[SkiBum80]

Jackson reclassified a year to come early to Stanford. Given that he could have been a senior in high school, it makes sense to let him sit for a year.

I agree it would generally make sense. If Jackson were backing up the backup to a (let's say) KJ Costello I wouldn't change my mental classification much. But not playing for a 3-8 team with an uncertain QB position should be (IMO) a modest downgrade.

There is also the possibility of a Coach's decision to protect a very young QB from being thrown unprepared into a meaningless already decided game, only to be sacked and injured from a 300+lb DLineman running full steam through our porous OLine.

[SkiBum80]

Jackson reclassified a year to come early to Stanford. Given that he could have been a senior in high school, it makes sense to let him sit for a year.

I agree it would generally make sense. If Jackson were backing up the backup to a (let's say) KJ Costello I wouldn't change my mental classification much. But not playing for a 3-8 team with an uncertain QB position should be (IMO) a modest downgrade.

There is also the possibility of a Coach's decision to protect a very young QB from being thrown unprepared into a meaningless already decided game, only to be sacked and injured from a 300+lb DLineman running full steam through our porous OLine.