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Everett Golson (official thread)

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westbuck04;1420461; said:
Carolina has to be the favorite here. Up-and-coming program with a great coach and solid recruiting classes the past few years, close to home and they obviously play a little basketball.
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You may very well be right, but I've heard the up-and-coming program comments about UNC for as long as I can remember. Really, it perplexes me that UNC hasn't become a national football power. There's a decent amount of football talent in North Carolina, they should be able to successfully poach from surrounding states and even parts of the Deep South, it's a beautiful campus and a great academic institution, and generally has a pretty darn good athletic department. Yet, they've just never been able to break through and sustain any kind of real success, I guess because it is and probably always will be a basketball school. Of course, the difference right now is that they have Butch Davis, but one has to wonder whether he considers this a long-term job or just a stepping stone back to a perennial top 10-15 program.

But yea, when I think big time football coupled with big time basketball, I think OSU, Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma these days.
 
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sepia5;1420465; said:
You may very well be right, but I've heard the up-and-coming program comments about UNC for as long as I can remember. Really, it perplexes me that UNC hasn't become a national football power. There's a decent amount of football talent in North Carolina, they should be able to successfully poach from surrounding states and even parts of the Deep South, it's a beautiful campus and a great academic institution, and generally has a pretty darn good athletic department. Yet, they've just never been able to break through and sustain any kind of real success, I guess because it is and probably always will be a basketball school. Of course, the difference right now is that they have Butch Davis, but one has to wonder whether he considers this a long-term job or just a stepping stone back to a perennial top 10-15 program.

But yea, when I think big time football coupled with big time basketball, I think OSU, Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma these days.
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Like you said, Carolina SHOULD have a great football program. Davis can get them there, and if he does, they can pay him whatever he wants.
 
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sepia5;1420465; said:
You may very well be right, but I've heard the up-and-coming program comments about UNC for as long as I can remember. Really, it perplexes me that UNC hasn't become a national football power. There's a decent amount of football talent in North Carolina, they should be able to successfully poach from surrounding states and even parts of the Deep South, it's a beautiful campus and a great academic institution, and generally has a pretty darn good athletic department. Yet, they've just never been able to break through and sustain any kind of real success, I guess because it is and probably always will be a basketball school. Of course, the difference right now is that they have Butch Davis, but one has to wonder whether he considers this a long-term job or just a stepping stone back to a perennial top 10-15 program.

But yea, when I think big time football coupled with big time basketball, I think OSU, Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma these days.
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I live 15 minutes from Chapel Hill and let me tell you its the facilities holding that place back. Their stadium is god awful. That said they are completey renavating it, and from what I hear it will be impressive.
 
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We may see Everett blow up every record in this state next year. Head coach Scott Early has moved on to Chapin, Offensive Coordinator Mickey Wilson has taken over as head coach. I feel the reigns will be completely taken off our offense now and we will look more like Texas Tech than the Seahawks. We all wish Scott well, he did a great thing for this program and has it pointed in the right direction. A new era has begun, and I'm sure Mickey is up for the challenge, I know Everett is.
 
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Everett excelled at the Elite 11 tryouts a week ago, and made his presence felt. Toward the last hour or so Everett worked with the incoming seniors instead of his class. All QB stations involved a five step drop, something Everett has never done. He did alright considering he's always been in the gun. Everett has nearly 8000 passing yds and 77 td's to date. These numbers are hard to ignore given that he barely plays in the second half of most league games. He has two more seasons. You do the math.

Tom Luginbill: With several highly-touted 2010 signal-callers in Athens, it was a rising junior who stole the show - ESPN

Everett Golson (Myrtle Beach, S.C./Myrtle Beach)
6-1, 185
Class of 2011
The case could be made that Golson displayed the finest, most consistent ball velocity of anyone on hand Friday. He possesses a tremendous arm and athletic frame, and when his feet are set, he can make every throw and looks good doing it in a workout environment. He has a better arm and RPMs than Lemay, but is not as polished or consistent fundamentally just yet. At times, Golson was just a slinger, but boy can he spin it and it should be fun to watch him develop.

JC Shurburtt: Overheard in Athens - ESPN

? Another Class of 2011 quarterback, Everett Golson (Myrtle Beach, S.C./Myrtle Beach), claims verbal offers from North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Clemson, Ohio State, Virginia Tech and others. Word is that the Tar Heels are the early leader as Golson would like to play both football and basketball in college and is enamored with the UNC basketball program. Florida is another program Golson is highly interested in. Juniors are not allowed to receive written scholarship offers until Sept. 1.
 
