Below is an excerpt from an article by Harry Minium:
04 AUGUST 2013 | 9:26 PM
Sizing up who may back up Heinicke as ODU opens practice
Shane McCarley, a 6-foot, 202-pound true freshman from Manvel High in suburban Houston, Texas, will compete for playing time from the start.
He’s the highest-rated quarterback recruit ODU has ever signed. Rated the nation’s 51st-best high school by ESPN, he was the Houston Touchdown Club Player of the Year and Fox Sports Texas High School Player of the Year.
He has incredible talent – he completed 227 of 349 passes for 4,101 yards and 55 touchdowns as a senior, and, no, that’s not a misprint.
He passed for 8,816 yards and 111 touchdowns in his high school career.
McCarley turned down Houston, Louisiana Tech and a dozen other Conference USA and Sun Belt schools.
Quarterbacks coach Ron Whitcomb said ODU would like to redshirt McCarley and won’t burn a year of his eligibility in mop-up duty.
But if for some reason Heinicke is unable to play, McCarley could be the guy under center.
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Let’s all hope that Heinicke stays healthy and McCarley gets a redshirt year. If so, we may see a real quarterback controversy a couple of years down the road after Bentley gets here. Wilder will earn his money sorting that one out – but what a problem to have!
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http://hamptonroads.com/2013/08/sizing-w...s-practice