ReasonablySober wrote:Kerb Hohl wrote:MVP2110 wrote:So far through the spring practices it seems Van Dyke & Locke have split QB1 reps which is interesting
I'm not sure what to think of that. I know that Locke has the arm/potential to be something - but I think I saw enough last year that he's so short I'm not sure he's going to be a great QB.
I've seen enough of TVD the last three years to know he won't be a great QB.
I know we had a very long argument here. He's a top ~30 national QB. The upside beyond that isn't great - but he's a solid starting power conference QB with some NFL arm talent.
It's unlikely that an unopened box that is a younger player exceeds that.
Here's a comparison of their redshirt freshman years:
TVD: 10 games 62% 2931 yards 25 TD 6 INT with 9 Y/A.
Locke: 5 games 50% 777 yards 5 TD 1 INT with 5.5 Y/A
There are variables such as talent around them, but TVD was not throwing to NFL superstars and they went 7-5 at Miami. TVD then had some ups and downs but I'm just trying to illustrate how good TVD was as a freshman and Locke would need to have a monumental leap to catch him.