Anthony Russo Facts

[PSUPOWER]

Trent Dilfer on Anthony RUsso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b-Ze1b3UJnY

Anthony RUsso stats during his only season as a starting quarterback:

Anthony RUsso: 70/124 (56.5%), 139 ypg, 21 TDs vs 2 INTs, 124 QBR
Team Record in 2014: 14-1, State Champ, poll: 1st in state.

Kyle Flood & Ben McDaniels offered three QB's early this year, because,
of their ability.

Why does Rivals rate Anthony RUsso lower than anyone else does ?

 

[PSUPOWER]

Trent Dilfer on Anthony RUsso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b-Ze1b3UJnY

Anthony RUsso stats during his only season as a starting quarterback:

Anthony RUsso: 70/124 (56.5%), 139 ypg, 21 TDs vs 2 INTs, 124 QBR
Team Record in 2014: 14-1, State Champ, poll: 1st in state.

Kyle Flood & Ben McDaniels offered three QB's early this year, because,
of their ability.

Why does Rivals rate Anthony RUsso lower than anyone else does ?

Anthony RUsso is 6'3 220 and very smart.
He makes very quick reads and has a very quick release.
He is tough, very accurate, very coachable and he is a great leader.

How many Pro-Style Quarterbacks in the country have more ability ?

 

[knightfan7]

I think one reason is Haskins and that other guy have been golden children since they were in 9th grade whereas Russo is a late bloomer (if a HS Sr to be can be classified as a late bloomer) with only 1 season as a starter under his belt.

Does that make sense or am I grasping at straws?

 

[PSUPOWER]

I think one reason is Haskins and that other guy have been golden children since they were in 9th grade whereas Russo is a late bloomer (if a HS Sr to be can be classified as a late bloomer) with only 1 season as a starter under his belt.

Does that make sense or am I grasping at straws?

In my opinion, a prospects performance during their Junior year is more
important than anything they had accomplished prior to that.

One season as a starter is all you need to see to know that
Anthony RUsso is a big-time Pro-Style QB prospect.

 

[PSUPOWER]

In my opinion, a prospects performance during their Junior year is more
important than anything they had accomplished prior to that.

One season as a starter is all you need to see to know that
Anthony RUsso is a big-time Pro-Style QB prospect.

Often, recruits who improve a lot between their Sophomore year and Junior year project to become better as Seniors than most prospects that were equally as good during their Sophomore and Junior years.

On average, you can almost draw a progression graph to that effect,
although other factors such as physical growth rate, health, teammates,
coaching, etc... would impact any hypothetical graph of that type.

My point is that Anthony RUsso could improve even more during his second
year as a starter this fall.

 

[JerseyShoreKnight]

I believe it was also about who Haskins/Guarantano would bring with them. While Russo is no doubt a P5 caliber recruit, he is not as friendly with the big names of the class of '16 as the other QBs. I also believe recruiting is more about exposure than anything else and this kid wasn't as much of a name as the other two prospects. Like knightfan7 said, everybody has known about the other two since they were in 9th grade. Russo, on the other hand, was given his opportunity too late to have a chance to be considered in the same tier as Haskins or Guarantano. But I've watched his tape and I believe he can be a steal because he's got the tools to be a great pocket passer in a pro-style offense.

 

[M1stman]

Rivals has him rated lower because, from what I heard, he underperformed at a Rivals camp, and Rivals doesn't give a crap about Elite 11 stuff because they won't allow Rivals reps on site (so, it's a big pissing contest). He'll get his third star during the season, assuming they can be bothered to getting around to seeing him in person.

The Northeast is absolutely stacked at QB in 2016, with Haskins, Guarantano, Russo, Zembiec, McIlwain, Brown, etc.

 

[jakeknight]

What Dilfer speaks about and you can see on his tapes is his ability to quickly go through his progressions and find the open man, this is probably the hardest thing for a HS QB to accomplish, and it appears Anthony has good capability in this regard and obviously the game speeds up significantly at the next level so it becomes even more difficult to accomplish if you haven't mastered the concept at the HS level. The great athletes that are HS QB's tend to do it with there feet when the primaries aren't open. Really like Russo and I think he is a better fit for the RU's Pro style offense than JG, Haskins is going to be very good wherever he ends up.

