[82lsju]

Probably a dumb question, but why would we recruit a QB who rarely passed the ball in high school?

the knock against his HS play

Much of the criticism of Burns stems from the quarterback's mediocre junior season statistics. Playing in an extremely quarterback-unfriendly single-wing offense, Burns threw 13 touchdowns again 14 interceptions with a sub-50 percent completion percentage.

the article has some more on his recruitment and some of the others "who got away" or maybe got door #1 

https://stanford.rivals.com/news/further-look-ryan-burns

from gostanford

Ryan Burns

• Threw for school-record 2,530 yards (21.1 yards/completion) and 28 touchdowns in 2012
• Completed 116 of 221 passes while rushing for 222 yards and four scores as a senior

and he was "highly acclaimed"

• Five-star recruit by PrepStar, four-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN
• Nation’s 42nd-best overall player by PrepStar, 64th-best by ESPN
• Nation’s third-best pocket quarterback by PrepStar, fourth by ESPN and sixth by Rivals
• Virginia’s fourth-best overall prospect by ESPN, fifth by Rivals
• 2012 PrepStar All-America and Dream Team selection
• 2012 U.S. Army All-America Bowl
• 2012 Washington Post all-Met first team
• 2012 All-Northern Region

https://gostanford.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=11659

[82lsju]

Probably a dumb question, but why would we recruit a QB who rarely passed the ball in high school?

the knock against his HS play

Much of the criticism of Burns stems from the quarterback's mediocre junior season statistics. Playing in an extremely quarterback-unfriendly single-wing offense, Burns threw 13 touchdowns again 14 interceptions with a sub-50 percent completion percentage.

the article has some more on his recruitment and some of the others "who got away" or maybe got door #1 

https://stanford.rivals.com/news/further-look-ryan-burns

from gostanford

Ryan Burns

• Threw for school-record 2,530 yards (21.1 yards/completion) and 28 touchdowns in 2012
• Completed 116 of 221 passes while rushing for 222 yards and four scores as a senior

and he was "highly acclaimed"

• Five-star recruit by PrepStar, four-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN
• Nation’s 42nd-best overall player by PrepStar, 64th-best by ESPN
• Nation’s third-best pocket quarterback by PrepStar, fourth by ESPN and sixth by Rivals
• Virginia’s fourth-best overall prospect by ESPN, fifth by Rivals
• 2012 PrepStar All-America and Dream Team selection
• 2012 U.S. Army All-America Bowl
• 2012 Washington Post all-Met first team
• 2012 All-Northern Region

https://gostanford.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=11659