#Hokies QB Knox Kadum has put his name in the transfer portal, @TheAthletic has learned. Served as a backup the last few years. Was 16-for-30 for 219 yards in his career. Originally was a JMU commit before flipping to VT.— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) December 1, 2021
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Not shocking. Best of luck KK!
So that leaves us with 1?
Burmeister (if he comes back for his r-sr year), Blumrick, Bullock
I hope Burmeister doesn't play another year. Not because I don't like the kid, I just think that he's not that great of a QB and after the past two years he SERIOUSLY needs to think about the long term impact on his body.
He needs to go the Julian Edelman route and become a slot receiver.
My thought exactly. He's got some serious (enough) speed that he could make a lot of noise in his last year. My only concern is that he'd be broken the first time our QB lays one out over the middle and he can't protect himself.
What makes you think he'd make a good slot receiver other than he's fast (but even not the right kind of fast) and he's not really big?
100% catch rate
100% TD rate
Well that's one way to end the argument
It's concerning that Jerod Evans is apparently the ideal QB in Fuente's system. It's like the system necessitates a Cam Newton style quarterback; Big bodied runnner who can make one read and take off if it isn't there.
Maybe a system that allows him to actually make passing reads wouldn't destroy his body in the same way.
Maybe the new OC can scheme an offense where our quarterback doesn't get hit 20 times a game. I think that's probably a good idea.
I still think it would be too little, too late. The kid has taken a beating this year and as we all know it'll just get worse with age. If he's twirling his arm before every play now, what's it going to be like @ 35?
Honestly, the way he was used this year he was better off staying committed to JMU. Probably would have received better coaching as well.
Guess it's Tahj Time
Don't discount Pry and the new OC bringing someone in via the portal
I would be disappointed if they didn't. I'm all for starting a young guy, especially since there's probably going to be some so so years while Pry rebuilds. But going into a season with Burmeister (maybe), a redshirt freshman, and a true freshman would be almost a direct rewind of this past season.
Doesn't have to be the next Jerod Evans, but if the backup QB can't be trusted to throw the ball next year, it could be a very long season.
Dillon Gabriel, wassup
Anthony Richardson is my vote.
Don't discount the possibility of an Orji
BB, Tahj, and Orji for next season
Honestly, credit to BB, he took a beating and kept coming back for more, but with his accuracy...I'm hoping QB1 is Tahj, or someone from the portal.
I don't think QB1 is on the roster.
No offense to Tahj, but Fuente's atrocious QB development makes me think that whoever is starting next year has to be someone who learned under a better OC/HC.
Have you considered there may be a correlation between the beating and the accuracy?
I think the biggest problem with BB was the lack of a quality backup forced/caused Cornelson to make BB one-dimensional - and it was his worst dimension.
Now he's no all-conf QB and I'd have no issue with getting a better QB out of the portal. But that's not likely and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him as the starter next year.
Curious why you don't think it's likely we'll get a better QB out of the portal? QBs transfer every year. Heck, we had two QBs transfer out last year alone. I think it's entirely possible to get a better QB out of the portal this off season. Especially if we hire an OC who was already working with a better QB somewhere else and that QB follows him to VT. In fact, I almost think it's less likely that we won't get a better QB out of the portal. I'd really like to get your rationale on this point.
Yeah we need a good QB from the portal and with the massive amount of coaching change this offseason I expect the portal to be busy.
No reason to think we can upgrade the position via the portal. And that is much more of an indictment on Fuente, Corny et. al -- not a criticism of the guys we have on the roster right now. They were let down by horrendous coaching, and will need some time to develop into (hopefully) quality QBs.
Maybe you're right. It's certainly much more likely if BB decides he's done or someone else decides it for him.
But if he stays, it seems to me it means 1) Pry and the new OC like BB enough for their 1st year, or 2) they can't get a stud QB to replace him or even a solid QB willing to go through a competition.
But it will be a delicate dance to go after a "better" QB if BB decides to stay and he isn't dissuaded from doing so.
I see where you're coming from now. I hadn't interpreted it that way so I appreciate the clarification.
I guess you have a point that if BB stays the coaches may just ride with him. I think he's very limited as a passer, though, so I have to imagine that a new coach is going to try pretty hard to get a more talented option in the fold immediately.
How much of it was also due to lack of development of the receivers? Did we see any receivers get any better from where they started the past few years? If so, how many and how much better? There's accuracy, but there's also scheming to get receivers open. And some of that I'm sure relates to the WR coaching and selling certain routes, etc.
I think this was absolutely a part of it - in this day and age, it was astounding to me how often everybody was locked up.
But I also saw BB fail to dump off to an outlet more than a few times.
No. Clips from the offseason showed us, before he took a single pop this season, how inaccurate he is.
Also, just rewatch the Richmond game, long before the season worth of abuse. He couldn't connect with open receivers all day
The Richmond game was the 4th game of the season. He got pretty dinged up well before that game.