 

[PSUPOWER]

Rivals has him rated lower because, from what I heard, he underperformed at a Rivals camp, and Rivals doesn't give a crap about Elite 11 stuff because they won't allow Rivals reps on site (so, it's a big pissing contest). He'll get his third star during the season, assuming they can be bothered to getting around to seeing him in person.

The Northeast is absolutely stacked at QB in 2016, with Haskins, Guarantano, Russo, Zembiec, McIlwain, Brown, etc.

Based on Anthony's performance on the field last season at
Archbishop Wood, I just can't imagine what criteria Rivals would use
at their camp to rate Anthony as an underperformer at Quarterback.

Did any of the Quarterback prospects that you listed lead their teams to a state championship the way that Anthony did on the field in actual games last year ?

 

[greenknight]

Expect him to have a huge senior year. I think his status will improve based on performance at Elite 11. No less than a 3 star bump after the Elite 11 concludes with the opportunity for that 4th star based on senior year. Either way could care less just happy as hell to have him. The only reason I would want that 4th star would be for recruiting purposes otherwise I don't need it to be sold. Had me at Hello

 

[PSUPOWER]

I believe it was also about who Haskins/Guarantano would bring with them. While Russo is no doubt a P5 caliber recruit, he is not as friendly with the big names of the class of '16 as the other QBs. I also believe recruiting is more about exposure than anything else and this kid wasn't as much of a name as the other two prospects. Like knightfan7 said, everybody has known about the other two since they were in 9th grade. Russo, on the other hand, was given his opportunity too late to have a chance to be considered in the same tier as Haskins or Guarantano. But I've watched his tape and I believe he can be a steal because he's got the tools to be a great pocket passer in a pro-style offense.

I guess I just think of a late bloomer as a prospect who comes into his own
late in his Junior year or during his Senior year. Anthony RUsso was not a sleeper. Archbishop Wood plays a very difficult & high profile schedule.
Here is Archbishop Wood's results last year with Anthony as their starting QB:

DATE OPPONENT TIME RESULT CONTENT SHARE

08/29 DeMatha Catholic (MD) 7:00 PM W 34-13
09/06 Martin Luther King 7:00 PM W 46-7
09/12 @North Penn 7:30 PM W 42-7
09/19 @West Catholic 7:30 PM W 42-12
09/26 * Archbishop Ryan 7:00 PM W 47-14
10/03 La Salle College 7:00 PM L 31-35
10/10 * @Cardinal O'Hara 7:00 PM W 48-6
10/17 * @Monsignor Bonner 7:00 PM W 56-7
10/25 * Archbishop Carroll 7:00 PM W 43-0
11/07 # Cardinal O'Hara 7:00 PM W 56-12
11/15 # @Archbishop Ryan 2:00 PM W 35-14
11/22 # Imhotep Charter 3:30 PM W 42-34
11/28 # Great Valley 7:00 PM W 44-7
12/06 # Somerset 12:00 PM W 63-20
12/12 # Central Valley 7:00 PM W 33-14

 

[PSU_Nut]

Based on Anthony's performance on the field last season at
Archbishop Wood, I just can't imagine what criteria Rivals would use
at their camp to rate Anthony as an underperformer at Quarterback.

Did any of the Quarterback prospects that you listed lead their teams to a state championship the way that Anthony did on the field in actual games last year ?

Did you know Russo hard more completions to the other team then he did to his team in the state championship? He was 1 of 6 for 15 yards and two interceptions in the state championship game. He had an interception returned for a 46 yard touchdown. People are really overhyping the state championship angle.

