They're both great offensive weapons, especially in the open field. I'm looking forward to how Anae & Beck will make use of them both. Perhaps Shrader, Villari, and Tucker all in the backfield used in various permutations? Who throws to who is less meaningful when the idea would be to get all three of them in the open field with ball in hand.
After going back and looking through follows and posts there is a TE who visited that there is mutual following from Coach Johnson...but who knows.
Things change after spring ball as well.
I think the transfer portal is effecting both HS and JUCO recruitment. I think there will be less JUCOs recruited this cycle.
Transfer portal and the additional year that every player was granted in response to Covid absolutely affects HS and JUCO recruiting. Holding the scholarship limit at 85 while adding a year to the entire roster is causing a crunch that will not dissipate until the class of 2024 is signed.
I think a lot of those type of kids prepped.
Your math is good. That's partly why I'm thinking that there will not be many, if any, kids transferring out of SU after Spring Practice.
Yup. Anae/Beck have a long history of getting big, athletic QB2s on the field under the"FBP" position ("football player"). I anticipate them continuing that trend with Shrader and Villari.
Haven't seen confirmation that Cooper has been put on scholarship. If he has, my current open number drops to two. I missed Bolinsky. Thanks.
Google Keytaon Thompson as an example. Coincidentally, KT transferred to UVA from Mississippi State where he played...QB. KT was a QB his entire career. 6-4 210. Dynamic athlete. Named Second Team All-ACC in 2021, 78 receptions for 990 receiving yards and a TD. Rushed 39 times for 247 yards and 4 touchdowns; 1,237 all-purpose yards and 5 total TDs on the season. Used as a wildcat QB some, mostly played in the slot or on the wing; threw some passes. They moved him around.
From a previous post I made: "We feel those guys are really good athletes," said Anae. "Thats what we do when recruiting quarterbacks, first we look at for athleticism. If they are not the starting quarterback or in the quarterback spot, we find other things they can do, and we call them football guys." UVA used four current or former quarterbacks this past season: Brennan Armstrong, Ira Armstead, Jacob Rodriguez and Keytaon Thompson.
Yeah when I brought up McDonald earlier I wasn’t really thinking of the QB position. I was thinking those two were likely QB1 and QB2 so wasn’t thinking that way. We all know it’s pretty likely we need more than one QB to get through the season and putting a QB at TE does make them more likely to get injured than sitting the bench. But I guess it does make sense assuming your fine with QB3 playing if called upon. I would think that either Vilarri or Shrader would obviously not be happy about being the starting QB but they are athletes that want to be in the mix so they would probably welcome playing “football player” instead of being sidelined. They could still obviously come in as the backup QB if an injury occurs. I think I like it but they would be getting much less reps at QB in practice being the downside.
Unfortunate reality is between now and next February we will probably see 8-12 players transfer, 1-2 DQ medically or academic, 1-2 just retire, and 2-3 enter draft.
It was still three with Bolinsky, per OXs numbers 60 returning, 17 commits and 5 transfers. Now with todays' commitment it leaves two open spots.
Right. Missed Bolinsky as a player scheduled to exhaust eligibility in the fall.
