Beat me to it. All the moaning and wailing about the Vikings and this kid is pointing out the upgrades taking place to the stadium and the fact that the Vikings are going to play there as something he liked. Bet that will change a few tunes around here about the whole Vikings situation.
Certainly looks like a heck of an athlete. A little surprising though that a 6'5", 200 lbs QB is only really getting MAC offers at this point (assuming of course the list on Rivals is correct). I wonder how legit of a QB prospect he is, maybe more of an athlete, like someone else mentioned, maybe a lot like a D. Jones type.
Can't ever have too many athletes though.
He is a Kill System type QB who should have a RS year plus 2 more as a back up before he is expected to start. Hopefully we are at a point at other skill positions that we can take a kid like this and develop him as a QB and not have to move him to WR out of desperation.
I'm admittedly not in tune with the roster for our football squad. Where do we stand with QB depth as of today?
(I'm butchering names)
Leidner (Sophomore)
Stravalier (RS Freshman?)
We had a couple recruits come in this past class that "could" play qb right? One some thought could have a chance to play right away?
Essentially:
Leidner - RS Soph
Streveler - RS Fr
McKinzy - Fr (will RS)
Perra - Walk-on Fr (will RS)
Croft - HS Senior
In addition, Krizancic (Fr) was recruited as a WR but played QB his senior year in HS and looked damn good at that spot.
Moving Jones to WR was the plan all along. The QB opportunity was to get him here. Nothing desperate about it.He is a Kill System type QB who should have a RS year plus 2 more as a back up before he is expected to start. Hopefully we are at a point at other skill positions that we can take a kid like this and develop him as a QB and not have to move him to WR out of desperation.
Really hope he's telling the truth. I have a feeling he could blow up his senior season.
Really hope he's telling the truth. I have a feeling he could blow up his senior season.
I like that he's athletic and can run, but I really hope that he can pass the ball too. This team will not be taking another step forward until they find a QB that can competently pass the ball. Hopefully that QB is Leidner this year, but I will believe it when I see it.
TDG scroll of the sworn: Demry Croft: http://www.thedailygopher.com/2014/7/1/5859700/minnesota-football-recruiting-demry-croft-commits
He looks almost exactly like MarQueis Gray.
Almost exactly? OK.
He looks almost exactly like MarQueis Gray.
Almost exactly? OK.
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Welcome aboard! Great athlete, if he doesn't work out at QB, I could see him as another Donovahn Jones too.
WAT?! NO WESTERN MICHIGAN OFFER?! BLASPHEMY!
I have tears rolling down my cheeks laughing at your uproarious cynical gem. Keep up the good work. Don't let Gopher fans have any fun. Just pour it on ahole
I would disagree on the "next step", we have room to grow as a vanilla run first offense. See Wisconsin before Russell Wilson. Obviously that's not where the end game is, but Wisconsin has a long history of success without having a competent QB. When they DID have QBs with a pulse they went to Rose Bowls which I think is what you are talking about.
I think you misunderstood something.