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QB Tathan Martell (transfer to Miami, transfer to UNLV)

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OregonBuckeye said:
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sparcboxbuck said:
Jesus, hasn't anyone figured out what's going on? It's simple. As long as one of the QB and receivers is tall, all's good. Tall to tall, ball goes over the D in a line parallel to the field. Tall to short or short to tall, straight line at an angle. Still all good. Short to short and the ball has to arc over the D giving them an opportunity to bat the ball down. Duh.
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
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This is my favorite reply post I have ever seen you make. One, great point. Two, I like the number of words. Lol.

Tate is listed at 5'11". I was too in HS. I was actually 5'9 3/4" without shoes and without craning my neck. There's a lot of lying about heights and weights in HS football. But Tate has gone to combines, and because they exist to serve college recruiters, maybe Tate really is 5'11". Regardless, seeing the field at just shy of 5'10" isn't all that different than seeing it at 5'11". I'd guess the average height of defensive linemen is around 6'4" in FBS. It's a problem. I played QB 2 years in HS. We ran the wishbone, but almost everything we did in the passing game was some form of sprint roll out left or right, and my number one option was to run it - which I usually did. I had one pass where I rose up from center to throw a slant to the WR or a banana route to the TE, and the OL basically hit the DL's in the gut on the side of the play to keep their hands down. I wasn't very good and we probably threw 5-10 times a game.

Anyway, shorter QBs have done very well in college in the right system. They haven't done as well in the pros, Brees and a few others aside. I don't care about pro football a lick, but I think it's hard to deny that 6'3-5" isn't ideal when you look at the QBs who were great college and pro players: your Mannings, Marinos, Bradys, Rodgers, etc. A little guy has to make up for the limitations with his height by making plays with his feet, and just being a playmaker in general (ala Manziel).

So, Tate has some things working against him, but he obviously has some high level talent. The question will be are his talent and abilities a good fit with what he will be asked to do at Ohio State and in the context of the competition he will be facing.
 
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VIDEO: MEET SELECT '17 FOUR-STAR QUARTERBACK AND NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR TATE MARTELL



Ohio State is releasing a video profile of each Select '17 early enrollee every day until National Signing Day. Four-star quarterback and Gatorade National Player of the Year Tate Martell is the next on the docket.

Hailing from Las Vegas' Bishop Gorman, a budding Ohio State pipeline, Martell originally committed to Steve Sarkisian's Washington as a 14-year-old. After Sarkisian's departure, Martell flipped to Texas A&M.

However, turmoil struck College Station in 2015 with the Aggies losing five games and going 4-4 in SEC player. Tate decommitted from Texas A&M in May 2016 and committed to Ohio State a month later.

Tate says he's a "normal quarterback" in the sense he's pass-first, run-second... but he also cites his ability to extend plays.

Martell is not concerned with individual goals at Ohio State. "Normally, if the team is doing well the quarterback is doing well."

Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...-and-national-player-of-the-year-tate-martell
 
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