Jerrod Johnson (Sr) - Along with Oklahoma’s Landry Jones, Johnson is clearly the cream of the Big XII crop this year. The 6-5, 240 pound quarterback clearly has NFL size, strength, accuracy, and smarts. Coming off a junior campaign where Johnson threw for almost 3600 yards and tallied 30 TD’s against 8 INT’s, and ran for just over 500 yards and 8 TD’s, Johnson is poised to have a HUGE year. Johnson will also benefit from throwing to arguably the leagues deepest and most talented receiving corps.
Robert Griffin (Jr) – Griffin is coming back from a torn ACL suffered near the outset of his super-hyped sophomore season. As a freshman, Griffin ran the Baylor bears all the way to 4 wins. It remains to be seen if Griffins athleticism can manifest itself into more wins.
Jacob Karam (Fr-RS) – With experienced QB’s Taylor Potts and Stephen Sheffield out with the injury bug, Karam, the diminunative passer from Friendswood is going to get his shot at running the NASCAR spread. Since the offense isn’t changing the way Aggies hope it does, Karam should fit in nicely as the next in a long line of System Quarterbacks. Sheffield, who appeared to be the clear cut starter, went down with a foot fracture that will keep him out until fall camp, while Potts suffered a freak injury that tore the webbing of his throwing hand as he reared back to throw a screaming 3 yard quick slant to sophomore receiver Josh Smith (a 1* JUCO from Butler, KS CC by way of Portales, NM) but ended up getting his hand caught in his beard. As Potts slung his rocket-arm forward to release the pass to Smith, the webbing of his hand couldn’t hold up to the force.
Garrett Gilbert (So) – I see this guy as the next Chris Simms…And the Longhorn coaching staff will treat him as such. Because Gilbert comes in so highly rated and so fluffed up by the Longhorn media machine, Mack has no choice but to start him over talented senior, Sherrod Harris. True to form, Offensive Coordinator Greg Davis will do all that he can to create a scheme that hides his star quarterbacks weakness. Davis became a master at hiding Colt McCoy’s weak arm and glass jaw, and did a truly stellar job at hiding the fact that Vince Young couldn’t throw or read defenses from opposing teams and Tennessee Titans Scouts. The “Chris Simms Effect” will become even more noticeable in the next two to three years as the BOOOS from all of the Texas State, ACC, ACU, and Concordia grads that fill DKR stadium begin to echo louder with each interception. Somewhere in 2011 or 2012 Mack will buckle under the scrutiny and begin substituting the winner of the Connor Wood vs. David Ash battle. Stay tuned, folks…this is gonna get wild!
Robert Griffin (Jr) – Griffin is coming back from a torn ACL suffered near the outset of his super-hyped sophomore season. As a freshman, Griffin ran the Baylor bears all the way to 4 wins. It remains to be seen if Griffins athleticism can manifest itself into more wins.
Jacob Karam (Fr-RS) – With experienced QB’s Taylor Potts and Stephen Sheffield out with the injury bug, Karam, the diminunative passer from Friendswood is going to get his shot at running the NASCAR spread. Since the offense isn’t changing the way Aggies hope it does, Karam should fit in nicely as the next in a long line of System Quarterbacks. Sheffield, who appeared to be the clear cut starter, went down with a foot fracture that will keep him out until fall camp, while Potts suffered a freak injury that tore the webbing of his throwing hand as he reared back to throw a screaming 3 yard quick slant to sophomore receiver Josh Smith (a 1* JUCO from Butler, KS CC by way of Portales, NM) but ended up getting his hand caught in his beard. As Potts slung his rocket-arm forward to release the pass to Smith, the webbing of his hand couldn’t hold up to the force.
Garrett Gilbert (So) – I see this guy as the next Chris Simms…And the Longhorn coaching staff will treat him as such. Because Gilbert comes in so highly rated and so fluffed up by the Longhorn media machine, Mack has no choice but to start him over talented senior, Sherrod Harris. True to form, Offensive Coordinator Greg Davis will do all that he can to create a scheme that hides his star quarterbacks weakness. Davis became a master at hiding Colt McCoy’s weak arm and glass jaw, and did a truly stellar job at hiding the fact that Vince Young couldn’t throw or read defenses from opposing teams and Tennessee Titans Scouts. The “Chris Simms Effect” will become even more noticeable in the next two to three years as the BOOOS from all of the Texas State, ACC, ACU, and Concordia grads that fill DKR stadium begin to echo louder with each interception. Somewhere in 2011 or 2012 Mack will buckle under the scrutiny and begin substituting the winner of the Connor Wood vs. David Ash battle. Stay tuned, folks…this is gonna get wild!