Per Gerry Hamilton of ESPN, 4-star quarterback Jerod Evans will be taking an official visit along with his little brother, quarterback Caleb Evans, this weekend to Virginia Tech
Trinity Valley JC QB @rodfor6_ on his way to #VirginiaTech for OV. A potentially impactful prospect for the #Hokies. @jeremycrabtree— Gerry Hamilton (@HamiltonESPN) December 11, 2015
Evans has played the last two seasons at Trinity Valley Community College (Athens, TX). He is rated as a four star quarterback by 247Sports and is 6'4 200 pounds. He would have two years of eligibility.
Here is film from his freshman season at Trinity. He throws an accurate ball and has a couple of nice look-aways on the free safety to eliminate over the top help on deep throws. He looks like a strong runner as well.
His most recent HUDL video is below.
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Big dude, runs well and makes people miss.
He carries the ball a little low in passing drop backs, but he gets rid of it quick.
Glad he's visiting. He's with his brother, that is very interesting scenario.
EDIT: Read your post.
You're Brothers? Why yes! Virginia Tech is in the Brothers business!
I just hope that we don't offer Caleb in the hopes of snagging his brother and end up with an Asante situation
I've read that Caleb plans on walking on where ever his brother ends up.
That's great!
I mentioned this in another thread, but on October 7th, Evans had two offers: UAB (who really doesn't even have a program currently) and Memphis. Fuente has been on this guy for a while. Same article said he was a potential mid-term enrollee, so could be here in a few weeks.
It's hard to say how this level of competition compares, but its certainly better than almost all HS competition we see. Evans is ready to come in and compete. I'm expecting him to commit this weekend.
I hope you are right. Also, Scott Frost has been recruiting him since he was at Oregon according to Evans' coach in a free 247 article just posted that says its down to Mizzou and VT.
Fuente apparently has been on this kid like white on rice for a while. Certainly looks as good as a prospect as some of the other big-time JUCO QB's recently. Many schools don't recruit JUCO Qb's for obvious reasons so that has surely limited his offers.
He can sign a LOI as soon as next Wednesday IIRC. That would be some damn huge momentum moving forward.
This is correct. He is an early enrollee anyway though, so he's going to be on a campus in January
With Allen transferring out, I'm concerned that Texas A&M could easily swoop in and take him.
They have two 5* behind Allen once Tate Martell gets on campus. I don't think they are worried about getting this guy.
edit: So this turned out to be maybe the dumbest statement I've ever made
Martell won't be there until 2017.
Eddie Martel?
Brooke Langton flashback.
Nice collarbones.
Lovely, errrrrrr, smile, too.
Daddy likey
...but that girl behind her is going to eat her brain! Noooooooooooooo!!!!!! Why God? Why???????
Forgot about that. Still though, they don't need him.
All they have now is Murray (who may play baseball this Spring) and the JuCO guy (Is his name Huebner?) who came in late in the Ole Miss game.
Agreed. I think it's too late at this juncture. JUCOs can sign on Dec 16th I believe and he plans to early enroll anyway so I have a feeling he's far along in the decision process
This is definitely an interesting scenario. Kid gets rid of it pretty quick and makes some nice reads and is able to get on time on target to many of the short to mid range throws. I think deep throws are his weakness and I'd be curious to see some more in depth video on the 25yd+ completions.
He looks like a natural athlete and one thing that jumped out at me was how light he is on his feet. His feet are always moving and he always on his toes. He has a deceptively quick first step and has a great ability to make the first man miss. Along with his light feet, he's able to plant and deliver the short to mid throws and get it to where it needs to be. Perfect fit for CJF's system.
If this kid commits and comes in mid-term as mentioned above (possibly), DL2 and JJ are in SERIOUS trouble!
If he comes here, I could very easily see Lawson bolting, especially if Joshua Jackson is still in the mix.
I don't know him as a person. But it's just crazy to me these kids seem so scared of competition these days. I understand you want playing time, but he would only be in year 2. Redshirt, learn, get better. Earn your job.
Lawson will be on the same level as everyone else. None of these guys have any experience in the system. The best guy will win and if it's not Lawson he will have an opportunity to learn the system and hopefully take the reigns.
Exactly, that's the way its supposed to go
not quite true. Loeffler's "system" is very similar to Fuente's at least in terms of play design. (Maybe not so much in terms of complexity and tempo, but Fuente's is expected to be easier to pick up in that regard)
it's part of the "instant-gratification" mentality we're seeing in players these days. if they can't make it as starters, they go somewhere else to compete for a starting job. it sucks but that's what's happening...
I blame all the participation trophies they started handing out to kids about 20 years ago. Because you know, everyone has to be a winner.... What a joke.
As long as there's room in the pantry, we need to keep stocking it. Injuries happen.
I want the best guy playing QB, but I have a feeling DLaw has the most potential.
Don't know if it matters to anyone but he actually weighed in at 230 lbs this year. Also his stats were from 8 games so he averaged close to 400 yds passing per game.
This kid has thrown for 3,000 yards and 38 TDs this year with 62% completion rating. Talk about impact in recruiting, THIS would be it.
Scott Frost was after this guy at Oregon and he visited UCF but is reportedly only interested in a P5 school.
247 is reporting Odom at Mizzou and Fuente are battling it out. Fuente apparently flew out to visit him just days after being hired at VT and was already recruiting him at Memphis.
