[terry]

O'Brien redshirted in 2009, then played in 2010 and 2011. So he has two years of eligibility remaining. The Baltimore Sun reported that O'Brien is on track to graduate this spring and wants to enroll in a graduate program, which would make him eligible to play this year rather than sitting out a year due to his transfer.

According to a recruiting story from 2008, O'Brien had a high school GPA of 4.5 on a 4.0 scale. So perhaps he would have a reasonable chance to be admitted at Stanford. He was a 3-star recruit ranked as the # 58 QB in the recruiting class of 2009 (Scout).

Washingtonismoney gave O'Brien's 2010 stats. O'Brien's 2011 season wasn't as good. He completed 150 of 266, 56.4%, 1648 yards, 7 TDs, 10 interceptions, 6.2 yards/attempt, QB rating 109.6.

Stanford doesn't need another QB if he's just another guy who will compete for the job. We have six scholarship QBs -- Nottingham, Nunes, Picazo, Crower, Hogan, and Lloyd  (assuming Picazo is still on scholarship). All of them except Picazo were significantly more highly regarded than O'Brien coming out of high school, although none of them has proved anything at the college level yet. Unless the coaches think O'Brien is quite clearly head and shoulders above those guys, I don't see why we would want him.

[terry]

O'Brien redshirted in 2009, then played in 2010 and 2011. So he has two years of eligibility remaining. The Baltimore Sun reported that O'Brien is on track to graduate this spring and wants to enroll in a graduate program, which would make him eligible to play this year rather than sitting out a year due to his transfer.

According to a recruiting story from 2008, O'Brien had a high school GPA of 4.5 on a 4.0 scale. So perhaps he would have a reasonable chance to be admitted at Stanford. He was a 3-star recruit ranked as the # 58 QB in the recruiting class of 2009 (Scout).

Washingtonismoney gave O'Brien's 2010 stats. O'Brien's 2011 season wasn't as good. He completed 150 of 266, 56.4%, 1648 yards, 7 TDs, 10 interceptions, 6.2 yards/attempt, QB rating 109.6.

Stanford doesn't need another QB if he's just another guy who will compete for the job. We have six scholarship QBs -- Nottingham, Nunes, Picazo, Crower, Hogan, and Lloyd  (assuming Picazo is still on scholarship). All of them except Picazo were significantly more highly regarded than O'Brien coming out of high school, although none of them has proved anything at the college level yet. Unless the coaches think O'Brien is quite clearly head and shoulders above those guys, I don't see why we would want him.