'14 OH QB DeShone Kizer (Notre Dame Signee)

[Te'o4Heisman]

I watched 5 minutes of his film. He's not the best QB right now, but he has every measurable you'd want in a future QB. He has time on his side, and if he gets stronger he can become a super-star IMO.

Marcus Mariota v2 in 2 years

 

[SoIll]

he can throw a fastball in the 90's, and a heck of a basketball player as well.. He never has put 100% of his time into one sport. Wait until he keeps his mind on football and football only..Most kids now a days pick 1 or 2 sports and concentrate on them. With him working less amount of time as most of the QB prospects around the country have, the kid is still an elite prospect and moving up in the rankings quickly.. The skys the limit for DeShone.. Big time get for the irish

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Marcus Mariota v2 in 2 years

I pray you're right.

 

[clashmore_mike]

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[IrishLax]

Actually reminded me most of Kaepernick with the size/rawness/athletic ability/arm strength/baseball link... but we'll see if he actually develops. There is a lot of development to go between now and him being a productive QB at the next level.

 

[arrowryan]

I really hope he is an EE

 

[FearTheBeard]

You cant teach size, and you cant make someone be a leader. Im not sure what kind of leader he may be on his team but being 6'5 is a huge upside. He can pack on some muscle and his arm strength will improve, add that size with his athleticism and he could be a very good quarterback for us.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Actually reminded me most of Kaepernick with the size/rawness/athletic ability/arm strength/baseball link... but we'll see if he actually develops. There is a lot of development to go between now and him being a productive QB at the next level.

Good point.

 

[arrowryan]

I agree with the Kaepernick/Marriota comparison. His size and athletic ability really sets himself up for big numbers if he can get the mental aspect of it down.

 

[koonja]

FWIW his ESPN rating is an 83, which is one of our highest recruits.

DeShone Kizer - Football Recruiting - Player Profiles - ESPN

 

[koonja]

He has a better release than Kapernick.

 

[stlnd01]

FWIW his ESPN rating is an 83, which is one of our highest recruits.

DeShone Kizer - Football Recruiting - Player Profiles - ESPN

ESPN sucks.

 

[Buster Bluth]

Sought after local recruit goes for Notre Dame - ToledoNewsNow.com: News, Weather & Sports for Toledo, OH

Decent length to the interview in this one.

 

[STLDomer]

 

[NDdomer2]

is central catholic going away from the lighter greythey used to have?

 

[ThePiombino]

ESPN sucks.

Don't see the need for italics.

 

[clashmore_mike]

is central catholic going away from the lighter greythey used to have?

how far back are you talking? this is from 2012.

 

[BGIF]

Don't see the need for italics.

It was misdirection.

 

[NDdomer2]

how far back are you talking? this is from 2012.

i just thought they had that light grey/silver exactly like osu

 

[koonja]

Notre Dame football recruiting: QB Kizer commits to Irish - southbendtribune.com

 

[dublinirish]

ND takes the best QB in Ohio 2nd year in a row right?

 

[Fbolt]

BOOM!

btw-I also thought silver and red. I guess I have been away too long!! Returning this summer for a visit with fam/friends and get me some of that J&G's pizza! Yum!!!

 

[bigedefense]

Don't mean to be a downer but 99% of recruits say that including probably almost all of our recent decommits.

Not saying he won't be solid because I think he will be but just saying him saying that isn't that big of a deal

I am not at ease with him being "completely committed". The way he talked about Cam Cameron & how close he was to him worries me. The way I read it, if it weren't for a 15 hour drive, he'd be going to LSU. I hope I'm wrong, but I could see ole Les working overtime to get him to flip to LSU. Partly because of his athletic ability, but mainly to repay ND for the Keil fiasco, I think the coaching staff at LSU pulling out all the stops.

 

[vmgsf]

3.4 GPA at a Catholic high school. Almost as many A's as B's. I think DeShone is a very intelligent and motivated young man who knows that Notre Dame is a world class university and that he will work and earn a Notre Dame degree that will set him up for the next 50 years .

 

[T Town Tommy]

Hell... I'm a Bama fan and got excited for the Irish when Kizer committed yesterday. Raw talent but coachable no doubt. Get him on campus and get him some technique training along with a little weight training and he will be fine.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

is central catholic going away from the lighter greythey used to have?

Okay, full disclosure; I went to St. Johns, but most of my family went to Central.

