Originally posted by TX9R:
Originally posted by nannite:
Originally posted by TexasNiner:
Originally posted by Norwalks_Best:
How about the QB from Ol Miss he is being mention as a good NFL prospect Sneed is his last name I believe?
Anyone have any info on the guy he did beat Florida last year>?
He actually could be the sleeper in all this. He was at Texas for a year or two before realizing he was never going to wrestle the job away from Colt, so he transfered.
Living in Austin, I watched him (Jevan Sneed) since he was recruited. Once he got installed as the full time guy at Ole Miss, he really looked sharp. A good year this year, and he could be in the Heisman running a very possibly a first round consideration or a 2nd round steal.
If he was not as good as McCoy at UT, then he has very little chance of being better than him in the NFL. Players don't mysteriously get better after sitting on the bench for years. Maybe a 3rd or 4th rounder would be good, but he is not worth a first day pick.
This could also be called the Booty/Sanchez corollary. In other words, Sanchez was a worse QB than Booty for his first two years at USC, than has one good year and is expected to be a star in the NFL?
Not at all a good comparison. Booty and Sanchez were competing for an open starting gig. Colt won his job as a freshman, barely, and went on to have one of the best seasons a freshman has ever had as a QB. From that point Snead knew he'd never see the field so he left.
And the main reason Colt won the job was because he had a head start on Snead. Colt graduated from HS a semester early, so he was on the team and practicing during the season (as Vince Young's backup) a year before Jevan got to UT.
The next summer, with Colt getting his first chance to compete for the starting job as a redshirt freshman, and with Jevan as a true freshman, Colt had the edge because he knew the playbook and he teammates.
But even from the first scrimmage practice that summer, Snead was impressive and it was no easy choice between the two talented young QBs. Still, Snead hung around in hope of getting his shot. But when Colt got hurt the following year, and even though Snead played well (but not great), it became obvious that the coaching staff had settled on Colt at that point because of his experience, even if skills were close to equal, Snead transferred because he knew he wouldn't start for at least a couple seasons.
When he did, he almost instantly became a starter (as soon as he was eligible) and has looked great ever since. Timing was the main reason he didn't win the job over McCoy. If you give any two young QBs with relatively equal talent a chance to win the job, but one has a year in the system and one was playing HS ball a couple months ago, who do you think would get the job?
