Football: BYU has offered a prep QB, but who?
I will admit it: this one is killing me.
BYU didn't sign a high school quarterback last February, and quarterbacks coach Brandon Doman told me a month ago that the Cougars definitely would sign one this coming February.
I've made a bunch of phone calls, and no one seems to know who that high school senior quarterback will be. BYU coaches can't say, per NCAA rules.
Monday, I asked Doman if the Cougs are any closer to landing their guy.
"Yeah, I think we have one," he said. "I obviously can't comment on it or talk about it, but I think we have someone who will be with us next fall."
Does that mean you've offered a scholarship to a quarterback?
"Yes, absolutely," he said.
Trouble is, none of the Web sites that track this sort of thing know who the Cougars have offered, either.
It's a mystery.
C'mon Domanator, how about a hint?
"Nope. All I can say is we feel really confident about where we are. We feel like our future is pretty bright with the young men that we are recruiting."
What is known is that BYU has expressed some interest in three or four prep quarterbacks, most notably Jamie Jensen of Gilroy, Calif.; Andrew Pulsipher of Temecula Valley, Calif., Jeff Manning of Logan High and Nicolas Libonati of Green Valley High in Henderson, Nev.
Alta High quarterback Ammon Olsen has a scholarship offer from Southern Utah and is widely considered one of the top quarterbacks in Utah this fall (along with Manning), but coach Les Hamilton told me last week that BYU has not offered Olsen a scholarship.
All five were either at BYU's spring game or attended a BYU football camp over the summer. The one quarterback they are known to have offered, Taysom Hill of Pocatello, Idaho, has committed to Stanford.
There is also the possibility that the guy Doman is alluding to is Riley Nelson, the former Utah State QB who is transferring to BYU after his church mission. Nelson gets home in March, so he will technically be signing with BYU in February and will be with the team next fall.
But I'm fairly certain it was evident to him that I was asking about a current high school senior.
The mystery continues.....
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Pressing my luck, I asked the coach if the Cougars have received any feedback yet from a certain high school junior quarterback who was in Provo on Saturday to watch BYU dismantle UCLA.
Jake Heaps of Skyline High in Washington might be the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the country at this time next year.
"You will have to call him and ask him," Doman said. "I can't comment on any guys."
Yeah, I know.
-- Jay Drew
BYU didn't sign a high school quarterback last February, and quarterbacks coach Brandon Doman told me a month ago that the Cougars definitely would sign one this coming February.
I've made a bunch of phone calls, and no one seems to know who that high school senior quarterback will be. BYU coaches can't say, per NCAA rules.
Monday, I asked Doman if the Cougs are any closer to landing their guy.
"Yeah, I think we have one," he said. "I obviously can't comment on it or talk about it, but I think we have someone who will be with us next fall."
Does that mean you've offered a scholarship to a quarterback?
"Yes, absolutely," he said.
Trouble is, none of the Web sites that track this sort of thing know who the Cougars have offered, either.
It's a mystery.
C'mon Domanator, how about a hint?
"Nope. All I can say is we feel really confident about where we are. We feel like our future is pretty bright with the young men that we are recruiting."
What is known is that BYU has expressed some interest in three or four prep quarterbacks, most notably Jamie Jensen of Gilroy, Calif.; Andrew Pulsipher of Temecula Valley, Calif., Jeff Manning of Logan High and Nicolas Libonati of Green Valley High in Henderson, Nev.
Alta High quarterback Ammon Olsen has a scholarship offer from Southern Utah and is widely considered one of the top quarterbacks in Utah this fall (along with Manning), but coach Les Hamilton told me last week that BYU has not offered Olsen a scholarship.
All five were either at BYU's spring game or attended a BYU football camp over the summer. The one quarterback they are known to have offered, Taysom Hill of Pocatello, Idaho, has committed to Stanford.
There is also the possibility that the guy Doman is alluding to is Riley Nelson, the former Utah State QB who is transferring to BYU after his church mission. Nelson gets home in March, so he will technically be signing with BYU in February and will be with the team next fall.
But I'm fairly certain it was evident to him that I was asking about a current high school senior.
The mystery continues.....
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Pressing my luck, I asked the coach if the Cougars have received any feedback yet from a certain high school junior quarterback who was in Provo on Saturday to watch BYU dismantle UCLA.
Jake Heaps of Skyline High in Washington might be the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the country at this time next year.
"You will have to call him and ask him," Doman said. "I can't comment on any guys."
Yeah, I know.
-- Jay Drew
3 Comments:
Nice try Jay.
Maybe it's Adam Timo? He is doubling as a QB this year... Otherwise I don't know who it would be.
Adam Timo can run with the best of them but he would need some real work on his accuracy.
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