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Malachi Nelson (QB Southern Cal, transfer to ???)

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Malachi Nelson
"Pro" style QB
Height: 6'-3"
Weight: 180 ibs.
Los Alamitos, CA
Class: 2023

https://247sports.com/Player/Malachi-Nelson-46086657/

See videos: https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/ma...?videoid=cd92d1aa-8516-4079-afe1-08a75b225ee5


THE HURRY-UP: “NATURAL, SMOOTH” THROWER MALACHI NELSON IS ANOTHER RISING CALIFORNIA QUARTERBACK STAR WHO OHIO STATE HAD MADE EARLY IMPRESSIONS ON

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The Hurry-Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.

NELSON ANOTHER RISING QB TO WATCH
We detailed for you on Thursday the talent and recruiting update of Junipero Serra (Calif.) High School quarterback Maalik Murphy.

Looking even further into the future, the Buckeyes’ recruitment of quarterbacks in the 2023 class got a major head start in November, when former Ohio State quarterbacks coach Mike Yurcich threw an offer to one of Murphy’s friends, teammates at STARS and fellow Californian Malachi Nelson, Los Alamitos High School’s 6-foot-3, 180-pound quarterback.

Immediately when watching Nelson’s freshman season game tape, it was obvious what jumped out. He has a very fluid throwing motion and looks like a future star if he continues to develop. Jason Kwon, Chandler Whitmer and Yurcich (in that order) were in on Nelson early. Each of those are former Ohio State assistants after taking coaching jobs at Boston College, Clemson and Texas, respectively – Kwon as director of scouting; Whitmer as an offensive assistant; Yurcich as offensive coordinator.



But Yurcich wanted to extend that offer early to Nelson so that he could get the Buckeyes’ foot in the door. He knew the potential Nelson already was gifted with at such a young age and that’s why he made Nelson such a high priority, which has extended to the Buckeye staff after he left for the Longhorns.

“He could definitely throw with some of the guys on college rosters right now,” Nelson’s personal quarterback trainer, Danny Hernandez, told Eleven Warriors shortly after Ohio State offered him. “He could keep up with some college quarterbacks right now. I feel comfortable with him being able to make every throw. The ball comes out nice, it looks the right way. Mechanically, he’s generating power from the right sources.

“When the ball’s flying out, he doesn’t look like that kid doing the heave-ho. You see kids throwing the ball that far and hard at his age, their heads are all flying to the side and legs lifted in the air. They’re off balance and throwing with all their might at that point. He’s looking smooth. He looks like he knows what he’s doing, and he does.”

NATURAL THROWER
With many of the talented passers who Hernandez trains at STARS training facility in Southern California, he says that his job as a quarterback coach is often “to not reinvent the wheel and cookie cutter these guys and make them all the same” because so many of them are natural throwers.

“For Malachi, with his right arm, there’s nothing I really have to work on. That’s just a natural, smooth flick of the wrist that he already has,” Hernandez said. “Are there ways where I can get him to engage his back hip in the throw a little more and be more stable with his front shoulder? Work on those little things so he’s more in sequence? Those are the things I can work with more.

“But his right arm alone? Never had to do a single thing with that because he was just so smooth and natural already with that.”



That was a few months ago when Hernandez detailed how talented Nelson is, and when Eleven Warriors touched base with him last week, he said the offseason has been going as well as he continues to hone his craft of being a quarterback and work on perfecting his mechanics.

“I have been trying to work on getting my ball carriage up and getting the ball out on time,” Nelson said. “I’m going to try to hit as many camps as I can and the same with visits.

“It’s been good so far, trying to hit a couple camps here and there but also focus on getting better every day in the weight room and in the classroom.”

Part of that offseason regimen is to continue working with and competing with guys like Murphy, as the two share a friendship and bond as quarterbacks but also want to outdo each other. It’s the exact same atmosphere that has been going on at STARS for a while with some of the top-tier quarterbacks that have been developed there.

“(Malachi and I) work with each other very good,” Murphy told Eleven Warriors. “We compete really well there, usually every camp and every workout (we’re together). We’ve created a strong bond just through quarterback stuff.”
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Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ng-california-quarterback-star-who-ohio-state
 
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It’s going to be extremely hard to land a stud QB in the class of 2023, and that’s totally understandable.

I’d expect the class to include a bridge-type guy, with them selling a top 2024 QB on being “the man”.
I think with the beauty that is the transfer portal, CFB has a free agency. So, we do necessarily need to recruit a 2023 QB, if we don't land the one that we want. There will always be disgruntled backups wanting to leave, or upperclassmen having no problem being backups on a winning team. And then we can approach that 2024 QB as being "the man".
 
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It’s going to be extremely hard to land a stud QB in the class of 2023, and that’s totally understandable.

I’d expect the class to include a bridge-type guy, with them selling a top 2024 QB on being “the man”.
I agree 100%. I see an Ohio QB getting a good chance at being recruited to Ohio State for the first time in a long time, if there is one good enough to be a solid backup in my opinion
 
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It’s going to be extremely hard to land a stud QB in the class of 2023, and that’s totally understandable.

I’d expect the class to include a bridge-type guy, with them selling a top 2024 QB on being “the man”.

Yeah that's what I was thinking when I posted it. It's pretty amazing to have landed Stroud, Miller and McCord in the span of 2 classes, and landing a QB like Nelson in the '23 class isn't a realistic expectation.
 
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I agree 100%. I see an Ohio QB getting a good chance at being recruited to Ohio State for the first time in a long time, if there is one good enough to be a solid backup in my opinion
Only half way decent OH QB is Harrison from Centerville and he's committed to Marshall. Not saying he couldn't be flipped, but I don't even think there's been much contact. And I've heard that he doesn't have the best work ethic either...
 
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Only half way decent OH QB is Harrison from Centerville and he's committed to Marshall. Not saying he couldn't be flipped, but I don't even think there's been much contact. And I've heard that he doesn't have the best work ethic either...
I think it’s early to think there won’t be options, as these are kids that are going into junior year that just played or didn’t play the craziest season in Ohio football history. Plenty of time...I’m not saying there will be, just an assumption that this is the best opportunity for an Ohio QB in a long time
 
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I think it’s early to think there won’t be options, as these are kids that are going into junior year that just played or didn’t play the craziest season in Ohio football history. Plenty of time...I’m not saying there will be, just an assumption that this is the best opportunity for an Ohio QB in a long time
I hear you. But IMO, if you can't find the QB you want, you know they'll only be for depth anyway. Transfer portal should be a better option. An older kid who knows the speed of the game vs trying to spend time with a young QB who may never see the field
 
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Adding the #1 player and (obviously) #1 QB in Texas's Ewers (nothing is real until they sign on the dotted), makes an incredibly deep and very talented QB room. Gotta think that at least one will leave after two, simply because they're too talented to sit on the pine. I'm guessing that the development of Burrows (who learned the fundamentals at tOSU), and then Haskins (three years), and Fields (two years) where all three QBs were drafted in the first round has caught the eye of every QB that can throw 15 yards on a line. Plus the one freebie transfer the NCAA gave out, adds up to getting some great training while allowing the body to mature, and being able to look around to see which program has developed the potential to reach the Playoffs. Sounds like a win-win-win to me for these young men.
 
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