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WR Torrance Gibson (Green Bay Blizzard)

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His athleticism, this offense, and the skill players around him will make it very hard NOT to have success in college. He will be in the hunt for championships and personal hardware. He might develop into a pro level QB during that process. If he is able to have a successful career beyond college it will depend on:

1.) How well he develops as a throwing QB during college since that is the position he plays, end of discussion
2.) How important personal and team success in college is to him vs. developing his natural abilities in a way that best suits him after college (at WR possibly)

Not every kid sits there and thinks "what path ensures me the best career and most money in the NFL"

Some kids follow their dreams. Some just do what is best for their college teams. Many do both.

This kid is a huge talent. I'm just glad we have him on our team. I will be very interested to see how he develops in a way that benefits him and hopefully tOSU. Personally I respect a kid for following his gut. What's tough is knowing the right way to give QB a shot if that's your first love, how to truly evaluate if you are progressing as you should, and when to pull the plug and switch positions if you aren't developing like you need to.

I am sure there have been many kids that had a fine career in college that might have done better in the NFL if they spent their college years learning a different position. It's just way too easy to look at those situations with the benefit of hindsight and say what they should have done. The ultimate factor is the path that makes the kid happy, it's his life.
 
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ShowMeBuck said:
His athleticism, this offense, and the skill players around him will make it very hard NOT to have success in college. He will be in the hunt for championships and personal hardware. He might develop into a pro level QB during that process. If he is able to have a successful career beyond college it will depend on:

1.) How well he develops as a throwing QB during college since that is the position he plays, end of discussion
2.) How important personal and team success in college is to him vs. developing his natural abilities in a way that best suits him after college (at WR possibly)

Not every kid sits there and thinks "what path ensures me the best career and most money in the NFL"

Some kids follow their dreams. Some just do what is best for their college teams. Many do both.

This kid is a huge talent. I'm just glad we have him on our team. I will be very interested to see how he develops in a way that benefits him and hopefully tOSU. Personally I respect a kid for following his gut. What's tough is knowing the right way to give QB a shot if that's your first love, how to truly evaluate if you are progressing as you should, and when to pull the plug and switch positions if you aren't developing like you need to.

I am sure there have been many kids that had a fine career in college that might have done better in the NFL if they spent their college years learning a different position. It's just way too easy to look at those situations with the benefit of hindsight and say what they should have done. The ultimate factor is the path that makes the kid happy, it's his life.
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Idk, I believe every high end college talent does want to know the path that will give him the best career and most money in the NFL. If Torrance is to be a starter at QB or whatever position, he's going to want to make it to the NFL. I think he can be a very good to great QB talent in college, and he just needs to have better accuracy, film room study and consistent game reps. He will be competing against the best at OSU constantly so that should only help. But I can bet in the end he wants to make it to the NFL and make a lot of money
 
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Yeah, I guess I phrased that wrong. It's hard to find a college player that could care less about his draft stock. I just mean that some are willing to risk a lower draft stock by pursuing their dreams of a position that might not be the best suited to their talent level. Not saying that is the case for TG though, way too early to say that.
 
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