Football: BYU will sign a prep QB in February, coach says
BYU didn't sign a high school quarterback last February and doesn't have a commitment from a prep quarterback so far this year, despite having more than three-quarters (14) of its scholarships already promised out.
I asked BYU quarterbacks coach Brandon Doman on Tuesday if he has any eligibility left that he's not telling us about, or if the Cougs are suddenly having trouble getting top QB talent into Provo.
Doman reminded me that the Cougars have two quarterbacks currently on LDS Church missions, Jason Munns and James Lark, and that starter Max Hall will have this year and next year, so if he doesn't get hurt, BYU really won't need a big-time guy until 2010.
He didn't need to tell me (and couldn't) that one of those 14 pledges is from Riley Nelson, the former Utah State quarterback who is currently on a mission and who has said, through his father, that he will transfer to BYU when he returns home next spring.
"We will be fine," he said. "The cupboard is not bare."
Doman said BYU will sign a high school quarterback in February, someone who is currently entering his senior year.
"We will sign one in February," he said. "We have to. We got a couple of high school seniors that we are still watching and evaluating. We will sign somebody. We actually have a really good idea who it will be."
Hey Brandon, a little hint, perhaps?
Not on your life, he said, citing NCAA rules that forbid coaches from talking publicly about recruits until they have signed.
Doman said the Cougars have their quarterback situation planned out all the way through 2016.
"You know, it will shift and shuffle around, but we have an idea of how it will shake down, ideally."
He didn't say this, but the Cougars are almost certainly pinning their hopes on getting Jake Heaps, the LDS quarterback from Skyline High in Issaquah, Wash., who is just starting his junior season. Heaps might just be rated as the top prep quarterback in the country at this time next year.
"We are looking at young men who are going to be juniors and young men who are going to be seniors," Doman said. "We've got a couple of ideas, and a couple of things in the works right now and we feel real good about it."
-- Jay Drew
I asked BYU quarterbacks coach Brandon Doman on Tuesday if he has any eligibility left that he's not telling us about, or if the Cougs are suddenly having trouble getting top QB talent into Provo.
Doman reminded me that the Cougars have two quarterbacks currently on LDS Church missions, Jason Munns and James Lark, and that starter Max Hall will have this year and next year, so if he doesn't get hurt, BYU really won't need a big-time guy until 2010.
He didn't need to tell me (and couldn't) that one of those 14 pledges is from Riley Nelson, the former Utah State quarterback who is currently on a mission and who has said, through his father, that he will transfer to BYU when he returns home next spring.
"We will be fine," he said. "The cupboard is not bare."
Doman said BYU will sign a high school quarterback in February, someone who is currently entering his senior year.
"We will sign one in February," he said. "We have to. We got a couple of high school seniors that we are still watching and evaluating. We will sign somebody. We actually have a really good idea who it will be."
Hey Brandon, a little hint, perhaps?
Not on your life, he said, citing NCAA rules that forbid coaches from talking publicly about recruits until they have signed.
Doman said the Cougars have their quarterback situation planned out all the way through 2016.
"You know, it will shift and shuffle around, but we have an idea of how it will shake down, ideally."
He didn't say this, but the Cougars are almost certainly pinning their hopes on getting Jake Heaps, the LDS quarterback from Skyline High in Issaquah, Wash., who is just starting his junior season. Heaps might just be rated as the top prep quarterback in the country at this time next year.
"We are looking at young men who are going to be juniors and young men who are going to be seniors," Doman said. "We've got a couple of ideas, and a couple of things in the works right now and we feel real good about it."
-- Jay Drew
4 Comments:
I've got to be honest--I'm a bit confused. Is Doman saying BYU has a QB commit that will sign in February? Or is he saying we don't have one, but will find one soon?
In any event, I worry about our next QB at BYU. I hope Lark or Munns or Nelson can step up and be our next great player.
Jamie Jensen has got to be 1A.
Doman is saying that BYU will definitely sign a high school QB in February. As of right now, they don't have a commitment from one, and I am pretty sure they have not officially offered one.
But yes, Doman says they do have a player or two in mind that they are looking at closely.
-- Jay
Jake Heaps + Manti Te'o = BYU in the PAC-10.
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