Yeah, I don't see alot of similarities between Taysom Hill and Ben Wooldridge. At the college level, I think Ben is a much better passer than Taysom was both at the college and NFL level. Taysom is a freak of an athlete, Ben is a good athlete, but a much better true QB. If any QB on our roster is most similar to Taysom Hill, that would be Chantz Ceasar in my book. Chantz is a guy who lined up at both QB and DE in HS, he is 6'1 221 and can run like the wind. I watched him play in the state semifinal game vs Brother Martin and I can tell you, he was one of the best 3 athletes on the field that day. The other two played for BMHS and are both playing college football this season.
The other two were Torey Lambert, who originally signed with Texas State, but decommited when they fired Spatival and then signed with ETSU and the other is Clayton Lonardo, who is playing for SLU this year and who I think is going to be a stud for them. This is a kid who was Taysom Hill for the Crusaders, he lined up at QB, RB, WR and TE for them last year.
When he was playing here, Desormeaux was an example of an athlete trying to play the QB position. That's why we ran the pretty much every play but when we played teams with good run defenses we got beat down. Wooldridge is not that, he's a QB through and through that just happens to be able to run the ball a little better than Fields. Something else to consider is that our offensive line isn't exactly seasoned and as I understand it, they've been struggling in camp. We also saw last year how Fields struggled behind a porous line and his height factored into that. There's also the fact that our receivers are largely inexperienced this year so Wooldridge seems to be the logical choice.
If you guys want to see a Taysom Hill type player, we will this season. Watch Jiya Wright at ULM. Jiya played his first year at NIU in the MAC as a backup that was put in for certain wildcat type packages. Jiya will throw the ball, but what makes him most dangerous is his running ability. He is a true, Taysom Hill type guy.
If you guys want to see a Taysom Hill type player, we will this season. Watch Jiya Wright at ULM. Jiya started his college career at NIU, then transferred to 2 different JUCO's before landing at ULM. Jiya will throw the ball, but what makes him most dangerous is his running ability. He is a true, Taysom Hill type guy.
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