not to sure on this.
 
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CANESCANES said:
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One of my guitar students a few years ago was a Rubik’s Cube solving genius. He had all types of different ones, and could solve them in seconds. It was incredible to watch him do it. He was extremely intelligent. That’s a trait that I would think would definitely help a QB, as it definitely shows quick problem solving skills.
 
kyle_schick said:
In a more generalized sense, if you want your kid to succeed in athletics, you need to:

Get them involved in youth gymnastics as early as possible. It really helps. Kindergarten age.

Get them involved in football as early as possible, and running track if available. Make it fun. 1st grade.

Don't force them into it. As they grow up, encourage them to try other sports outside of football season. Middle school.

Incorporate wrestling in late middle school or highschool.

Raise them to take studying and school serious.

Even if the NFL isn't in their future, there will be scholarship options to talented kids like that.
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Have kids play soccer if they're interested additionally to another sport.

Just a suggestion from my part, the experience that I've made is that young kids who play soccer have far more development in coordination, even over track and field.

Most important part to it all is the enjoyment, which is the general rule for all humans on this planet but even more so for kids. Kids need to enjoy what they're doing, because that's when they connect into the activity.
 
DMoney said:
My rule of thumb is that a quarterback needs to be: (1) a multisport athlete; or (2) if he's a football-only guy, a legitimate dual-threat with major running ability. There are always exceptions, but in this case I wouldn't make many. Our most recent superstar QB was a multisport zero star (Cam Ward), and the last great quarterback we had (Ken Dorsey) got offered by Butch Davis at a high school basketball game.

The top QBs in the NFL- Pat Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels, CJ Stroud- all fit into this framework.
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You’re gonna limit the pool of players and miss more if you try to measure a recruit or prospect on things that mainly fit the best qbs in the world…The baseline can’t be the things you see in the best guys it should be the things u see in all of the good qbs

And that’s process speed imo, the faster you process the better you will see the field/coverages/windows/rushers and that directly ties into your accuracy because if you are a slow processor then your footwork will slack because at qb your feet have to be tied to your eyes if they aren’t that will lead to bad accuracy & eventually bad decisions

Of course arm talent and athleticism is non negotiable things, you have to be able to make the throws and at least be agile enough to operate in the pocket. This whole explanation probably fits a nfl description more than college
 
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Cane_J15 said:
I was one of the fools saying Jake was great cause of that spring game! Ill stay out this one lol
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LOL Don't beat yourself up too much. Stick around long enough and you will see this sport make fools of us all. That's one of the reasons that make it the greatest game ever invented. There are just so many variables.
 
FrancisSawyer said:
LOL Don't beat yourself up too much. Stick around long enough and you will see this sport make fools of us all. That's one of the reasons that make it the greatest game ever invented. There are just so many variables.
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Thank you bro appreciate it! Aint nothin like football! We have been able to watch the golden ages of the game thats for sure! On the QB note this Coleman kid comin is so impressive was watchin em last night before bed hope that kid shows out! We just might be goin somewhere in that QB room after all!
 
Bender said:
Have kids play soccer if they're interested additionally to another sport.

Just a suggestion from my part, the experience that I've made is that young kids who play soccer have far more development in coordination, even over track and field.

Most important part to it all is the enjoyment, which is the general rule for all humans on this planet but even more so for kids. Kids need to enjoy what they're doing, because that's when they connect into the activity.
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Lol man i was horrible at soccer!! Was a natural in pretty much any sport i played Baseball, football, and basketball was good at all 3! Soccer i just couldnt do it alot had to do with i just wasnt very interested in the sport along with everytime i played just wasnt good.
 
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The scheme, system and coaches surrounding the QB is huge. There’s been a ton of quarterbacks that had what it took, but we’re in awful situations because the apparatus around them sucked.
 
DMoney said:
I've spent way too much time studying why quarterbacks hit or flop. Of course, you need baseline arm talent and size. And work ethic is another non-negotiable. But from what I've found, the separators are often athleticism and instincts.

There are so many kids with private QB coaches who flourish in camp settings, but struggle in real games. Jake Garcia is a recent example. Conversely, there are a lot of instinctive athletes who improve their passing skills with full-time coaching in college. The things you can't get by training-- reactive movement, competitive reps -- are readily available by playing other sports.

My rule of thumb is that a quarterback needs to be: (1) a multisport athlete; or (2) if he's a football-only guy, a legitimate dual-threat with major running ability. There are always exceptions, but in this case I wouldn't make many. Our most recent superstar QB was a multisport zero star (Cam Ward), and the last great quarterback we had (Ken Dorsey) got offered by Butch Davis at a high school basketball game.

The top QBs in the NFL- Pat Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels, CJ Stroud- all fit into this framework.

Am I being too simplistic here?









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All your factors are spot on. But, like football is a game of inches, the most important inches for any athlete is the six inches between their ears.IQ counts, not just football IQ, but overall intelligence. Just sayin’
 
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