Elite 11 announcing now 12:12 - six already selected
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I do not expect him to make the cut. Not because he is not a good QB but we did not have the same level of excitement from the watchers as we did when Russo was there last year.
They chose 12 to go to Oregon. Tommy Devito made it.
They said King Lew was a beast. Huge and as good a prospect as any of these guys.
I think these type of events favor pro-style QBs so I'm not all that surprised. From the reports I've read and a few of the videos I watched, Lewis more than held his own.
Said he played with a chip on his shoulder and he reminder them of Aaron Rodgers. Probably made a couple more throws. Lewis was impressive but apparently had a few throws get away from him.
They took more to Oregon last year. Last years process was different as they had the semifinals in LA and cut from 30 to get 18 for the finals. They then cut from 18 to the elite 11 in Oregon. This year they are just cutting from 24 to 11.
Yeah. As good a prospect as any QB in country. If he can make some strides with his touch (not to say he doesn't have it on some throws), he could very well be the best of them. Cannon arm, huge body and (apparently) can make some decent decisions (4TDs and 0 Int on the last day when they're asking them to make reads).
DeVito is a three star in rivals, probably lower in others, since they joked when selecting him - he was ranked 1600 something.
I took that from the Elite 11 Twitter page. They had DeVito as a 4 star. Guess they wanted to self- justify.
This camp favors pro-style guys - as does all 7on7 football .
Johnny Lewis is exactly the qb our offense needs. Ash and company couldn't have had a better prospect in-state than Lewis - it's a dream scenario
Johnny Lewis is exactly the qb our offense needs. Ash and company couldn't have had a better prospect in-state than Lewis - it's a dream scenario
Lewis was the staff first choice and the guy from Pa was second. They were better fits for what we want at QB.
The other service probably boosted him as soon as he was selected, lol. Can't have a two star attending the opening.
From the commentary I've seen, it seemed like King Lew is physically developed and has a powerful arm. He probably needs to learn the QB position a little more, including adding some touch to his passes (they said the same thing about Elway, Cunningham and Culpepper, among others). The running part of the QB position is not taken into account in the rankings as well. I'm very happy with what we have coming in the next couple of years at QB.
No need to compare DeVito and Lewis or disparage DeVito. For all I know DeVito may be a better pro prospect. I only care about how our QB does in our system and how many wins that yields. I couldn't care less if we had a team that was consistently top ten but never sent any players to the League.
The ability to scramble for a while then throw a rocket in the general direction of a guy who got wide open when the D brakes down is huge. Doing everything right on D and still losing the play because you can't bring down the QB is game changing, it impacts everything and changes how you need to game plan.
He is a qb that has the skill set that better fits our new offensive philosophy so I will take that
Yes, we took a very close look at DeVito. The staff chose to go in a different direction, but even DeVito showed some excitement about a possible connection with Rutgers, following in the steps of the other Bosco quarterbacks (Teel, Nova, etc., esp. with Teel as his current coach).