 

[PSU_Nut]

Trent Dilfer on Anthony RUsso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b-Ze1b3UJnY

Anthony RUsso stats during his only season as a starting quarterback:

Anthony RUsso: 70/124 (56.5%), 139 ypg, 21 TDs vs 2 INTs, 124 QBR
Team Record in 2014: 14-1, State Champ, poll: 1st in state.v

Kyle Flood & Ben McDaniels offered three QB's early this year, because,
of their ability.

Why does Rivals rate Anthony RUsso lower than anyone else does ?

Those stats only include the first nine games. I would be interested how he performed later in the season against teams with equal talent. I know he was terrible in the championship game.

 

[PSUPOWER]

Those stats only include the first nine games. I would be interested how he performed later in the season against teams with equal talent. I know he was terrible in the championship game.

If you include the playoffs in 2014, Anthony RUsso completed 86 passes of 159 attempts on the season. He threw for 1,551 yards and 22 TDs (to only 4 INTs), leading his team to a 14-1 record (4-0) and the PIAA AAA state championship.

The stats of most good QB's during the football playoffs in the northeast get worse, because, of the cold weather in that region. The point is that Anthony led his team to the state championship and they won it. Isn't that the goal of every High School QB ?

 

[RC1978]

I thought I was on the wrong board for a second with all the PSU fans debating our QB.

 

[PSU_Nut]

If you include the playoffs in 2014, Anthony RUsso completed 86 passes of 159 attempts on the season. He threw for 1,551 yards and 22 TDs (to only 4 INTs), leading his team to a 14-1 record (4-0) and the PIAA AAA state championship.

The stats of most good QB's during the football playoffs in the northeast get worse, because, of the cold weather in that region. The point is that Anthony led his team to the state championship and they won it. Isn't that the goal of every High School QB ?

16-35 304 yards 0 tds and 2 int in 5 playoff games tells me they won a state championship because the talent surrounding him not because of him. You can make all the excuses you want but anyway you slice it it a poor performance. I bet that the reason why he not gotten the offers. He put up decent numbers in games were they were clearly superior but all but disappeared when it mattered most.

 

[Scarlet16E]

I'll take the eyeball test every time over star rankings.

 

[ag67]

16-35 304 yards 0 tds and 2 int in 5 playoff games tells me they won a state championship because the talent surrounding him not because of him. You can make all the excuses you want but anyway you slice it it a poor performance. I bet that the reason why he not gotten the offers. He put up decent numbers in games were they were clearly superior but all but disappeared when it mattered most.

Gotta love your negative spin. Makes me hate PSU fans even more - which I love to do.:boxing: I forgot, how did his team do in that game you are so eager to talk about? What were the scores of the playoff games? How did he do in the "Elite 11" competition, compared to your man?

In all honesty:) I do find your comments helpful though, as they make his ridiculously low rating more understandable. Thanks. I can't resist the temptation to add this. Perhaps the evaluators were myopic PSU fans like you. [jumpingsmile]

In any case, I am glad he decided on RU. [banana]

Keep up the good work. IMO you are going to have to up your game if you want to compete on an equal level with some of the negative RU fans here. They are indeed relentless.[laughing]

 

[RUsmrtrthna5thgrdr]

Russo plays for one of the best teams in the state, the guy definitely is a winner but when you watch his tape, he lacks some of the zip that you see from prospects like Haskins and JG, he's a good player but lets also not start jumping up and down about star rankings. I'm perfectly fine with him being a 2 star, maybe he gets a third, maybe not but who really cares... my biggest concern is getting the fax with his signature next February

 

[RUsmrtrthna5thgrdr]

I will also say that having multiple threads on a 2 star kid is kind of rediculous. Yes it's great that he's going to the elite 11 but as fans we should act like we've been there before, not on here complaining because of his lack of stars.

 

[PSU_Nut]

Gotta love your negative spin. Makes me hate PSU fans even more - which I love to do.:boxing: I forgot, how did his team do in that game you are so eager to talk about? What were the scores of the playoff games? How did he do in the "Elite 11" competition, compared to your man?

