ESPN+ - Coaches weigh in on top 2023 QBs

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so ESPN+ has a big article by Adam Rittenberg on top College FB QB's. He talked to head coaches and assistants from more than 20 schools to get their comments on different QB's.

He covers 8 B1G QB's - here is the section on Kaliakmanis:

Athan Kaliakmanis, Minnesota: The Gophers are going through an offensive reboot after the departures of four-year starting quarterback Tanner Morgan, career rushing leader Mohamed Ibrahim and coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca. But there's a lot of internal optimism around Kaliakmanis, a 6-4 sophomore who should elevate a passing game that ranked 115th nationally last fall. Coach P.J. Fleck told ESPN that Kaliakmanis has "a completely different skill set" from Morgan and said he expects the offense to be "a lot more balanced than we've ever been."

Kaliakmanis played well down the stretch, passing for 319 yards and two touchdowns against Wisconsin and completing 7 of 9 passes in a bowl win against Syracuse.

"He's more athletic than you think," a Big Ten defensive coordinator said. "He can run around. They say they want to open it up and all that, but we'll see."

the entire article is quite long but interesting. Other B1G QB's featured include
JJ McCarthy - Michigan
Taulia Tagovailoa - Maryland
Cade McNamara - Iowa
Hudson Card - Purdue
Tanner Mordecai - Wisky
Drew Allar - PSU
Kyle McCord/Devin Brown - Ohio St

some of the anonymous commenters throw a little shade.

McCarthy: "I'm just not sure how good he really is. He was protected in terms of having to go out there and make sh*t happen on his own."
Taulia: "He's a little inconsistent, but when he's on, he can win a game."
Card: "He got beat out twice at Texas, but he is talented for sure."
Mordecai "doesn't have overwhelming arm talent"
Allar: "I don't think he's super athletic."

McNamara at Iowa seemed to get the most praise.

 

[matt]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[upnorthkid]

so ESPN+ has a big article by Adam Rittenberg on top College FB QB's. He talked to head coaches and assistants from more than 20 schools to get their comments on different QB's.

He covers 8 B1G QB's - here is the section on Kaliakmanis:

Athan Kaliakmanis, Minnesota: The Gophers are going through an offensive reboot after the departures of four-year starting quarterback Tanner Morgan, career rushing leader Mohamed Ibrahim and coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca. But there's a lot of internal optimism around Kaliakmanis, a 6-4 sophomore who should elevate a passing game that ranked 115th nationally last fall. Coach P.J. Fleck told ESPN that Kaliakmanis has "a completely different skill set" from Morgan and said he expects the offense to be "a lot more balanced than we've ever been."

Kaliakmanis played well down the stretch, passing for 319 yards and two touchdowns against Wisconsin and completing 7 of 9 passes in a bowl win against Syracuse.

"He's more athletic than you think," a Big Ten defensive coordinator said. "He can run around. They say they want to open it up and all that, but we'll see."

the entire article is quite long but interesting. Other B1G QB's featured include
JJ McCarthy - Michigan
Taulia Tagovailoa - Maryland
Cade McNamara - Iowa
Hudson Card - Purdue
Tanner Mordecai - Wisky
Drew Allar - PSU
Kyle McCord/Devin Brown - Ohio St

some of the anonymous commenters throw a little shade.

McCarthy: "I'm just not sure how good he really is. He was protected in terms of having to go out there and make sh*t happen on his own."
Taulia: "He's a little inconsistent, but when he's on, he can win a game."
Card: "He got beat out twice at Texas, but he is talented for sure."
Mordecai "doesn't have overwhelming arm talent"
Allar: "I don't think he's super athletic."

McNamara at Iowa seemed to get the most praise.

Weird McNamara is getting praise given he was benched for McCarthy because he didn’t have the ability to make the explosive plays McCarthy could