absolutely because of his basketball background IMO
by jt (2019-06-12 12:01:26)

In reply to: His footwork resembled a seasoned  posted by goldhelmethead

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I had a coach tell me once that when he was recruiting qb's he always looked for a kid that had been point guard on the basketball team first and, failing that, a kid who had at least been on the basketball team.

He felt that the footwork required to play that position necessitated a basketball background and a kid that was used to being the middle guy on the fast break and distributing the ball would be the best guy to lead a complex passing attack with multiple options.

Not sure how important coaches still view that--for one, a lot of kids don't play multiple sports anymore past 7th grade, there isn't as much under center qb play below college anymore and footwork isn't as important (until you get to the NFL, of course), and there aren't as many reads required in the passing spread college and high school offenses any longer (again, that comes in the NFL).

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