Jerrard Randall

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:14 pm

greenyellow wrote:
UOducksTK1 wrote:Yes! I'm excited about this offer, let's hope he pulls the trigger when he vists.

BTW, I think this might mean Mariota's scholarship will be used as more of an athlete rather than just a QB. (IE, It sounds like we'd take 1 or 2 QBs this class, so this means we still could end up with Mariota, Randall, and Hundley)

Lol I know I'm getting way ahead of myself, since none of these guys are even officially committed yet, however, the quality of QBs coming here has me excited.
Is Mariota dead-set on playing QB in college or is he open to playing other positions?

Well, when he committed, he said he was going to play QB. However, things can change, and it wouldn't surprise me if Mariota moved positions, or at the very least redshirt and see how things play out.

Oregonian · Post by **Oregonian** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:03 am

Has Randall set a visit date?

PDXShogun · Post by **PDXShogun** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:43 am

From what I've read, if any of these guys end up playing a different position it would be Randall. Mariotta is higher on the coaching staff's priority list than Randall but both of these guys, along with Hundley (who is the top priority), are all definitely being recruited to play QB.

With that said, I've seen it mentioned numerous places that Randall has an absolute CANNON for an arm. QB is NOT a position that we'll have to worry about for quite a while!

Bigducker · Post by **Bigducker** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:35 am

PDXShogun wrote:From what I've read, if any of these guys end up playing a different position it would be Randall. Mariotta is higher on the coaching staff's priority list than Randall but both of these guys, along with Hundley (who is the top priority), are all definitely being recruited to play QB.

With that said, I've seen it mentioned numerous places that Randall has an absolute CANNON for an arm. QB is NOT a position that we'll have to worry about for quite a while!

Totally agree.. Mariotta will be the better QB. Randall has great athletic ability, does have a great arm, but I could see him playing another position.
Mariotta just has some intagibles that I saw that over rides just athletic ability. Chris Harper had great athletic ability.
I see Mariotta as a being a star QB at Oregon.

duckgrad99 · Post by **duckgrad99** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:57 am

Randall will not play another position. He is one of the top qb's on the board.

briarduck · Post by **briarduck** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:59 am

Any combination of MM, JR or Huntley and I am crazy happy with our QB position for the future. They all bring something to the table and all could become a Duck great QB!

This is excellent news on Randell and I can't wait to see how it plays out! BTW if one of them backs-off because of the other than we don't want them because competition breeds quality....I want players that aren't afraid to compete!

GO DUCKS!!

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:00 pm

Bigducker wrote:
PDXShogun wrote:From what I've read, if any of these guys end up playing a different position it would be Randall. Mariotta is higher on the coaching staff's priority list than Randall but both of these guys, along with Hundley (who is the top priority), are all definitely being recruited to play QB.

With that said, I've seen it mentioned numerous places that Randall has an absolute CANNON for an arm. QB is NOT a position that we'll have to worry about for quite a while!
Totally agree.. Mariotta will be the better QB. Randall has great athletic ability, does have a great arm, but I could see him playing another position.
Mariotta just has some intagibles that I saw that over rides just athletic ability. Chris Harper had great athletic ability.
I see Mariotta as a being a star QB at Oregon.

I'm not arguing Randall will be the better QB then Mariota, but Randall is more than just a great athlete who happens to play QB. Chris Harper couldn't pass worth crap. He never threw over 1,000 yards in any of his seasons at high school.

Chris Harper (Junior) 500 passing yards 8 tds (1000rush/12 td)
Jerrard Randall (Junior) 1,700 passing yards 14 tds (1000 rush/18 td)

Keep in mind Randall is playing against much better competition as well. Randall has a great arm, and just from watching his highlights, you know he could be a great college QB.

I'm sure the coaches love both players, and see both as players who could start at QB for us in the future.

