Thought I'd share this... just "shows to go ya" how hard it is to judge the future success of 17 year old kids. http://www.hawkmania.com/articles/2008/08/15/news/doc48a39e813ede3503310456.txt "The reality is less than a third of Elite 11 quarterbacks have blossomed into solid major college QBs, and only a dozen or so reached truly “elite” status when it was all said and done. Many more wilted under the pressure — transferring was a common theme as 30 of 95 participants from 1999 to 2006 switched schools at least once, many making multiple stops along the way."
The most interesting thing I saw: Florida's recently injured but very talented TE, Cornelius Ingram, was an Elite 11 QB in '03... I had no idea. Other than that, looking through the list, I'd say it is about what I expected - a handful of Heisman-caliber guys, a handful of busts, but mostly good QBs.
Looks to me like they've done a pretty good job evaluating and deciding which kids to invite to that camp. They missed on some great ones they didn't invite but seems like a lot of them had pretty good college careers or on the verge of it.
I had no idea Cornelius Ingram had been a QB either. Either he put on a lot of weight or he was a huge QB! That was an interesting link, though. Definitely goes to show that how good you were in high school doesn't always translate to college success like most people expect.
Berlin and Leak both competed as freshmen in 2003 and Leak won the job. Ingram couldn't get on the field under Zook and Meyer as a QB through 2004 and '05, so he moved positions. He was actually classified as an athlete on Rivals. Recall UF recruited a couple of other top QB's that ended up leaving or playing other sports... Gavin Dickey and Josh Portis. Josh Portis is only now beginning to fight for playing time at Maryland, so he was fairly overrated as a QB as well.
Berlin wasn't at Florida in 2003. Ingram competed with Leak, Ingle Martin, and Gavin Dickey for the QB spot in 03.
