TX QB Kaidon Salter (Liberty signee)

[Big Gucci Sosa]

He’s not in the top 11

 

[justwatch123]

And?

 

[reVOLution33]

He looked good but his receivers were awful. It’s almost like they were told to let the ball hit them in the hands and purposefully drop the ball.

Went back and watched it and he didn't do quite as bad as I originally thought he did. Half of the bad missed catches were on the receivers. I started watching it last night when he threw like 3 consecutive throws behind the receiver. I also didn't see any other QB's throw so had nothing to base it off of.

@GojiraVol17 it's ok to have differing opinions. I'm sorry I'm not a sunshine pumper. But I give credit where credit is due. As I said I went back and watched it and it wasn't as bad as I originally thought. Entered the video feed late.

 

[johnfnkelly]

Reminder- Guarantano looked like a generational talent in these camps. Take it with a grain of salt.

 

[preacherrandy]

Kyler Murray, Johnny Manzell, Baker Mayfield were all really good college quarterbacks and were on the small size.

There are a couple QB's who are/were pretty good that is "small." Drew Brees, Doug Flutie, Russel Wilson, Sonny Jurgenson, Len Dawson, Joe Theisman, Mike Vick and Fran Tarkenton. I'm sure there are a few more. At the risk of bringing up hurtful memories. "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."

 

[KeepinUpWithJones]

Reminder- Guarantano looked like a generational talent in these camps. Take it with a grain of salt.

It’s a piece of the puzzle. Some guys are better practice players. Fans and services alike should’ve looked to his horrendous HS production to know he wasn’t the real deal or that there should at least be questions about him

 

[ricepatty]

Is today the final day where they do 7v7 like competitions? If so then Kaidon should shine.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Can we not just cheer for our QB commitment to do well in the competition so we can get more positive press for future commitments to hear without worrying about the outcome of his career?

 

[Probably_in_Class]

He looked good but his receivers were awful. It’s almost like they were told to let the ball hit them in the hands and purposefully drop the ball.

Definitely some drops, but most of them weren't great throws either. He certainly settled in, and his later passes looked much better. They also were all caught.

 

[MiramarVol]

That being said, this evaluation is pretty brutal:

Yeah, but they not making him out to be a bust or singing him for size etc or ranking him lower than his actual ranking.

 

[butchna]

Can we not just cheer for our QB commitment to do well in the competition so we can get more positive press for future commitments to hear without worrying about the outcome of his career?

No! Must be decided NOW...or at least by the end of business today.

 

[SweetasSoda]

No! Must be decided NOW...or at least by the end of business today.

That's what I was afraid of lol.

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

It’s a piece of the puzzle. Some guys are better practice players. Fans and services alike should’ve looked to his horrendous HS production to know he wasn’t the real deal or that there should at least be questions about him

JG was injured for most of his JR and SR seasons in high school. Still managed to put up an All-American performance against IMG as a senior and Urban Meyer wanted him pretty bad. It wasn't wrong for him to be rated highly. The talent is there. He might not have been a bigtime player, but I think he would have been miles ahead of where he is if he had the benefit of playing in the same system all these years and a better o-line that wasn't getting him killed his first two seasons (o-line did ok last season). JG hasn't turned out like any of us hoped to this point, but he's had a lot of things going against him...to be fair.

 

[CAVPUT]

It's what he does when the lights come on in Neyland that matters to me. Maybe I'm missing something, but what does it matter how he's ranked or what he does in some camp with no one looking to knock his head off?

 

[reVOLution33]

Elite 11 Day 2 Quarterback Rankings

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Wow. He must have dropped pretty bad.

 

[Catbone]

Yikes

 

[Devo182]

There are a couple QB's who are/were pretty good that is "small." Drew Brees, Doug Flutie, Russel Wilson, Sonny Jurgenson, Len Dawson, Joe Theisman, Mike Vick and Fran Tarkenton. I'm sure there are a few more. At the risk of bringing up hurtful memories. "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."

The main issue that anyone even brings up is in seeing the field well. But Salter is 6'1, not some 5'10 guy. He's just a scant 185, can put on weight like Dobbs did, HB has done, Maurer will do. Not unusual.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

JG did great in these kind of camps and now can barely throw a 10 yard pass without throwing it over the receiver‘s head.

 

[VflPT22]

Wow. He must have dropped pretty bad.

This is from yesterday which was day 2...he finished 6th overall on day 2 and was ranked 7th overall so far..don’t know why 247 ranked him lower

 

[Ron Swanson]

This is from yesterday which was day 2...he finished 6th overall on day 2 and was ranked 7th overall so far..don’t know why 247 ranked him lower

Because he’s a Vol.

 

[Devo182]

Lolwut?

 

[Devo182]

This is from yesterday which was day 2...he finished 6th overall on day 2 and was ranked 7th overall so far..don’t know why 247 ranked him lower

If referencing the 247 article above, that is the actual Elite 11's ranking. They posted it on twitter too.

 

[cncchris33]

The main issue that anyone even brings up is in seeing the field well. But Salter is 6'1, not some 5'10 guy. He's just a scant 185, can put on weight like Dobbs did, HB has done, Maurer will do. Not unusual.

HB has actually had to drop weight, I believe.

 

[VflPT22]

If referencing the 247 article above, that is the actual Elite 11's ranking. They posted it on twitter too.

Right..which is strange since he finished 6th yesterday and other sites have ranked him 7th overall...