These remarks come from Bleacher Report's national recruiting analyst Tyler Donohue after attending the Elite 11 Finals:
Johnathan Lewis, that kid balled out yesterday. I've gotta give him a lot of credit. The seven-on-seven action on Sunday was like the final test for what these quarterbacks digested over the course of a 72-hour span or so that they spent with these Elite 11 coaches and some of these counselors who are currently playing big-time college football. They really challenged these guy to not only be confident in their throws but also to go through their progressions and understand their progressions, not just to look for and lock on to an open man, but to know what the first, second and third option was. And Lewis came out firing.
By my count, I believe he threw four touchdowns during the seven-on-seven session, which is essentially the equivalent of about half a seven-on-seven tournament game that will be played up at The Opening. So that's pretty great stuff. He was extremely decisive. He was very deliberate. He took a couple sacks due to the time restraints they place on things. I think that's probably some of what's going on upstairs, going through the things the coaches told him and trying to assess that and maybe not being able to pull the trigger. But even on a few times where I saw there might be a little hesitancy, he was deliberate with his throws, drove the ball down field and really — again, I mentioned it the past few days — the arm strength really shined through.
I don't know if there are many guys who who can push the ball like that with such velocity and who can do that without draining themselves physically — because he has that stature and he can make it look pretty effortless. He can just kind of rifle it in there. But the good thing was he didn't rely on that velocity, he wasn't trying to force the ball through. He saw the window, he knew he could get the ball through the window in the time allotted. And he did that time and time again. So, I think, if we are talking about his progression throughout the week, I think he walked off the field at the highest point that he displayed in California. I think he finished off very strong.
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i...it_jon_lewis_finishes_strong_despite_not.html
Johnathan Lewis, that kid balled out yesterday. I've gotta give him a lot of credit. The seven-on-seven action on Sunday was like the final test for what these quarterbacks digested over the course of a 72-hour span or so that they spent with these Elite 11 coaches and some of these counselors who are currently playing big-time college football. They really challenged these guy to not only be confident in their throws but also to go through their progressions and understand their progressions, not just to look for and lock on to an open man, but to know what the first, second and third option was. And Lewis came out firing.
By my count, I believe he threw four touchdowns during the seven-on-seven session, which is essentially the equivalent of about half a seven-on-seven tournament game that will be played up at The Opening. So that's pretty great stuff. He was extremely decisive. He was very deliberate. He took a couple sacks due to the time restraints they place on things. I think that's probably some of what's going on upstairs, going through the things the coaches told him and trying to assess that and maybe not being able to pull the trigger. But even on a few times where I saw there might be a little hesitancy, he was deliberate with his throws, drove the ball down field and really — again, I mentioned it the past few days — the arm strength really shined through.
I don't know if there are many guys who who can push the ball like that with such velocity and who can do that without draining themselves physically — because he has that stature and he can make it look pretty effortless. He can just kind of rifle it in there. But the good thing was he didn't rely on that velocity, he wasn't trying to force the ball through. He saw the window, he knew he could get the ball through the window in the time allotted. And he did that time and time again. So, I think, if we are talking about his progression throughout the week, I think he walked off the field at the highest point that he displayed in California. I think he finished off very strong.
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i...it_jon_lewis_finishes_strong_despite_not.html
