Brooks Austin - JT Daniels tape breakdown

True...but his point that JT had 3 D1 college receivers on his HS team is something I didn’t know and would’ve definitely helped his stats.

No, the kid has a great arm. He threw one ball from the 15 yard line to the other 25 yard line in the air.

His problem is with his mechanics. He tends not to step where he is throwing and it opens his hips and uses a lot of his upper body strength to compensate. When he tries to throw deep he does what Brooks described as a "pop" step with his front foot at the point of release. The problem is his timing isn't always perfect and he will pop either too early or too late leading to under/over throws.

Aaron Rogers has the same delivery but is obviously able to make it work. Brooks thinks he needs to rework his overall delivery and get rid of that aspect.

He can really zing it and is accurate inside of 25 yards where he can rely on on just his arm.

Over that he is terribly inaccurate and compounds that by making iffy decisions.

Based all on freshman year tape basically. His first game as a sophomore he had good stats but his mechanics did not seem to have changed at all.

I know Bo Nix is trash but by God I’d love to have him at least just this season. He’s definitely better than what’s on our roster

No kidding. I’d take Bo Nix over the shite we have now any day. And I’m not saying JT is gonna be a stud for us but dude is also, what, 20? Played at USC as a true freshman and then one extra game? I’d not think he’d be a stud right out of the gate and, if he was, he wouldn’t be transferring. Only Georgia has QBs who are elite leave the program.

So:
1. Still recovering from major knee surgery.
2. Throwing mechanics issues.
3. Which are likely contributing to inaccuracy.
4. Questionable pass or not pass decisions.

Sounds like he has a lot to overcome to become our starter next year.

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True...but his point that JT had 3 D1 college receivers on his HS team is something I didn’t know and would’ve definitely helped his stats.

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They also had several D1 offensive linemen. I've read before that part of his problem in his freshman year at USC was having to adjust to not having a colossal talent advantage around him. He was used to having as much time to throw as he wanted at Mater Dei and then was running for his life behind a terrible line at USC.

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I much prefer a healthy Bennett over the Daniels I saw playing in USC highlights.

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Keep in mind that he was rated as the highest QB prospect *as a junior*, then reclassified to graduate a year earlier. While recruiting rankings are certainly imperfect, they generally get more accurate by the time a kid is in their Sr season of HS. Because he didn't have that final year, my gut take is that he was probably ranked a little more on potential. That's not to say he isn't or can't be a good QB, but that his rating may have been inflated at least to a small degree.

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And I’m not saying JT is gonna be a stud for us but dude is also, what, 20? Played at USC as a true freshman and then one extra game?

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I'm not sure his exact age but his Freshman year at USC he was supposed to be a Senior in HS. That would lead me to believe he was 17. That could mean he's 19.

Not arguing just something I learned in Brook's video.

I'm pretty sure he was a year behind so that when he graduated early he was actually in the graduating class he should have been in by birth.