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Brandon Ziarno, QB, 2015, Melbourne FL


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Apparently Lockette is looking at this kid, according to 247. His stats are very impressive!

 

http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/brandon-ziarno/qC0-QPTtEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/gendersport/football-stats.htm#year=14-15

 

 http://247sports.com/Player/Brandon-Ziarno-37444

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2 star, and likely a small school program.  But, his stats are VERY good.  Interesting.

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He is a gamer and exactly what this program needs! It is beyond me why nobody has offered. Almost 70% completion percentage tells me he's accurate and 36/1 TD to int ratio tells me he's smart.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1063363/highlights/167698375?mb=true&utm_expid=74649800-27.wy0B-i_dTrmfLgMQ1EtC3A.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

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Given the QB situation we should be looking for a good one everywhere and anywhere.

Having said that, the lack of offers can be explained by:

Playing 3A ball for a small catholic school against other small catholic schools so it's hard to gauge athleticism

Listed at 6'1" but looks smaller than that

The ball placement looks good, but he looks like he's maxing out on every throw

Hard to determine how he will do against better competition

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36 TD's and 1 int is impressive even for co-ed intramural flag football...and the season isn't over. His arm looked good on film and we've had pretty good success with shorter QB's in the past.

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36 TD's and 1 int is impressive even for co-ed intramural flag football...and the season isn't over. His arm looked good on film and we've had pretty good success with shorter QB's in the past.

Not disagreeing with any of that. However, watch his body torque on almost every throw of distance or in a small window. Coaches better figure out if that is just bad form or if he's compensating for a weak arm, and then determine if that will translate to college success. I wouldn't be shocked if we offered him given our current situation, but I also wouldn't be shocked if they went in a different direction.

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36 TD's and 1 int is impressive even for co-ed intramural flag football...and the season isn't over. His arm looked good on film and we've had pretty good success with shorter QB's in the past.

Not disagreeing with any of that. However, watch his body torque on almost every throw of distance or in a small window. Coaches better figure out if that is just bad form or if he's compensating for a weak arm, and then determine if that will translate to college success. I wouldn't be shocked if we offered him given our current situation, but I also wouldn't be shocked if they went in a different direction.
I understand your point. At this point, USF is going to have to take some chances. The cream at the top does not want to come here, given our current situation and every school in the nation is after them. That's one thing that made Leavitt successful. He was able to find excellent QBs that didn't match the stereotypical QB physique or skillset. I for one would be a lot more comfortable with a QB recruit that absolutely lit up high school football and didn't match the typical NFL QB traits, than a QB who does and completed less than 50% of his passes in high school.
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Freaking Telly Lockette, man. If anyone can pull Willie Taggart's arse out of the fire, it's Lockette.

 

This Brandon Ziarno kid is instantly my favorite of the quarterback recruiting prospects, and it isn't even close.

 

Go to work, Telly.

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Given the QB situation we should be looking for a good one everywhere and anywhere.

Having said that, the lack of offers can be explained by:

Playing 3A ball for a small catholic school against other small catholic schools so it's hard to gauge athleticism

Listed at 6'1" but looks smaller than that

The ball placement looks good, but he looks like he's maxing out on every throw

Hard to determine how he will do against better competition

 

There are a couple of things I like about him. First off before we even get to his football highlights, I really liked his Elite 11 camp cutup.

 

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1063363/highlights/138696377

 

It was windy out there, look at the shirts flapping everywhere. One of the throws you can even see what the wind is doing to the football in the air. But that ball cut right through the wind and found it's target.

 

I've watched the tapes and I don't think there's an arm strength argument to be made against him. He throws a nice ball with low trajectory. The ball doesn't float on him, it cuts through wind, good spin...and yes he puts some snap into it but there's nothing wrong with that. That's decisiveness and confidence in his accuracy.

 

Height could be a concern but we're talking about college not pros.

 

I really like his build and his work ethic. How do I know how work ethic? Because of his build and because of the way he plays. This guy is strong as an ox. Look at his calves, his legs, the muscle development. This isn't a guy that is naturally rocked up no matter what he eats or how he lives, he gets there because he works at it.

 

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1063363/highlights/167698375

 

Gotta watch the way he deals with pressure and noise around him. All that cutting back and forth, exploding this way or that, finishing off with the throw. For a guy like him that's all due to gym work.

 

You mentioned ball placement and you're right on. The ball placement is really good but the way he leads receivers on the long ball without them slowing up tells you about his arm strength as well.

 

Next thing that interests me is his punch delivery. Very short, over the top, very quick and he gets the ball there. It's not 100% consistent yet but there's visible improvement from junior to senior tape. Actually there's a huge amount of improvement all the way around in his basic physical abilities as a quarterback from his junior to senior tapes. That's one of the reasons I know he works at this.

 

He's got natural quarterback sense and I believe he should be able to diagnose defenses and get the football out on time.

 

I'll finish by quoting someone I know, whose evaluations I respect more than anyone outside of perhaps a Tom Luginbill.

 

Evaluating quarterbacks is a lot like putting in golf.... it's the most personal aspect of it, and you just have to go with what makes you feel comfortable and what you have confidence in. A lot of times when you evaluate quarterbacks, you see things that you're not even sure how to express accurately... good or bad... but you know that you saw it. Fundamentals and accuracy are always easy things to diagnose, but it's the things that aren't coachable that typically makes evaluating quarterbacks such a complicated process.

 

The reason I write that is because it describes how I see a Brandon Ziarno when I watch his tape. It's not the fundamentals or the accuracy, which are there and they're easy to see. It's the things that aren't necessarily coachable that draw me to him. He's not the best QB recruit out there, but I think he's the best one that USF is messing around with for the moment.

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He is a gamer and exactly what this program needs! It is beyond me why nobody has offered. Almost 70% completion percentage tells me he's accurate and 36/1 TD to int ratio tells me he's smart.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1063363/highlights/167698375?mb=true&utm_expid=74649800-27.wy0B-i_dTrmfLgMQ1EtC3A.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

 

Kid looks good, but here's a strange question.

 

At their home games, why is half the team in black and the other half in green? Varsity and JV?

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