This week is the Elite 11 quarterback camp in California. UGA is well represented. Stafford is a counselor and both Georgia quarterback commitments were invited to participate. Only 11 prep QBs are invited, so it's a luxury to have both of our guys there. (Image: ESPN.com)Speaking of quarterback recruits, ESPN.com's Tom Luginbill has this comparison of Aaron Murray, current UGA commit, and Matt Barkley, a USC commit and the No. 1 ranked recruit in the country according to Rivals.com. The comparison is a dead heat according to Luginbill and the ESPN's scouts, who must know what they are talking about because they refer to obscure points like wrist velocity and RPMs. (Zach Mettenberger also gets a mention in the article because of his huge arm strength.) Pretty nice to think that we could have the best QB recruit in the country heading to Athens, and from Florida no less.
Note that this story was done after the national 7-on-7 football tournament. Murray's Plant HS team won the national championship and beat Barkley's team in the semifinals. If these comparisons hold up over the Elite 11 camp, could Murray move ahead of Barkley in the eyes of the scouts? Barkley won't participate in the Elite 11. He and LSU commit Russell Shepard declined the invitation.
Quinton
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Please forgive my ignorance...why did those 2 guys decline the invitation? Perhaps they felt like they had nothing to prove or they didn't want to chance getting shown up by others. Anyone have any specifics?
I don't know their reasons, but I would guess that if you are a top ten recruit in every ranking, you don't have to do anything and it's impossible to improve.
I really don't get it, though. Every major college QB is there as a counselor and you get to compete against the best prep QB in the country. Seems like you could pick a few things up just by being around those guys, much less competing against them.
I hate to point this out, but there are actually 12 quarterbacks invited to the Elite 11, not 11. Strange, but true.
Yeah, seems odd to me that they declined. I can only assume they had other things going on in their lives. Good for us, let the UGA QB's get better and leave everyone else behind.
anon 8:50...
Strange. And my guitar amplifier goes to "11".
Do these kids, or their parents, have to pay for the travel related to these types of things?
Nice to see Stafford wearing a USC t-shirt on espn tonight...
Geez.
USC? WTF? He better have lost a bet or something...
He is a counselor at the camp, that's why he was wearing the shirt you motard.
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