If I had to pick one player to move right now though, I'd probably move Mariota to a different position, just because he has far less experience than Randall, and his speed could be deadly at WR. But again, who knows, just don't bring Harper as an example of an athletic QB... Because he was never a QB. Randall on the other hand IS a QB, and that should be his position in college.

Post by **greenyellow** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:14 pm

UOducksTK1 wrote:
Bigducker wrote:
PDXShogun wrote:From what I've read, if any of these guys end up playing a different position it would be Randall. Mariotta is higher on the coaching staff's priority list than Randall but both of these guys, along with Hundley (who is the top priority), are all definitely being recruited to play QB.

With that said, I've seen it mentioned numerous places that Randall has an absolute CANNON for an arm. QB is NOT a position that we'll have to worry about for quite a while!
Totally agree.. Mariotta will be the better QB. Randall has great athletic ability, does have a great arm, but I could see him playing another position.
Mariotta just has some intagibles that I saw that over rides just athletic ability. Chris Harper had great athletic ability.
I see Mariotta as a being a star QB at Oregon.
I'm not arguing Randall will be the better QB then Mariota, but Randall is more than just a great athlete who happens to play QB. Chris Harper couldn't pass worth crap. He never threw over 1,000 yards in any of his seasons at high school.

Chris Harper (Junior) 500 passing yards 8 tds (1000rush/12 td)
Jerrard Randall (Junior) 1,700 passing yards 14 tds (1000 rush/18 td)

Keep in mind Randall is playing against much better competition as well. Randall has a great arm, and just from watching his highlights, you know he could be a great college QB.

I'm sure the coaches love both players, and see both as players who could start at QB for us in the future.

If I had to pick one player to move right now though, I'd probably move Mariota to a different position, just because he has far less experience than Randall, and his speed could be deadly at WR. But again, who knows, just don't bring Harper as an example of an athletic QB... Because he was never a QB. Randall on the other hand IS a QB, and that should be his position in college.

As one poster said earlier, we'll be okay for a while at QB since Kelly will have enough QBs to fill out a complete depth chart.

AutzenMember · Post by **AutzenMember** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:06 pm

After watching Randall's highlights on youtube, I was most impressed by his decision-making ability. The arm is there, the legs are there, but time after time after time, during an 8 minute highlight video, he hit the open receiver. He didn't looked locked on either, rather making reads and hitting the open guy every time. I also liked that while buying time with his legs in the pocket, he often stayed in passing mode, rather than tucking it. He was hitting guys on the run with accuracy.

He is a great find for the Oregon offense, IMO. I don't see him moving to another position.

Post by **greenyellow** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:33 pm

I wouldn't count him as an official commit until he actually visits but does seem as if he's ours for now. I bet he decided to pull the trigger because he didn't want to keep waiting for Florida to offer and to get it out of the way before his senior year.

AnarchistDuck · Post by **AnarchistDuck** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:05 pm

Let's hope for no more Ethan Grants.

Post by **greenyellow** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:14 pm

AnarchistDuck wrote:Let's hope for no more Ethan Grants.

I have a feeling that it may end up like that.

GrandpaDuck · Post by **GrandpaDuck** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:21 pm

greenyellow wrote:
AnarchistDuck wrote:Let's hope for no more Ethan Grants.
I have a feeling that it may end up like that.

<cough> <cough> Dominique Easley <cough> <cough>

ncduck · Post by **ncduck** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:24 pm

Funny, I was just going to say that I the opposite. He seems to be very interested in Oregon. He knows that MM already intends to commit and then decided to verbal to us anyway. To me it feels a little different. I guess there's no real evidence either way at this point.

I just don't see the point in speculating that he'll end up decommitting like Ethan Grant.

Post by **dthomas=ddixon** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:41 pm

Ethan Grant decommitted because we got 3 RBs that were all better than him. If Randall decommits because we sign 3 QBs all rated higher than him then we obviously won't be dissapointed. & this isn't even comparable to Easley. Randall isn't going to blow up & end up the top QB in the country & #3 (or whatever it was) rated prospect over all like Easley.

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