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Message: [QUOTE="leftytg, post: 3111833, member: 2651"] I see you have your "stars don't matter" speech queued up. Cool. It is well worn territory and, frankly, at this point a boring and unproductive debate. Your problem, though, is you've queued it up over the wrong player. Yes, some guys are overlooked or underrated by the services. Dungey (arguably) is one of those guys. Famously, the Pac 12 schools overlooked him and he ended up at Syracuse, much to the gain of Syracuse. Hornsby isn't Dungey. He isn't some underrated guy overlooked by the P5 schools in his region. Hornsby is the 204 ranked recruit in the nation according to the 247 composite. Despite this lofty ranking, the local schools want nothing to do with him. QB isn't like other positions. Yes, there is an important physical talent component, and that is certainly a factor. But every position has physical attributes a school must assess and project. QB is different because it is the most cerebral position in all of sports. You have to nail the mental evaluation. Leadership qualities are also disproportionately important at QB. As anyone who follows Texas high school recruiting will tell you, Hornsby has a bad reputation in this area (I do not know the kid personally, just relaying reputation - so take with as large a grain of salt as warranted). QB's tend to commit early, because they understand their leadership role and typically relish the chance to help recruit for their class. Going by the 247 composite, only 2 of the top 25 QB's (and 5 of the top 50) in the class of 2020 are uncommitted - Hornsby and CJ Stroud. Stroud is an outlier because he was a 3 star prospect who unexpectedly won the Elite 11, and thus got a flood of increased interest from top schools. It makes sense for a guy like that to slow down and assess. Hornsby is the opposite - highly ranked and falling fast. It seems like a lot of schools are concluding Hornsby is more athlete than QB. [/QUOTE]

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