Ok, look up WVU, or Mid Tenn or UNC, missing open receivers all over the field all day. Inexcusable misthrows. Like I said, I give him credit, but he ain't the guy
Just a couple examples
I'm going to apologize if this is your twitter account and some of his stuff is correct but they picked apart some of BB's misses like the ball just teleports to open guys without any account of where the defenders in the area are.
And this isn't to say that Braxton was accurate. He's all over the place and doesn't have good arm strength. I'm just picking a bone with that twitter account because I thought it all season long and it drove me insane.
EDIT: Actually you linked one that I had issue with and there plenty of examples in that thread:
https://twitter.com/VT_JoeRogers_38/status/1440028980900503552/photo/1
BB has a DL upright directly in his throwing lane here, he also can't throw a 20 yard laser so he'd have to put some touch on this ball over the middle. Well guess what there are 10 defenders in frame. You can literally see the high safety's shadow right between the hashes. Throw that ball and you either throw a pick or your WR is in the emergency room.
All good, it's not me. But there are a TON of examples from every game that indicate he is simply not an accurate passer
Certainly, but I'll die on the hill of that guy being awful at watching film and turning everything south even when the correct read was made.
Enough of that now. We agree he's been consistently inaccurate even when he's had guys wide open.
Best of wishes to you Knox! Hokie Nation thanks you for your services and you will always be a Hokie
Totally understandable. Go get a chance to show what you can do Knox!
Good luck Knox.
It was pretty clear the level of competition was probably above him, and FuCorn did him no favors. Hopefully he can find success at the lower levels.
Not sure what game film is giving you that conclusion... I don't think we know???
Yeah, considering there didn't seem to be a lot of trust in the starting QBs, not sure Corny was going to give the kid a "let's see what you've got" and open the playbook for him. Maybe if we were destroying our weaker competition, but that wasn't happening either.
Good luck but also glad to have that scholarship back.
So Making Room for Spencer Rattler? Best of luck kid, wherever you end up
I admit, that rattled through my mind.
That being said, Good Luck KK. Best of luck to you in the future.
It's absolutely, flabbergastingly infuriating that Knox was with the program for 3 years and Fuente didn't trust him to pass the ball. I feel for this guy and hopefully, he lands with an actual QB whisperer. Lord knows he didn't find one here.
It wasn't just KK. Fuente did not trust any QB to throw anything except a screen or fade; the middle of the field did not exist for our passing offense.
Perhaps this had something to do with Ryan Willis throwing endless INTs over the middle before those guys arrived in Blacksburg
Willis didn't throw over the middle that much either.
Just further emphasizes my point: Fuente is shit when it comes to QB development.
Good luck, Knox. I don't think anyone will be surprised by this one. Hopefully he can go someplace and get some playing time, whether it's FCS or G5.
Can't blame the kid after sitting behind people in the depth chart and then when called upon being used in a capacity that he's not suited for. Hopefully he ends up somewhere good and gets some decent playing time.
We need 7 players to enter the portal to take advantage of the one-year increase to the scholarship limit (25 FB signings up to 32 just for this year). Not sure what our total portal count is at, but that will be a nice boost for the incoming coaches to fill out the roster with their guys.
Bold Strategy Cotton
Hopefully a couple RBs? How many are graduating? 10 is a lot and we have 2 more coming in.
I 100% understand it if the old coaching staff were still here, but not with a whole new offensive staff coming in.
With the way he was utilized the past few years, it going to be hard for him to get a good opportunity someplace else, especially with schools needed to cut back down to 85 scholarships.
Right now he's the back-up to an injury prone starter at a power 5 school. Not a terrible situation. Sure, the new coach could bring in a transfer, but you might as well wait and see how the spring plays out.
Who knows, maybe Pry has had a "likelihood of playing time" discussion with some of the players. If we start seeing more portal entries, that may be why. Pry needs roster space for transfers in, right?
I doubt Pry has had time to evaluate the roster and have playing time discussions yet.
I wasn't saying the whole roster, maybe just pieces. Like QBs, if he needs roster space for a QB transfer in. Granted that kinda assumes he has an OC already who would want to bring in a different QB. So who knows. After thinking about it, seems likely that he wouldn't have. But who knows how long Whit has had him locked up that he could have been identifying potential staff and watching our games. Maybe he even could have stumbled on French's reviews 🤷♂️
Best of Luck; would recommend fcs school
in a strange twist he goes to UNC and leads them to a natty! /s
Kadum has a new home. McNeese State
Oof, I feel kinda bad for him. He probably could have been a great at JMU. Would have gotten better QB coaching. Cole Johnson was nothing special the past two years, and Ben DiNucci (for his brief NFL career) was hardly a top 5 JMU quarterback - easily could have seen Knox playing somewhere between those two.
I hope he tears it up there. Good luck to him.