I thought his play was a mixed bag but with a nice throw to Isaiah Washington but the then interception and a few others but did good running.Obviously he needs to develop but he was literally still in high school beginning of the season…needs to develop but I think the future is bright.
Thoughts on Wimsatt
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I don’t give credence to the high school excuse at this point. Question is, will he better than Vedral by Week 1. He is not better now, which is unsettling in my opinion.
Say what you will but his throwing motion is a beauty compared to what we've seen in what feels like a decade+ here.
You are clueless about your expectations of him...
He's a child still, and barely has had time to really get used to the true speed of college defenses. He never got spring or summer ball Literally watched him get better today. He's going to be a good one.
Why? He never had any spring practice with the team. Doubt he took many first team reps in practice during the season.
Didn't have spring or summer ball.
He, like any qb, needs people in front of him that can block, and receivers who can gain some separation.
He needs reps, line gave him time. Most young qbs have oc design plays to build them up early. He needs reps, today he pressed and showed his inexperience. He'll be fine
He had trouble with accuracy at the Elite 11 finals. He’s nowhere near a program changer as a passer. Hopefully his threat as a runner will help his passing. Expectations need to be lowered.
A young guy with little experience, playing in a national TV game (and last of the season) was going to try too hard to make something happen. He started holding his breath and chucking the ball (often under pressure). Errors were guaranteed to happen - especially when he wasn't surrounded by NFL prospects you see all around the B1G
Also huge difference throwing to Washington, Jones, and Dremel compared to Bo, AC and Sanders that Vedral had earlier in the year.
Why is this thread even a thing? It’s pretty obvious why he’s not great yet. Sheesh
I was going to mention the WRs but didn't want to pile on lol. WRs were mostly weak today
If you think Wimsatt looked bad today go watch Baseball. Kid showed some serious guts to play in this game when he should be having fun as a HS senior. His football future is very bright.
Instead of comparing Gavin to Vedral or any other QB on our roster how about we compare him to other 18 year olds who gave up their senior year and played their 1st year at college. Oh wait….that’s right not that easy to do. Give him time. Surround him with better playmakers then what we had out there today and he will be just fine
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He showed that he runs like a gazelle. Top speed is very impressive. Decision making was pretty bad, as was his deep ball. But he was playing high school ball a few months ago. He's going to have to work extremely hard to be the clear number 1 next year imo.
Johnny Football was asked about wimsatt and how he did.
Langdin said he turned 18 what a month ago?
He did good.
Langdin said he turned 18 what a month ago?
He did good.
I was surprised that his deep balls were kind of floated. Possible it was on purpose, I was just surprised.
More important to surround him with a good OL. And there's a chance that might happen
that long run alone showed me a lot about his talent. He was friggin jogging. Next year (hopefully) he runs with confidence and purpose and that’s an easy 6
Your understanding of college football is non existent. It's okay everyone sees it clearly.
I think he must have done good on his academic work helping the team get the bowl game, so he got rewarded. I don't think he was really ready to play.
Way too early to tell....he looks like a highly touted QB who came from HS to a P5 D1 college team mid season, and is getting some real game time reps for the first time.
Would have been awesome if they let him take 1st team reps in practice all year and vedral just went out there as a 5th year guy and was the starter.
But he just turned 18. That means you were 17 in college? He would be normal 18 year old senior in high school in NJ.
He just needs to get comfortable and with that build up his confidence. When he does those throws that he was pulling the string on today will be free and easy and the results will be far different. A lot to work with there.
Someone with an August birthday would start college right after turning 18 and would be slightly younger than Gavin is currently.
Were you playing big time college football as a freshman ?
Someone with a birthday in August would be extremely young for their class and would probably be at a disadvantage as well. Imagine that same freshman come in in the middle of the season, has to learn the whole playbook without practicing and plays multiple snaps in a bowl team vs a top 25 team. Probably not fair to expect a whole lot.
You don’t give credence to the high school excuse? Ummm…ok.
I get it. He’s not as good as Michael Vick, for example, was as a freshman. But then again, Michael Vick finished high school and redshirted for a year. Again, Michael Vick didn’t even play as a freshman.
Naturally, there are examples of very young guys who crushed it as young freshmen, but maturing and maturity actually matter. It’s just a fact.
Noah Vedral is FIVE years older than Gavin. Just a data point.