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don't underestimate speed

In reply to someone's comment saying that everett is to throwing what pryor is to running: That's somewhat true, there is no comparison in overall throwing ability. Everett can thread the needle from distance like it's nobody's business. He puts the ball wherever he wants , understands recievers abilities and has ridiculously quick feet. Also, he's a smart kid. Good football iq and just as good in the classroom as he is on the football field/basketball court (will be very good point guard and basketball was his first sport despite his tremendous impact on the gridiron). Trust me from first hand experience, he's very fast and extremely quick. He can change directions and stop on a dime. Unlike pryor, he is a throw first quarterback and rarely runs for yardage unless it is absolutely 100% necessary, which it usually isn't. If he were to put his mind to running the ball instead of making a pass to his recievers he would be one of the top rushing qb's in the nation, no doubt about it.
 
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bux123;1468389; said:
In reply to someone's comment saying that everett is to throwing what pryor is to running: That's somewhat true, there is no comparison in overall throwing ability. Everett can thread the needle from distance like it's nobody's business. He puts the ball wherever he wants , understands recievers abilities and has ridiculously quick feet. Also, he's a smart kid. Good football iq and just as good in the classroom as he is on the football field/basketball court (will be very good point guard and basketball was his first sport despite his tremendous impact on the gridiron). Trust me from first hand experience, he's very fast and extremely quick. He can change directions and stop on a dime. Unlike pryor, he is a throw first quarterback and rarely runs for yardage unless it is absolutely 100% necessary, which it usually isn't. If he were to put his mind to running the ball instead of making a pass to his recievers he would be one of the top rushing qb's in the nation, no doubt about it.
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Sorry, cannot agree with this. I've watched him numerous times on the court and on the field. He is not a burner nor is he overly "quick". He has a slippery side to him in the face of the rush, but in terms of outright blow your doors off speed, I haven't seen it. He ran the speed option well in the State Championship game against a stunned Chester team and I will give him that.

For reference, to me, "Ridiculously quick feet" is Eddie 'Super Mario' Jones from a few years ago...Golson isn't close to that. Speed is the Carson kid from Lake City...Golson isn't close to that.

Everett is an excellent quarterback but your hyperbole is not a fair assessment.
 
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bux123;1468389; said:
In reply to someone's comment saying that everett is to throwing what pryor is to running: That's somewhat true, there is no comparison in overall throwing ability. Everett can thread the needle from distance like it's nobody's business. He puts the ball wherever he wants , understands recievers abilities and has ridiculously quick feet. Also, he's a smart kid. Good football iq and just as good in the classroom as he is on the football field/basketball court (will be very good point guard and basketball was his first sport despite his tremendous impact on the gridiron). Trust me from first hand experience, he's very fast and extremely quick. He can change directions and stop on a dime. Unlike pryor, he is a throw first quarterback and rarely runs for yardage unless it is absolutely 100% necessary, which it usually isn't. If he were to put his mind to running the ball instead of making a pass to his recievers he would be one of the top rushing qb's in the nation, no doubt about it.
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I haven't seen Everrett play, but the comparison of Everrett being a throw first QB vs. Terrelle as a run first QB is way off imo......Terrelle doesn't run enough, and took bad sacks all last year, waiting for receivers to get open rather than take off. He also forced throws downfield with 10+ yards of room in front of him, just to make the throw instead of run......just an observation on my part, I guess.

I have zero inside knowledge on recruiting, but I'd think this is probably a token thread, seeing as though Braxton Miller is in Ohio, and already has a verbal offer and is already considered a Buckeye lock.....can't imagine getting both.
 
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My take in Golson:

ATH Everett Golson - his footwork is a bit spotty, so I suppose it is a testament to his arm that he throws as well as he does. His arm really is very good, maybe a bit like Matt Barkley's arm. He has phenomenal agility and is great at keeping the play alive with his feet. Speaking of which, he is very much a pass-first quarterback despite his athleticism, and he's young, too, so there shouldn't be any concerns about his development that crop up with many young dual threat quarterbacks. Shows good touch on fades and the more arced throws. Gets his shoulder over most of his more driven throws so throwing high shouldn't be a big concern. Quick, compact release from around his ear; could be a problem against well-coached defensive lines that get their hands up. Decision making needs to get a bit quicker, but whose doesn't? Will force some throws into windows that won't exist at the next level. Despite great quickness, his long speed doesn't seem to match (high 4.6 tops, most like mid-high 4.7). Throws an impressive-looking ball with good accuracy.

As for Pryor/Golson, I think Pryor was forcing the pass-first thing a bit last year. If you were to compare them, Golson and Pryor were on a similar level in terms of pass/run mentality looking at Golson's sophomore film (high school) and Pryor's freshman (college) film.

Now, Pryor looks like he made some strides during the spring, but as others have said, he could run more than he did and Ohio State would probably be a better team for it. I don't know if the same could be said of someone like Golson, who doesn't have anywhere near Pryor's long speed.

Basically, yes, Golson is more of a pass-first quarterback, but we shouldn't be worried about where Pryor is relative to him because Pryor is such a dangerous runner than being less of a pass-first quarterback is a good thing, not a bad thing.
 
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