(04-30-2014 11:20 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(04-30-2014 10:26 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(04-30-2014 10:21 AM)Crump1 Wrote:  Definitely thread worthy. It is the new trend to fill a big gap at QB in this manner but it is not easy. He seems to have the phsyical attributes at least.

Rivals had him as 16th best QB in 2010. ESPN had him at 91st in 2010. He could be good, but a ranking system alone might not be enough to jump on the bandwagon. Id like to see more of his stats. Nice offseason grab.

For some reason, the super high ranked players haven't seemed to work for Troy lately. We had a guy at corner a year or two ago that was the #2 corner (ESPN, #6 on Rivals) from 2011 I believe. He was second string most of the season. We had Josh Jarboe (#3 WR on ESPN from 2007 or 2008) who did little at Troy but made waves at Arkansas State.

Jarboe is a curious case. He had a great coach at the JUCO he went too between Troy and ASU, and Freeze became a father figure for him in his year here. I'm not sure it was as much as never living up to his potential at OU or Troy, or simply his inability to stay out of trouble.

The New York Times article on Jarboe indicated that when he arrived at juco it finally dawned on him that he was in danger of losing all his dreams and he had a coach who demanded accountability but also ran interference with the campus police who were regularly stopping him to see if they could come up with something to charge him with.

He ended up having to meet not just with Freeze but the AD and chancellor before AState agreed to offer a scholarship and it worked out great. Got his degree in psychology and was very active in using his free time to talk in the local schools.