In all honesty:) I do find your comments helpful though, as they make his ridiculously low rating more understandable. Thanks. I can't resist the temptation to add this. Perhaps the evaluators were myopic PSU fans like you. [jumpingsmile]

In any case, I am glad he decided on RU. [banana]

Keep up the good work. IMO you are going to have to up your game if you want to compete on an equal level with some of the negative RU fans here. They are indeed relentless.[laughing]

Apparently it not just the guys handing out the stars that agree with me. The pros who are recruiting him also agree.

I don't know how he did compared to the Penn State qb in the elite 11. Both made it to the finals. Frankly I don't really care because I don't think a qb competition in shorts and no pads, no qb pressure, no coverage reads, no online to see through is an accurate measure of a qb. It like evaluating nascar drivers how the do playing Mario kart.

 

[jiggscasey]

I will also say that having multiple threads on a 2 star kid is kind of rediculous. Yes it's great that he's going to the elite 11 but as fans we should act like we've been there before, not on here complaining because of his lack of stars.

Act like you've been there before is among the dumbest sayings. We haven't been here before and what is the penalty for being enthused about enjoying a situation for the first time. Being jaded has to be earned. Being excited is good.

 

[RUTBAY]

Apparently it not just the guys handing out the stars that agree with me. The pros who are recruiting him also agree.

I don't know how he did compared to the Penn State qb in the elite 11. Both made it to the finals. Frankly I don't really care because I don't think a qb competition in shorts and no pads, no qb pressure, no coverage reads, no online to see through is an accurate measure of a qb. It like evaluating nascar drivers how the do playing Mario kart.

Not for nothing but you obviously care, hence you are on a Rutgers board poo-pooing the excitement being expressed from having such an under the radar kid pan out for us. Although you will deny it I would be willing to bet that had the PSU recruit not made it into the finals you would not be posting under this thread.

 

[RUsmrtrthna5thgrdr]

Act like you've been there before is among the dumbest sayings. We haven't been here before and what is the penalty for being enthused about enjoying a situation for the first time. Being jaded has to be earned. Being excited is good.

Not saying we shouldn't be excited however recruits do read these boards, we're here clamoring for our QB to get a 3rd star meanwhile 4 other teams in the Big 10 East are currently ranked in the top 10 nationally for recruiting, look at how we're acting about a 2 star qb.

The other thing is some people on this board are already labeling this guy as our savior. He's a nice QB prospect but keep in mind that what got him his elite 11 invite was his performance in 7 v 7... I want this kid to succeed, I also don't want him blowing up in recruiting because other schools will come calling and lets face it, our track record isn't exactly the best in getting kids to stay once they get all the offers

 

[M1stman]

16-35 304 yards 0 tds and 2 int in 5 playoff games tells me they won a state championship because the talent surrounding him not because of him. You can make all the excuses you want but anyway you slice it it a poor performance. I bet that the reason why he not gotten the offers. He put up decent numbers in games were they were clearly superior but all but disappeared when it mattered most.

Ah, got it. So he didn't get offers because coaches were waiting to see how his numbers would look during one game of the season.

I think it's far more likely that his lack of offers were due to the following two reasons:

1) He didn't start until his Junior year. Most top programs have identified their top QB targets well in advance of that time. For example, Zembiec barely played during his Junior season (I'm assuming because of an injury?) but he had tons of offers because of his strong Sophomore year in which he put up great stats, albeit against pretty poor opposition. By the time Russo took the reigns, schools were mostly already locked in on other targets.

2) He is very much a pro-style, pocket passer, and there are very few schools that still run that kind of offense. He's not going to create with his feet unless the play breaks all the way down and he can scramble for a few yards. That fits really well into Rutgers' offense (and likely PSU's as well), but the number of teams that are truly running pro-style sets is dwindling rapidly.

 

[M1stman]

Not saying we shouldn't be excited however recruits do read these boards, we're here clamoring for our QB to get a 3rd star meanwhile 4 other teams in the Big 10 East are currently ranked in the top 10 nationally for recruiting, look at how we're acting about a 2 star qb.

