'09 IN QB Morgan Newton (Kentucky Verbal)

[GoshenGipper]

Morgan Newton (6'4"/195lbs)
Carmel High School (Carmel, IN)

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[GoshenGipper]

 

[GoshenGipper]

Morgan attended ND's recent camp, and he already has verbal offers from IU and Purdue.

 

[GoshenGipper]

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Morgan has also started to recieve interest from some of the bigger schools in the Big Ten like Ohio State, and Michigan as well as quite a few smaller programs in the Mid-west.

 

[Junkhead]

What position would ND project him at??

 

[Rizzophil]

qb

 

[GoshenGipper]

I would guess QB, but it's still really early in the process for Morgan so you never know.

 

[OCIrish]

He does have good size, but not knowing how he throws, or what is 40 time is, kind of hard to tell where he might end up at.

 

[johnnd05]

I got a teeny peek into an article saying he was at the GT game and that he had a nice time and was impressed with ND despite the loss.

 

[ColinKSU]

Do we really need another athletic QB that Charlie won't know how to use? Worked really well the last time.

How this kid is as a drop-back passer is the big question because those are the QBs who fit in this offense. I've never seen him play, so I've got no clue.

Guys like Dennis Dixon, Chase Daniel or Pat White are fantastic spark plugs for a spread offense, but how do they do in Pro-Style offenses? I'd like to think Charlie learned his lesson from the Jones fiasco that he should stick to his strengths as an OC.

 

[Ricochet]

Do we really need another athletic QB that Charlie won't know how to use? Worked really well the last time.

How this kid is as a drop-back passer is the big question because those are the QBs who fit in this offense. I've never seen him play, so I've got no clue.

Guys like Dennis Dixon, Chase Daniel or Pat White are fantastic spark plugs for a spread offense, but how do they do in Pro-Style offenses? I'd like to think Charlie learned his lesson from the Jones fiasco that he should stick to his strengths as an OC.

I've yet to see him play but what I've been told is that he's more of a athletic pro style QB rather than a dual threat QB.

 

[ColinKSU]

If that's true, then cool.

I just don't ever want to see the "Take 10 shotgun snaps, one of which is a lame-duck pass, and then fumble on three of 9 other designed (I hope) scrambles" offense ever again.

 

[GoshenGipper]

Morgan now has offer from Indiana, Purdue, Iowa, Minnesota, and Louisville.

 

[roto-stud]

If Rivals rates him a 4 star... he should be listed as pro style or dual threat...

 

[Irish52]

The D. Jones so-called fiasco was due to the ego of D. Jones....he didn't know how to deal with disappointment and wasn't willing to learn how to do so. Look at Clausen...he too faced disappointment but rebounded nicely and will go on to have a great career...even with the possibility of playing second to Crist. I really think Jones would have done a lot of qtrbking last year at Notre Dame if he had stayed...but life will go on without him.

 

[fwirish24]

I saw Morgan play at the 5a state championship this year
he didnt make any mistake but he didnt make any big plays either
but he is still a good player and they ended up winning

 

[laxkid23]

If you haven't watched this kids film, do yourself justice and do so. He really is what he says, he is a passing first QB. Not like Terrelle Pryor who instantly runs out of every formation. This kid does have great speed, but doesn't really have all those set runs. He can pass pretty well from watching him, I think he could be a project for us, but a very succesful one in the end.

 

[Irish52]

Morgan Newton

Morgan Newton

This kid should have received an offer long time ago. He is a natural for the qtrbk position. First, he is super qualified academically----a must trait for a qtrbk who is expected to know the telephone-book size play book. He is physically gifted at 6'5",215 lbs and runs like a deer. I'm really puzzled as to why we haven't offered this young man who lives in our back yard in Indiana. Anybody have any more info on this kid?

 

[piyachi]

Well the staff is probably going to be very selective about recruiting a QB this year after getting Clausen and Crist.

Potential reasons:
a - he is a dual-threat quarterback. After the DD experiment blew up in Weis' face I doubt he is rushing out to try it again, especially since it isn't his area of expertise.
b - maybe he just didn't impress with his arm? His stats didn't stand out - (he had something like 700 yards in the air last year if I recall correctly). So maybe the staff doesn't think his arm lives up to his running ability and size.
c - Maybe he isn't interested? I know in-state tends to draw a lot of kids but who knows... Maybe he wants to go to a school with a similar offense, or hates cold winters...

There are plenty of potential reasons.... if the staff thinks he is their guy they will offer. Let it play out.

 

[SoCalDomer]

the staf is probably reviewing film on more juniors as we speak. there will probably be additional offers going out soon.

gonna merge this with newton's thread.

 

[BDIrish4ever]

This kid should have received an offer long time ago. He is a natural for the qtrbk position. First, he is super qualified academically----a must trait for a qtrbk who is expected to know the telephone-book size play book. He is physically gifted at 6'5",215 lbs and runs like a deer. I'm really puzzled as to why we haven't offered this young man who lives in our back yard in Indiana. Anybody have any more info on this kid?

Irish52 may have a point guys. With Clausen and Crist, this may be the year to take a "project QB". You don't expect or need him to play anytime soon, so he would have plenty of time to develop (remember Kevin McDougal).

 

[MirageSmack]

I know he's off our borad, but I'm gonna say that Morgan commits to UK next week, even though they just signed Mossakowski last week. Morgan is a 3* on one service, and a 5* on the other. He likes UK that much, to go there even though they just signed a 4*.

It seems odd to me, since he stated ND wasn't a good fit for him since they had too much QB depth. I guess he is very confident of his abilities now.

 

[AlbuquerqueIrishFan]

Hey Mirage,

Maybe Morgan was not comfortable with the QB depth at ND-specifically with Clausen and Crist. both 5* players. But at UK, they seen to have good qb's, but not of our caliber.

 

[phork]

Our caliber has yet to be determined.

 

[AlbuquerqueIrishFan]

Our caliber has yet to be determined.

It's true our qb's college talent is not yet validated to determine their caliber, but I have all the faith in the world in Jimmy and in Crist. Jimmy in particular is going to really shine this year and validate himself to the rest of the world.

 

[irishmarine]

he is going to need to in order for all of us to get where we want to be

 

[Synoptico]

Kentucky

 

[TC_57]

I watched his kid play on ESPN yesterday. I was not impressed. He is a physical speciman, but is going to need to be "coached up" on the next level.

 

[Golden Domer93]

Kentucky, Purdue or ND in my opinion.

 

[Synoptico]

Kentucky, Purdue or ND in my opinion.

Already verballed to Kentucky. Never received an offer from ND