Why Not Desmon White

[sbsmith]

Going to copy a post from "hoofprint" on this on:

"So after Gilbert graduates next year, we'll have Burcham, Preston, Cassel, Kent, Colbert, Severt and that walk-on who's arriving this fall from California.
Finally: depth at the position!"

I agree completely with this. Most consider us lucky to have gotten Severt. And having seen Lamar play, Colbert is by far the best player they had in the last 2 years. Both of them have been done a disservice by the recruiting sites. I don't think we need more than 7 QBs and it looks like most of them can play!

Being done a "disservice" by the recruiting sites doesn't explain the lack of offers. If 120+ FBS coaches didn't want them then they probably can't play.

[SMU 86]

Going to copy a post from "hoofprint" on this on:

"So after Gilbert graduates next year, we'll have Burcham, Preston, Cassel, Kent, Colbert, Severt and that walk-on who's arriving this fall from California.
Finally: depth at the position!"

I agree completely with this. Most consider us lucky to have gotten Severt. And having seen Lamar play, Colbert is by far the best player they had in the last 2 years. Both of them have been done a disservice by the recruiting sites. I don't think we need more than 7 QBs and it looks like most of them can play!

How have they been done a disservice by the recruiting service? Colbert is a 3 star kid that won the golden gun award. No negative word has been said about them by the recruiting services. Sounds like an anti recruiting services comment to me. They only people that have done them a disservice is the other colleges by not offering them.

[Rebel10]

Apparently Alamostang has done our 2 QB commits a disservice. He said that we needed Harris.

I'm as optimistic as the next guy, but I don't think the next coach will be turning away players with 4 SEC offers including Bama. I think we could use this kid IMO. I really don't care what ESPN thinks. Saban and Spurrier are both better talent evaluators.

[ftworthmustang]

Going to copy a post from "hoofprint" on this on:

"So after Gilbert graduates next year, we'll have Burcham, Preston, Cassel, Kent, Colbert, Severt and that walk-on who's arriving this fall from California.
Finally: depth at the position!"

I agree completely with this. Most consider us lucky to have gotten Severt. And having seen Lamar play, Colbert is by far the best player they had in the last 2 years. Both of them have been done a disservice by the recruiting sites. I don't think we need more than 7 QBs and it looks like most of them can play!

Being done a "disservice" by the recruiting sites doesn't explain the lack of offers. If 120+ FBS coaches didn't want them then they probably can't play.

"Can't play" is a bit over the top. However, the other schools feel they have better options for future College QBs. To me this means the chances of Colbert & Severt becoming successful college QBs is lower than others. Again, this comes back to DIR recruiting. The problem with DIR recruiting is only a small percentage of these DIRs will develop into solid college players. This is why we don't have quality depth.

[sbsmith]

You're right, I should have said "Probably can't play well enough to be a legit player in FBS".

[PonySnob]

You have some diamonds and some poo poo.......

[Stallion]

Colbert would have other offers as an Athlete

[Stallion]

Desmon White-Offensive Player of the Year in 5A.

Desmon White, DeSoto’s fleet-footed quarterback, was named the state’s offensive player of the year. He brought DeSoto to the state semifinals for the second year in a row after a regular season with 2,886 passing yards, 1,175 rushing yards and 43 combined touchdowns.

[PonySnob]

Did he call or send JJ a videotape?

[Stallion]

No we took the short guy that accomplished about 1/10th of what this guy did but the guy we took does reportedly run a 4.41 so he's a talented "under the radar" type