‘23 CA QB Nicholaus Iamaleava (Tennessee)

#1,603
#1,603
cncchris33 said:
It's a steal if he pans out and is a 1st round pick. If he's the next JG, Quinten Dormady, or Harrison Bailey, then it's a foolish investment. Quite a gamble to take given our recent history at the position.
Click to expand...
None of those were 5*s. Not even close to a top 5/10 player. There is a big gap between those level of players.

Think of recent top 5 QBs...you have Tlaw...Young...Fields...and so on.

Merely top 100-200 QBs are a dime a dozen and, yes, certainly wouldn't be worth as much.
 
  • Like
Reactions: VolNash17 and VolByLaw
#1,604
#1,604
PYSCHO said:
Arch Manning does not need nil money
Click to expand...
Arch doesn't have a single dime to his name unless his daddy or uncle have gifted him some or he's worked on the side and saved a little. This would be his own money. Not every rich family gives cash to their kids, even if they're well taken care of. Many will tell the kid to go make their own way.
 
  • Like
Reactions: HeadVol77, volinSmyrna, PYSCHO and 3 others
#1,605
#1,605
247 article on him. Says he has the most growth left of the top 3 QBs.

Also didn't realize he was now #3 overall on 247 and with a legit shot of becoming #1...

Opportunities on hand for the next 10 months will give Iamaleava a chance to finish as the No. 1-ranked QB in 2023 when all is said and done.

"I definitely think Nico has a legitimate opportunity to finish as the No. 1 guy,” Singletary said. "It’s exciting to see all three of these young kids and all three bring something different to the table. They’re all very talented and all at three different places in their development. ... There's still a long way to go. Hopefully we can see them compete with each other this summer. Then there's the senior year and then the post-season All-American Games. Nico can be that No. 1 guy if he continues to progress at the rate he's developing now".
Click to expand...

Screenshot_20220302-125453_Chrome.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: InVOLuntary, HeadVol77, BigOrangeGoose and 4 others
#1,606
#1,606
Devo182 said:
None of those were 5*s. Not even close to a top 5/10 player. There is a big gap between those level of players.

Think of recent top 5 QBs...you have Tlaw...Young...Fields...and so on.

Merely top 100-200 QBs are a dime a dozen and, yes, certainly wouldn't be worth as much.
Click to expand...
I believe Bailey ended up a 5*. And I believe JG was the top dual threat in his class, a 4*. There are reasons not to put too much faith in recruit rankings.
 
  • Like
Reactions: HeadVol77 and onevol74
#1,611
#1,611
Devo182 said:
None of those were 5*s. Not even close to a top 5/10 player. There is a big gap between those level of players.

Think of recent top 5 QBs...you have Tlaw...Young...Fields...and so on.

Merely top 100-200 QBs are a dime a dozen and, yes, certainly wouldn't be worth as much.
Click to expand...
Harrison Bailey absolutely was a 5* QB (Rivals). Not a top 5 overall player necessarily, but both he and Guarantano were both top-3 at their position.
 
#1,613
#1,613
cncchris33 said:
Harrison Bailey absolutely was a 5* QB (Rivals). Not a top 5 overall player necessarily, but both he and Guarantano were both top-3 at their position.
Click to expand...

Doesn't really matter. The list of composite 5* QB busts is long, with or without our favorite failures.
 
#1,618
#1,618
SSVol said:
The list of 5* QB busts is long. I'm shocked at the numbers being thrown around before a guy takes his first college snap. Now if the deals are are backloaded in such a way that performance will ultimately affect the outcome, then maybe.
Click to expand...
Think about the deals JG, Hunter Johnson, Gunner Kiel and all the guys who can’t beat out Stetson Bennett would have gotten
 
  • Like
Reactions: SSVol
#1,619
#1,619
BondJamesBond said:
I believe Bailey ended up a 5*. And I believe JG was the top dual threat in his class, a 4*. There are reasons not to put too much faith in recruit rankings.
Click to expand...
Bailey finished #99. Not even close to a 5*.

While JG just happened to be #1 dt-qb that year, he was still #79. That just tells you it was a very weak dt-qb class.

QBs in the 75-250 range are very hit or miss. QBs that are top 5/10? Much less so.

What ultimately matters is what you're ranked overall, which adjusts for weak/strong classes. And we haven't had a 5* and especially a top 10 overall qb in 2+ decades.

People putting up our recent mid-level, 4* QBs as a barometer aren't accounting for just how big the gap is between them and Nico.
 
  • Like
Reactions: VolNash17
#1,622
#1,622
unfrozencvmanvol said:
Bailey was a 4 star on the composite, but he was a 5 star on Rivals.
Click to expand...
It's even worse than that. Nobody on Rivals wanted him a 5*...except one...who was very vocal about going to bat for HB and yelled from the mountaintop how he was the only guy that saw the specialness in him...a very special guy that singlehandedly pushed him in....

I present to you, Spoons Farrell.
 
  • Like
Reactions: VolNash17 and unfrozencvmanvol
#1,624
#1,624
If we don’t pay them someone else will. So you have to decide if your in the game to win big or not.

Seeing how we just raised over a quarter million in half a work day as regular fans then a couple million from rich business dudes not looking so hard spread out over multiple years. You could see people make them incentive based to protect against bust potential and transfers
 
  • Like
Reactions: titansvolsfaninga and PA Vol
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.
Advertisement





Back
Top