Odessa QB

[Lotus]

Shea Smith
Odessa (Permian), Texas
Pro-style quarterback
Height: 5-foot-11
Weight: 185 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.8 seconds

Schools in the Running: Baylor, Iowa, Purdue, Texas A&M, SMU, TCU

Note: Shea Smith is the son of former Highland Park head coach and SMU assistant coach Scott Smith, who now is the head coach at Permian.

[Corso]

My theory: if you're QB is 5-11, he'd better run a 4.3 to stay alive. If he runs a 4.8, he'd better be 6-5 and 235 pounds.

[StangEsq]

Kevin Sweeney

[giacfsp]

Well, sure, there are exceptions -- Drew Brees is no track star, and he's also small, and he's still in one piece (albeit in danger of losing his job to a rookie) -- but I agree with Corso. Unless a player's unbelievably productive, I'd shy away from guys who aren't at least big OR fast. Don't have to be both, but I'd say they should be at least one or the other.

[DallasDiehard]

We've got our HP-bred QB (Webb) - if we ever had interest in this Smith kid, let's spend the scholarship that might have gone his way on a guy at another position: OL, DE or WR. (Then again, as is often pointed out, maybe the guy has more interest in SMU than SMU has in him....)