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Ceiling: 6.5                 Ranking: 4.25                 Floor: 2 ( Ranking Explanation ) School: Venice (Los Angeles, CA) Size: 6'1" - 170 lbs. Composite: 2 Star, 0.78 ,  #78 Pro 247 : 2 Star, 78, #89 Pro Rivals : 2 Star, 5.3 Scout : 2 Star Favorites:  Indiana (Commit) Strengths Can put the ball on a rope Gets good ball rotation to cut the ball through the air Can escape the pocket and threaten defenses with legs When set in the pocket, has a nice high release and tight arm snap, leading to good ball rotation, allowing the ball to cut through the air on deep passes. This allows him to fit the ball over the top at times to drop the ball over defenses. Has a fairly quick release so that he can threaten the short seam to TEs and slot WRs. Release and body rotation allows him to put the ball on a line and fight some tight passes when he's allowed to fully step i...

Ceiling:   7.5               Ranking: 5.5                  Floor: 3 ( Ranking Explanation ) School: Newark Catholic (Newark, OH) Size: 6'4" - 215 lbs. Composite: 3 Star, 0. 8578,  #31 Pro, #654 Overall 247 : 3 Star, 88, #26 Pro Rivals : 3 Star, 5.6, #27 Pro Scout : 3 Star, #51 Pro Favorites:  Illinois (Commit) Other Notable Offers:  Kent St, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan Strengths Good accuracy and velocity on short to intermediate passer Understands timing passing Better athlete than many pro-style QBs Stands tall in the pocket. Solid arm that is capable of stretching the field laterally on short and intermediate passes. Good pure arm strength, can put some muscle into his short passes to hit outside windows. Has good ball velocity and is capable of fitting the ball into tight windows on short and intermediate routes. Is capable of understanding ...

I've been off for a while but am looking to get things back going this week. The focus this week is to get QB recruiting breakdowns for all teams that currently have a QB in the fold for '14. The first post will be up tomorrow, and I'm hoping to simply go in alphabetical order. After that, I'll have a post summarizing what I've seen. After that I'm hoping maybe to do a breakdown of something more football related occasionally, but as of now, time permits me to do these recruiting breakdowns more efficiently. Post comments or send me an e-mail if you have any questions, and thanks for reading.

I'm sorry for the long absence. I've been working on Maize n Brew quite a bit lately and have some articles to show for it. If you want to take the time to scan over it that would be great. I hope to get back into some recruiting breakdowns, with the focus being on the committed prospects of the '14 class for the various B1G schools. Here's a preview of what I've been up to the past couple months. Inside the Playbook - Will take you to a page with links to all articles The articles: Michigan Sprint/Roll Outs Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 Short and Intermediate Pass Game Part 1 and Part 2 Michigan State 4-3 Over Front Back 7 Cover 4 Scheme Northwestern Offensive similarities and differences for two very different QBs Penn State The zone run and various mesh route concepts Nebraska Cover 1 w/ 8 in the box and defensive adjustments to stop the run Ohio State How Urban Meyer's spread borrowed from the single wing (with lots of old ...

This time I look at MSU's cover 4. Combined with their front 7 scheme (4-3 Over), it has become one of the better defenses in the nation. We look at it in some depth here: Link In the next couple days, I plan on publishing a Breakdown Sports exclusive (I feel stupid saying that, I apologize) that brings it together a little more and looks at how teams will attempt to attack the defense.

Over at Maize n Brew  today, my in depth look at some of MSU's 4-3 Over front variations, the reasons for them, and how offenses plan to attack them has been posted. Take a look if you're interested in seeing how moving one foot over in the same gap can turn an offensive strength play to an offensive weakness. A post covering MSU's variation of the cover 4 will be posted soon as well. Link

I haven't been posting as much as I've wanted to. I've been busy the last couple weeks, and these break downs take quite a bit of time. Here's a link to the collection of all the Inside the Playbook to date. Inside the Playbook Series And here's a link to the newest article. Inside the Playbook - Pass Game Basics - Part II