[Hank 91]

I think game performance and film are pretty low on the list when scouts are evaluating quarterbacks. (As WIM says, this is true in most sports. Volleyball is the biggest female scholarship sport right now, and college scouts rarely bother attending high school matches at all; instead they lurk at camps and club tournaments.)

Identifying a top quarterback on a Friday night would almost be like sitting in an AP English class and picking out which one of the students would one day become a top-notch lawyer. I saw Matt Barkley play a couple times in high school, and at no point did he look like the top prospect that he was.

Quarterbacks nowadays start going to quarterback camps as early as middle school, and that's where they gain notoriety -- and coaching. Everything is specialized in youth sports, especially the coaching. There are certainly a few big time high school programs out there that can provide quality quarterback coaching, but that isn't always the case.

Ryan Burns has impressed a lot of people who know a lot more than I do, so I'm not bothered by his bad stats. I'm just happy that he'll be coming to Stanford, I look forward to watching him as the starting quarterback in 2015.

[Hank 91]

I think game performance and film are pretty low on the list when scouts are evaluating quarterbacks. (As WIM says, this is true in most sports. Volleyball is the biggest female scholarship sport right now, and college scouts rarely bother attending high school matches at all; instead they lurk at camps and club tournaments.)

Identifying a top quarterback on a Friday night would almost be like sitting in an AP English class and picking out which one of the students would one day become a top-notch lawyer. I saw Matt Barkley play a couple times in high school, and at no point did he look like the top prospect that he was.

Quarterbacks nowadays start going to quarterback camps as early as middle school, and that's where they gain notoriety -- and coaching. Everything is specialized in youth sports, especially the coaching. There are certainly a few big time high school programs out there that can provide quality quarterback coaching, but that isn't always the case.

Ryan Burns has impressed a lot of people who know a lot more than I do, so I'm not bothered by his bad stats. I'm just happy that he'll be coming to Stanford, I look forward to watching him as the starting quarterback in 2015.