McGee Notes
San Antonio—Stephen McGee has packed on about 20 pounds since last season, and with the revelation that he was playing hurt all last year, he could be on the verge of living up to his potential.
McGee suffered a torn muscle in his throwing arm on the first day of two-a-days last year, and didn't throw again until the week of the first game.
"As a result," head coach Dennis Franchione said, "I think, as coaches we were probably trying to make sure he that he didn't sit in the pocket and take a beating and take too many sacks, and we encouraged him to run with the football, which may have been a little part of him not finding a second or third receiver sometimes."
While I can't see how encouraging your quarterback to run with the ball helps him avoid a beating—especially when considering that McGee doesn't like to go down without initiating contact—I do believe that the injury might be to blame for turning McGee into a run-first quarterback after setting passing records during high school.
McGee is apparently pretty smart two. With two years of eligibility left, he's going to graduate in the next couple of weeks. Already accepted to grad school at A&M, he'll be taking the minimum nine hours to stay eligible, he said.
The quarterback has always been linked to Colt McCoy, and they'll be compared forever. McGee understands that, but says he's friends with his Texas counterpart because Longhorn wide receiver Jordan Shipley is from Burnet, McGee's hometown.
Shipley has brought McCoy down to Burnet, where the quarterbacks have gotten to know each other.
"We have a lot of similarities," McGee said. "We like to hunt and fish, stuff like that."
McGee suffered a torn muscle in his throwing arm on the first day of two-a-days last year, and didn't throw again until the week of the first game.
"As a result," head coach Dennis Franchione said, "I think, as coaches we were probably trying to make sure he that he didn't sit in the pocket and take a beating and take too many sacks, and we encouraged him to run with the football, which may have been a little part of him not finding a second or third receiver sometimes."
While I can't see how encouraging your quarterback to run with the ball helps him avoid a beating—especially when considering that McGee doesn't like to go down without initiating contact—I do believe that the injury might be to blame for turning McGee into a run-first quarterback after setting passing records during high school.
McGee is apparently pretty smart two. With two years of eligibility left, he's going to graduate in the next couple of weeks. Already accepted to grad school at A&M, he'll be taking the minimum nine hours to stay eligible, he said.
The quarterback has always been linked to Colt McCoy, and they'll be compared forever. McGee understands that, but says he's friends with his Texas counterpart because Longhorn wide receiver Jordan Shipley is from Burnet, McGee's hometown.
Shipley has brought McCoy down to Burnet, where the quarterbacks have gotten to know each other.
"We have a lot of similarities," McGee said. "We like to hunt and fish, stuff like that."
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