The other thing is some people on this board are already labeling this guy as our savior. He's a nice QB prospect but keep in mind that what got him his elite 11 invite was his performance in 7 v 7... I want this kid to succeed, I also don't want him blowing up in recruiting because other schools will come calling and lets face it, our track record isn't exactly the best in getting kids to stay once they get all the offers

This post is so full of fail, it's ridiculous.

 

[MADHAT1]

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "1) He didn't start until his Junior year. Most top programs have identified their top QB targets well in advance of that time. For example, Zembiec barely played during his Junior season (I'm assuming because of an injury?) but he had tons of offers because of his strong Sophomore year in which he put up great stats, albeit against pretty poor opposition. By the time Russo took the reigns, schools were mostly already locked in on other targets."

No matter how much a Nit like Nut tries to put Russo down, his team was a winner with him at the QB spot and the PIAA AAA state title.
psu_Nut might knock Russo's championship and/or PIAA AAA playoff state, but can't knock Anthony's season stats and the 13-1 record and State Championship Russo helped Archbishop Wood obtain in his first year as starter on a team that emphases the run.
Some Nits just try to make RU look bad , PSU_NUT looks like that's what he's doing, more than trying to discuss Russo's qualifications as
a College QB .

With some more development Anthony can prove to be a good ( hopefully great ) College QB
As for Russo's stars, can't expect to be ranked high with just one year to go by and according to how he starts out in 2015, might be recruited
like a 4 star would by schools wanting him to flip to them.

 

[Dr. Potato]

Stars smars.

 

[PSUPOWER]

16-35 304 yards 0 tds and 2 int in 5 playoff games tells me they won a state championship because the talent surrounding him not because of him. You can make all the excuses you want but anyway you slice it it a poor performance. I bet that the reason why he not gotten the offers. He put up decent numbers in games were they were clearly superior but all but disappeared when it mattered most.

What did you think of Anthony RUsso's performance against nationally ranked Dematha Catholic, which won the WCAC Championship in 2014 ?

Anthony completed 8 passes of 14 attempts for 100 yards with 0 Interceptions in that game against a favored opponent. Anthony was the difference in that game.

 

[yesrutgers01]

I think PSU nut thinks Hackenberg won the Heisman last year.

 

[M1stman]

Interesting additional note: one of the coaches at the Elite 11 semis made an adjustment to Russo's grip during the first day of the competition. It sounded like there was a noticeable improvement because of that grip change during Day 2, when he put up his Opening-worthy 7-on-7 performance.

 

[RUsmrtrthna5thgrdr]

This post is so full of fail, it's ridiculous.

Terrible rebuttal. If ur going to challenge what I said at least give reason. All ur saying with that is 'I don't like what u said so there'. It's ridiculous. I think it's funny that u don't see my point that here we have fans yelling about this guy not having a third star meanwhile our conference foes are landing 4 star after 4 star and we aren't keeping up

 

[PSUPOWER]

Terrible rebuttal. If ur going to challenge what I said at least give reason. All ur saying with that is 'I don't like what u said so there'. It's ridiculous. I think it's funny that u don't see my point that here we have fans yelling about this guy not having a third star meanwhile our conference foes are landing 4 star after 4 star and we aren't keeping up

RUsmrtrthna5thgrdr,

You are not getting it. Rutgers is keeping up. There is no doubt that Anthony RUsso is a Pro-Style QB prospect with as much potential if not more than several other Pro-Style QB prospects that Rivals has rated as being 3 or even 4-stars.

The only difference is that Rivals has given Anthony RUsso only 2-stars.
Rutgers has to overcome Rivals inaccurate ranking in recruiting. That is not Rutgers fault.

 

[M1stman]

Terrible rebuttal. If ur going to challenge what I said at least give reason. All ur saying with that is 'I don't like what u said so there'. It's ridiculous. I think it's funny that u don't see my point that here we have fans yelling about this guy not having a third star meanwhile our conference foes are landing 4 star after 4 star and we aren't keeping up

Please don't consider it a rebuttal. I wasn't interested in debating.

