I didn't ask for high ranked, just "recognized". For all I know Trask might prove " competent".
I agree with you, Ancient. There are plenty of HS QBs with a good upside available most years. Seems to me that athleticism and throwing ability (arm strength, touch, etc.) are the easiest of the measurables to rate or determine on these kids. What is hardest to factor is their aptitude for learning, mentally organizing and correctly retrieving play calls and integrating them into the defensive reads. Part of that includes quickly and correctly reading route progressions. Kills and audibles are another facet. Not all of this is dependent strictly on the players' acumen, but the precision and thoroughness of the coaching they have received combined with the level of competition.
College coaches can shove all this info into a computer and along with their scouting get a "best guess." Until the kids get to college and begin excelling, there will remain a mysterious element to the process. If what the experts tell us was always a lead pipe cinch, the members of the Elite Eleven each year would all be pros in three years and as many as three out of their group in that time could be CFB Champion QB's. Also, guys like Bobby Sablehaus would be household names and the Kerwin Bells would be relegated to Div. III, if they ever even received a chance. And finally, the Merrill Hoges would have their own networks and consulting services while dressing in the garb of a middle eastern cleric (an upgrade, btw, to the ridiculous jumbo knotted ties).
What may be more important in the development of the freshman QB, as alluded to earlier, is the college position coach and OC. Give a competent or better guy a player that has the "want to" along with a workable skill set and you'll get a positive outcome (barring injury) more often than not. Might have been much of our problem during the last regime, no? Also, many may knock Nuss for Treon' play the last half, but you've got to give him some credit for Grier (on the field, of course). I think the guy's legit among his peers.
