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Big arm, but will stare down his receivers and try to force ball into coverage. Has talent our coaches ruined any chance of him playing well here. Play good D and run the ball don't put the game in his hands.

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Florida isn't beating many in the SEC with him at QB.

He hasn't been on a winning team in all of his career including North Canton High School.

I am not sure Franks will get that redshirt if Luke is out for a long time.

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Yea you guys are in trouble. Etling and Appleby are too different cases. Appleby never had enough skill. Hard worker and a good guy for sure. But will stare at one receiver until their is a hole in his chest and then throw the ball. Either it will be picked or the receiver will get murdered. He might win a game just b/c of the unknown factor. Thats how we beat Ill on the road a couple years ago. People didn't know what to expect when they played him. Once the tape was out, teams shut him down no problem.

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Think Tebo with all of the stupid God stuff but none of the talent...

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don't feel he is as bad as some want to make him out. He does have a tendency to force the ball at times, but can help a team if is limited in the number of throws that he will need to make. He is also a good scrambler that can surprise you with his legs. If you allow him to manage the game, you should be alright in my opinion. There may be some questions as to whether he will allow that to happen.

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Trask played at the HS I coached at and he and Appleby have many similarities except in the game experience! Mainly pocket passers but can occasionally run the read option...my guess is with Florida's talent he won't be asked to win the game just don't lose it and Appleby can do that!

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Fine young man
Hard worker
Good leader
Smart young man
Not a long pass QB
You have talent he can play with
We did not
Austin Appleby will be very very good for you
Sorry that he left us but understandable
Our coach is the worst in Purdue's history
That's saying a lot

Completed 55% of his passes for 2777 yards and 19TDs-19INTs. Transferred to UF after being replaced by. RS-FR. Hope does better if not we may get to see feleipe franks.

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Posted by StrawsDrawnAtRandom

Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 9/19/16 at 11:17 pm to TJGator1215

You know, I sat through this board abusing me over defending Driskel for almost the entire duration that poor dude was here.

I used to talk about how receivers dropped balls, how our offensive didn't scheme around him, the oline didn't help him and we had no running game -- but I always maintained that he had talent, and was a good player.

And holy shite did I get dumped on, especially here on the Gator board.

He had 23 touchdowns and 20 interceptions, abysmal stats.

In four years, he went 328 for of 552, or 59%

He averaged 7 yards a completion.

His overall rating was 110, more or less.

So, why all these numbers?

Because when he transferred, he went 281 for 450, up 3%.

27 touchdowns (four more than the four years that he had at Florida) and 8 interceptions. He had more completions in his year at LA Tech than he had attempts any year at Florida.

He threw for 4,000+ yards, almost a full thousand more yards than he had at all four years at Florida.

I'm saying this, because sometimes a change in atmosphere and especially a change in coach can make a player much better than they were. Maybe Appleby will be pretty bad, but from what I've seen with Mac -- he can make even the worst quarterbacks at least serviceable, and we literally had the worst last year with Harris.

Sometimes, all it takes is a little change and someone can be special.

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Posted by StrawsDrawnAtRandom

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Posted on 9/24/16 at 4:25 pm to TJGator1215