FWIW, I checked his 247 profile an hour ago and it listed his status as "cool" for both VT and Mizzou. Both have been elevated to "warm" in the last half hour.
I'm always curious as to why kids end up at JCs. Anyone know his story? Sounds like maybe he wanted to prove himself and get bigger offers?
doesn't look like he was even ranked or even had offers to play football after HS so he went JUCO
Signed up to go to the Air Force and tore his ACL. Decided it wasn't for him and wound up at a very good JUCO for developing QBs.
This weekend is huge for recruiting
Hopefully this will turn into another weekend at the office for us
Hopefully tons of recruits on this weekend including many positions of need, and some JuCo
And thats it, we have a record: 12 straight original posts without a TE joke!
We are entering a new era of Hokie Football!
#JustinTime
Odom and Fuente Battling for top-ranked JUCO QB
You'd have to think that Virginia Tech has the edge, with Fuente having a longer relationship and being the QB guru.
Agreed. Also like the comment by his coach that he's "the best thing to come through this league since you-know-who."
Thats crazy. Saw where Auburn and Texas message boards are going nuts about this guy going somewhere else.
Shhhhhhh
isn't he still committed to another school? I guess he's just taking a look.
No
Impressive.
I have to say that I'm excited about Lawson, but at this point we need depth at QB. I would be thrilled if we got this guy and I would hope that Lawson would stick around. Just because this guy comes here does not mean that he would be the guy.
Lawson has all of the tools, a coach that develops QBs, and is still young. As someone else pointed out, stick around and compete for the spot.
Good weekend for recruiting. Weather is gorgeous right now.
Damn. I thought this was a trump free zone
If it ain't, it oughta be.
Nice, I can see the 5 OL and 6 qb offense coming!
The vision of 11 TE on the field at once is coming true!
Durkin moves to TE, Lawson redshirts, Motley moves to permanent wildcat QB
My dream scenario
aka "none of the above" at QB...
Not to be a negative nancy, but he seems to have a "hitch" in his motion - seems to make his throws die near the end of a long throw too. Kinda like Tebow or Tyrod before it got fixed. Anyone else notice that?
I'm no so sure. I didn't see that "hitch"in his motion. His release is low (but he is 6'4", so I'm not sure how terrible that really is), but seemed pretty quick to me. He locks in and releases very quickly.
He seems to be a quick decision maker and he puts the ball right where it needs to be... and boy does it get there in a hurry!
Hitch might be the wrong term then - just doesn't look like an Eli Manning / Aaron Rodgers type of motion; not smooth and looks a bit jerky. Hence the Tebow comparison.
If so, we'll give Rodney Taylor a call.
Fuente is moving quickly. I am pleased to see this.
Jerod, let me introduce you to my friend JP:
west end is the best end...
to your hunger!
Thanksgiving is a Pie Holliday. This guy may not be a good fit. #teamcake
EVERY DAY IS PIE DAY!!
He looks like he could be a really good QB...but he looks like he can be an outstanding TE!
Yeah Baby!
i like this kid already!
This is fan-fricken-tastic.
Awesome!
That is so cool!
I am digging the Frank respect!
wait.....is that a L-ville football T-shirt he is wearing? (/s)
That's the mascot at the JUCO he attends.
Im big on both these kids. How does the younger brother not have any offers? His tape is pretty good.
No stars?
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2648629/caleb-evans
Lawson, Jackson, Motley, J. Evans, C. Evans, Quillen, Click...Watch Fuente turn Click into a monster that nobody expected haha
Jerod Evans has just committed. Expected to enroll early and compete for starting job. Welcome home Jerod!
Where did you see this?
https://twitter.com/jni123/status/675769428441767939/photo/1
I like it but it's not quite saying he is committed.
mmmm yessssss
Edit: I see he wears #7.
If he's wearing #4, they must be sure Bucky will be back. Haven't heard he wouldn't be, but it would be nice to hear it.
We got em!
Really?!
Ok I am a believer now!
THANK YOU COACH FUENTE!!!!!!!
Prepare for impact.
Also want to point out that Steve Wiltfong of 247 pretty much called this last night when I talked with him. Relationship with Fuente was a big, big deal to him.
SOOOO PUMPEDD. I guess that means we get him and his bro too.
in this photo, looks like the dude with the fedora on the right's hand is covering the girl's face on the left. That would be incredibly long arms.
A Thin Man sighting?
This is just great to see all around. Speaks volumes to how this program can change the recruiting battles now that we have a better idea of the future of our coaching staff! Honestly, bringing in another QB is great and I keep trying to feel good about this even though we all want to see Dwayne Lawson, but if the coaches feel he isn't ready a smart kid wouldn't jump ship to another school. Tyrod played 4 years for us but honestly we didn't see his true skill come out as a QB until late his Junior and into his Senior season. So if this JUCO kids is all that to his stats and film welcome to Hokie Nation! You have a ton of talent on your hands Coach Fuente!
Caleb Evans signed with La Monroe today.
I forgot his brother was in this class. Did we ever offer him a scholarship?
Regardless, best of luck to him.
Nope, he had SF Austin and Texas St offers to go with his LaMonroe.
Wish the kid luck, I really like that family.
SEE??!? FAMILY IS NOT IMPORTANT JAQUAN
/sssssssssssss