Bad day a blow to Richard
High school players and their parents often talk about the importance of getting to play in front of college coaches and how much that will affect their chances of earning college scholarships. Heck, the plea for a temporary restraining order that the three suspended American Fork players and their parents filed last week used that as the primary reason why they should have been allowed to play against Layton.
A judge threw out the request without even hearing the UHSAA argue against it. But what happens when a potential recruit finally gets his or her shot on the big stage, then has a subpar performance? That's what Union High quarterback Rhen Richard was thinking Friday after his team was blitzed 49-20 by Judge Memorial in a 3-A semifinal. Richard, one of those players who has been "on the bubble" for a big-time Division I offer all season, threw for 424 yards and two touchdowns. But the 6-foot-3, 200-pound athlete was intercepted twice and completed just 22 of 51 pass attempts.
"I probably hurt my chances. Who knows?" he said.
What a lot of people may not have known is that Richard was injured on the first play of the game, and suffered back spasms the rest of the way. He said the injury affected his ability to run and throw, but refused to use that as an excuse.
"I had back spasms the whole game. I coudn't breathe," he said. "The first play of the game, the kid was wrapped up and I just him him as hard as I could, and I must have pinched a nerve. But I just played through it."
Richard said he really wants to play college football, but a career as a professional rodeo cowboy also awaits. He said if he doesn't get a big-time scholarship offer soon, he will probaby go straight to the pro rodeo circuit.
"I already have my PRCA card, and I have made the circuit finals [in Ogden] already, so I might go in that direction," he said. Richard was the national all-around cowboy champion at last summer's national high school rodeo finals in Illinois and could go to any college rodeo program in the country on scholarship. But he doubts he will do that. It's either big-time college football or big-time rodeo, he said.
"All I have right now is offers from Southern Utah and Snow College [for football]," he said. "Weber State has been calling me. I've talked to Utah's coaches at a couple of games, but they haven't offered me anything."
Richard said he didn't see any college coaches watching him on Friday.
"If I got an offer from Utah, I would go here," he said. "Boise State has been talking to me a little, and BYU has been talking to me, too, but not as much.
A judge threw out the request without even hearing the UHSAA argue against it. But what happens when a potential recruit finally gets his or her shot on the big stage, then has a subpar performance? That's what Union High quarterback Rhen Richard was thinking Friday after his team was blitzed 49-20 by Judge Memorial in a 3-A semifinal. Richard, one of those players who has been "on the bubble" for a big-time Division I offer all season, threw for 424 yards and two touchdowns. But the 6-foot-3, 200-pound athlete was intercepted twice and completed just 22 of 51 pass attempts.
"I probably hurt my chances. Who knows?" he said.
What a lot of people may not have known is that Richard was injured on the first play of the game, and suffered back spasms the rest of the way. He said the injury affected his ability to run and throw, but refused to use that as an excuse.
"I had back spasms the whole game. I coudn't breathe," he said. "The first play of the game, the kid was wrapped up and I just him him as hard as I could, and I must have pinched a nerve. But I just played through it."
Richard said he really wants to play college football, but a career as a professional rodeo cowboy also awaits. He said if he doesn't get a big-time scholarship offer soon, he will probaby go straight to the pro rodeo circuit.
"I already have my PRCA card, and I have made the circuit finals [in Ogden] already, so I might go in that direction," he said. Richard was the national all-around cowboy champion at last summer's national high school rodeo finals in Illinois and could go to any college rodeo program in the country on scholarship. But he doubts he will do that. It's either big-time college football or big-time rodeo, he said.
"All I have right now is offers from Southern Utah and Snow College [for football]," he said. "Weber State has been calling me. I've talked to Utah's coaches at a couple of games, but they haven't offered me anything."
Richard said he didn't see any college coaches watching him on Friday.
"If I got an offer from Utah, I would go here," he said. "Boise State has been talking to me a little, and BYU has been talking to me, too, but not as much.
1 Comments:
Rhen is a big time Prospect. Why is he the only 3 Star Prospect on Scout.com to have not been extended an offer? I'm sure it has to do with how far scouts have to travel to watch him play. Yes Rhen hurt his back and also severly sprained his ankle late in the 1st Quarter, x-rays were negetive but his ankle is severely swollen and he can't put any pressure on it!! That's why he didn't play on the defensive side of the ball. Rhen gutted it out and still passed for 424 yards. Not to bad in my opinion!! It's to bad that a kid with Rhen's stats would only get "the spotlight" once to try and light it up! If he played at a 5A school in Salt Lake he would be one of the most saught after players in the state. Something is wrong with that picture and the sports guru's at ESPN are not afraid to tell you what kind of an athlete he is! Come on UTAH or BYU, get this kid signed!!!
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