Jasper wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:24 am
That boy can throw the football. He also shows good speed and shiftiness in what looked like called runs. From what I hear, Grainger has immense potential but would likely benefit from a red shirt year. It should be a very interesting summer session in a few weeks. It's a nice position to be in.
My initial thought on watching Grainger's film was that a redshirt year would be great for him. He looks like he came out of an offense in high school that basically "out athleted" a lot of their competition; that is, fairly simple throws to guys in space who are really tough to tackle. Hard to keep that going at this level. The talent is definitely there, though.
That said, he probably has the highest ceiling of any one. Two comps in the SoCon that come to mind that were tall, athletic QBs are WCU's Tyrie Adams and App's Richie Williams. I always liked Williams' game because he was a passer first, but shifty enough to be routinely used as a runner and always seemed to pick up tough yards on designed runs or broken plays.
One interesting thing to follow is how Furman may (or may not) modify the offense to accomodate Roberts and Grainger. Not often does an FCS team have two 6'4 QBs. Most offenses will use the height to an advantage and have them in the shotgun most of the time. It will be interesting to follow whether Furman will put those guys under center, where the slightly shorter players have a bit of an advantage in their ability to hide behind the offensive line.
I believe Roberts played in a high school offense where he was under center a bunch. Grainger looked like he spent all of his time in the shotgun.