 

[ag67]

Terrible rebuttal. If ur going to challenge what I said at least give reason. All ur saying with that is 'I don't like what u said so there'. It's ridiculous. I think it's funny that u don't see my point that here we have fans yelling about this guy not having a third star meanwhile our conference foes are landing 4 star after 4 star and we aren't keeping up

So what you are saying is that you don't like fans showing appreciation for one of the guys we did sign because you are unhappy that our fans aren't gripping about other teams signing 4 stars when we haven't. You want people to focus on your infatuation with the star system and not on the actual talent of the guys RU has signed. Heaven forbid that Russo get an additional star (or 2), because it might detract from your myopic view that our recruiting sucks in comparison to everyone else.

Got it.

 

[ag67]

The more PSU-nut complains about our recruit, the more confident I am that we got a good one. Would he be so eager to denigrate him if he really wasn't much of a qb? I think not.

 

[RUsmrtrthna5thgrdr]

So what you are saying is that you don't like fans showing appreciation for one of the guys we did sign because you are unhappy that our fans aren't gripping about other teams signing 4 stars when we haven't. You want people to focus on your infatuation with the star system and not on the actual talent of the guys RU has signed. Heaven forbid that Russo get an additional star (or 2), because it might detract from your myopic view that our recruiting sucks in comparison to everyone else.

Got it.

Not what I'm saying at all, my point is that while other teams in our own division are grabbing up top flight recruits left and right, we're on here griping about how because trent dilfer likes the kid all the sudden he's an elite prospect and rather than realizing the fact of what's going on in recruiting, people are on here yelling about another star.

I think it's great that Russo is an Elite 11 Finalist, it's big for the program, but we should act like we've been there before, not jumping up and down like the village idiots saying "Look Look! We got one guy who Trent Dilfer Likes! Look, Big 10 Champs here we come!" especially when Ohio State, TTFP, Michigan and Michigan State are all killing it on the recruiting trail and some posters on here don't understand why top prospects don't choose us. We need to act like we belong, we won't be handed anything in this league, lets sign some big time prospects before we start yelling about a prospects' rating whose second biggest offer was Uconn

 

[Rokodesh]

PSUPOWER can you please switch allegiances with some of the Rutgers fans here who do nothing but bash the program.

 

[RUTBAY]

Not what I'm saying at all, my point is that while other teams in our own division are grabbing up top flight recruits left and right, we're on here griping about how because trent dilfer likes the kid all the sudden he's an elite prospect and rather than realizing the fact of what's going on in recruiting, people are on here yelling about another star.

I think it's great that Russo is an Elite 11 Finalist, it's big for the program, but we should act like we've been there before, not jumping up and down like the village idiots saying "Look Look! We got one guy who Trent Dilfer Likes! Look, Big 10 Champs here we come!" especially when Ohio State, TTFP, Michigan and Michigan State are all killing it on the recruiting trail and some posters on here don't understand why top prospects don't choose us. We need to act like we belong, we won't be handed anything in this league, lets sign some big time prospects before we start yelling about a prospects' rating whose second biggest offer was Uconn

Wow. Strawman much?

 

[PSUPOWER]

Not what I'm saying at all, my point is that while other teams in our own division are grabbing up top flight recruits left and right, we're on here griping about how because trent dilfer likes the kid all the sudden he's an elite prospect and rather than realizing the fact of what's going on in recruiting, people are on here yelling about another star.

I think it's great that Russo is an Elite 11 Finalist, it's big for the program, but we should act like we've been there before, not jumping up and down like the village idiots saying "Look Look! We got one guy who Trent Dilfer Likes! Look, Big 10 Champs here we come!" especially when Ohio State, TTFP, Michigan and Michigan State are all killing it on the recruiting trail and some posters on here don't understand why top prospects don't choose us. We need to act like we belong, we won't be handed anything in this league, lets sign some big time prospects before we start yelling about a prospects' rating whose second biggest offer was Uconn

Anthony RUsso's interest in attending college close to his home in Eastern PA may have limited his D1 offers. But, that doesn't make him any less of a Quarterback.