Speculation on some potential QB transfers.
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redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
DJ U being not good enough for Clemson is by no means a reason why we would turn down him transferring here...
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Sign me up for Luke Altmyer. Those traits are exactly what TDV has shown this year.
illini80
- Forgottonia
Thanks for the article.
This headline is just mind blowing. How many of these transfers work out I wonder and are the teams they left better or worse without them. It’s a game of high stakes musical chairs.
Transfer Takeover: Nearly half of college football's QBs are transfers
Entering the 2022 season, 58 starting quarterbacks in the FBS are transfers (47.9%). It seems certain this is the new norm in college football.
247sports.com
They don’t say much of anything about him, but you have to like Oklahoma’s General Booty if for nothing else but the All-Name team.
He is not leaving Clemson so I am not sure why people keep talking about him. Klubnik was not good when he replaced him after the half. Klubnik is not Trevor Lawrence so Dabo does not have an easy decision like he did when Kelly Bryant was the starter.
The comments I have read (albeit few) who would not want DJU on next years team are absolutely outside of their minds.
DJU would be the best quarterback talent to ever step foot on that field in Orange and Blue and its not particularly close.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Just for kicks (& laughs looking back on this list), here are the '24 in-state recruits I'm assuming Illinois will be a serious contender in their recruitment.
- Grant Stec (TE from Jacobs)
- Justin Scott (DL from St. Ignatius) - if Illinois is a serious player here, things have gone exceedingly well
- I'Marion Stewart (WR from Bolingbrook) - assuming WR but could fit a couple positions
- Eddie Tuerk (DL from Lyons Township) - Might be best mix of top priority and likely to commit
- Tysean Griffin (WR from Morgan Park)
- Darrion Dupree (RB from Mount Carmel)
- Tony Phillips (RB from Kankakee)
- Grant Stec (TE from Jacobs)
- Justin Scott (DL from St. Ignatius) - if Illinois is a serious player here, things have gone exceedingly well
- I'Marion Stewart (WR from Bolingbrook) - assuming WR but could fit a couple positions
- Eddie Tuerk (DL from Lyons Township) - Might be best mix of top priority and likely to commit
- Tysean Griffin (WR from Morgan Park)
- Darrion Dupree (RB from Mount Carmel)
- Tony Phillips (RB from Kankakee)
If stories like this don’t help with recruiting nothing will.
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Chase and Sydney Brown reward mother’s sacrifices - Sports Illustrated
Thanks to one heartbreaking decision by their mother, and the kindness of host families in Florida, the twin brothers were able to realize their dreams of playing football.
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ChazzReinhold
Mom! The Meatloaf!
We did have a QB taken #1 in the draft.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
It'll be a little like how we went from Coaches Lou and Lou in the mid 90s, to Lou and Lon, to Ron and Lon by the early 2000s.
The pattern broke down after that.
Not sure about that, we did have the number 1 draft pick in the NFL draft in Jeff George, plus, Dave Wilson, Tony Eason, Jack Trudeau, Jason Verduzco as well as Kurt Kittner and Nathan Sheelhaase.
Jeff George says hi. Tony Eason, Jack Trudeau and Jason Verduzco chimed in
I don't know who you're watching? DJU is very over-rated and can't hit the throws needed to be a good QB in college and will never be a great one! Has a lot of weapons around him and he's still just average. BB will pass as will Lunney.
"nearly half of all FBS starting quarterbacks to open the 2022 season were transfers"Thanks for the article.
This headline is just mind blowing. How many of these transfers work out I wonder and are the teams they left better or worse without them. It’s a game of high stakes musical chairs.
Transfer Takeover: Nearly half of college football's QBs are transfers
Entering the 2022 season, 58 starting quarterbacks in the FBS are transfers (47.9%). It seems certain this is the new norm in college football.
That's just crazy to think about. Wonder when, if ever, we'll see any home grown talent at QB starting for Illinois going forward.
I remember the College football game with John David Booty and the commentary would say " Booty, doesn't like what he sees"
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Shame on you! That was sophomoric. And I wish I had cum up with it.
Caught my eye…
Criswell was highly touted out of Arkansas in high school
It's hilarious to me that people on here are dead set against DJ Uiagalelei who had a bad game against a ranked Syracuse team, but is having an otherwise tremendous season, when our current QB (who we all love!) lost his starting job at his prior school after mediocre performances against Ohio, Rutgers, and Albany!
How many Clemson games have you watched? The Syracuse bad game wasn't his first.
He's 63.8% on the season and had 17 TDs to 2 Ints going into that game. Add in 350 yards and 4 tds on the ground.
TDV's last year at Syracuse he tossed 2 picks in the first 3 games against Rutgers, a MAC team and a CAA team before losing his job.
I don't know if Uigalelei will transfer, if he'd consider us, or if we'd consider him. But to my untrained eye we could certainly do worse. And if the staff sees something there I'm sure he'd do great, i.e. TDV.
Can I think that DJU has had some bad games AND would be as good if not better than some of our recent QBs? Porque no los dos?
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Bingo. QBs who haven't had any struggles aren't going to consider the NFL. They'll go pro or go to the upper crust of CFB. It isn't easy but you need to find QBs who've had success and you believe your culture, scheme, coaching, development, etc. can help them recapture their past performance (or potential from their prep days). TDV's success at Illinois likely opened a lot more doors for the staff to find a transfer QB. Plenty of pressure to pick the right one for 2023.
Naw man. I find it hard to believe we wouldn't be able to land Stroud or Maye in the portal.
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