Central used to have uniforms that looked just like the Buckeyes, but had a Green shamrock on the plain old Buckeye silver helmet. To answer your question, yes. Central has gotten away from the standard colors and uniforms.

Central High school was like the fourth or fifth Catholic high school in Toledo. But it was the first openly co-ed, and has been in the same location for the longest of any school building. It is located on Cherry Street, right across from St Vincent's Mercy Medical Center, about ten blocks from the downtown proper district. North of Cherry Street is where the North side began, (a la, Jamie Farr, Cpl. Klinger from M*A*S*H). Along the river to the east, was the ethnically mixed North side, as you headed west and north, The next big street was Lagrange. That was the Polish north side. The Poles kept their neighborhoods, through the 60's, 70's and 80's. As the area around CCHS became more and more run down, many people sent their kids to the more suburban Catholic schools. So Central became the most racially integrated, and yet stayed Polish, the most.

Central was the epitome of an Irish Catholic institution in the twenties. They actually played football to win the right to the colors scarlet and gray. But they were fightin' Irish through and through. St Johns had the Navy and Gold. And Central represented the attitude of most Toledo Catholics, let alone Ohio Catholics; they rooted for the Irish and the Buckeyes. Woody understood that. That is why he never scheduled the Irish. In fact, he used to claim to be the best Notre Dame recruiter ever. If he couldn't get a kid, he would turn him to ND to keep him away from Michigan!

One final thing, Central Catholic was one enlightened community, in terms of a subject that remained taboo in an otherwise bigoted community of the Greater Toledo Area. There were many more interracial relationships. For example, a lot of you are familiar with Alicia Keys. Well her biography lists her as having grown up in Hell's Kitchen. I can tell you this, I used to watch and listen to Alicia sing in Blessed Sacrament's choir, at least in the summers. Her mom, was one of the 'hot' Central girls I remember so well. Central was a melting pot of Polish, Italian, Scots, Irish, and African blood, among others. And in the last thirty years, Central has moved from a rat infested building in a neighborhood of drug dealers, to a revitalized school, rebuilt and clean, in a rehabilitated area with a large and secure campus. Everything about the kid that come out of that school smacks of winners. The and their parents work (literally doing maintenance) and raise money to keep that school world class. That is why when I welcomed DeShone, I made mention first of him "Staying within the Irish tradition."

 

[NDdomer2]

Hell... I'm a Bama fan and got excited for the Irish when Kizer committed yesterday. Raw talent but coachable no doubt. Get him on campus and get him some technique training along with a little weight training and he will be fine.

you sure you just didn't want him in Baton Rouge, cuz I have heard that he in fact does have the chest to play for LSU

 

[T Town Tommy]

you sure you just didn't want him in Baton Rouge, cuz I have heard that he in fact does have the chest to play for LSU

Too intelligent for LSU. Plus, he don't eat grass as you can tell from him skinny frame. Actually, kinda glad to see Urban losing out on several top prospects in his own state. That should make everyone happy.

 

[NDdomer2]

Notre Dame football recruiting: QB Kizer commits to Irish - southbendtribune.com

The Irish started to envision Kizer as a potential fit in Kelly's spread offense over the past few weeks. Kizer and quarterbacks coach Chuck Martin have been speaking almost once every other day for the past three weeks.

"We've gotten to know each other really well," Kizer said. "We've only had a short amount of time, but within this amount of time, we've been able to learn that we're alike. We're really straightforward guys. He tells me like it is and I tell him like it is. I know that as long as we're honest and straightforward with each other, that he's going to make me into the best quarterback I can possibly be."

I think Coach Martin rubs a lot of these kids the wrong way because he doesn't tend to their needs like most of these recruiters do. That is his style of coaching so it is probably better to be upfront with kids that "this is how I'm going to be if you come here," than treat a kid like he is god, then he shows up for camp and is like who the hell is this guy.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

I think Coach Martin rubs a lot of these kids the wrong way because he doesn't tend to their needs like most of these recruiters do. That is his style of coaching so it is probably better to be upfront with kids that "this is how I'm going to be if you come here," than treat a kid like he is god, then he shows up for camp and is like who the hell is this guy.

Really important observation.

But it breaks both ways. As you know, as well as anyone, it is how you get more out of your players.

For recruiting, if you team him up with another recruiter, I think it could be a win-win.