Did you see Page's defense last year? That's how they won 11 games last year cause that defense may have been one of if not the best in the state. So before you go and get all butt hurt calling me COACH I was just stating the facts and what I saw in person against Dudley and East Forsyth. The kid is a good athlete/runner and in coach Rolfes system he will be successful running the Option. But if we are talking just a passer he was not very good against the good teams. His stats came against average or flat out bad teams. When Page played teams that were some what good he struggled throwing the ball. Page's opponents were all down as a whole last year other than Mallard Creek the rest had really average years (Dudley/East Forsyth/Davie) Now like I said he is a really special runner and that helps open up some passes but the passing stats don't lie. Throwing for 2000 yards in 13 games means he only averaged right at 150 ypg with a completion percentage of 56%.
Davie County 6-16 98 yards 37% Maxpreps QB Rating 79.7
Dudley 8-16 104 yards 50% 1-INT Maxpreps QB Rating 65.6
East Forsyth 9-28 116 yards 3-INT Maxpreps QB Rating 18.5
Mallard Creek 8-18 78 yards Maxpreps QB Rating 57.2
COACH! He's only a sophomore. Butler had a kid by the name of
Davis Cheek who was only a sophomore with similar numbers while at Butler. He lit it up his Jr & Sr season. He's at Elon now.
Honors & Awards
• CAA Football Offensive Rookie of the Year (2017)
• Jerry Rice Award Finalist - 5th Place (2017)
• CFPA FCS Performer of the Year Watch List (2017)
• CAA Football Rookie of the Week (Sept. 11, 2017)
• CAA Football Rookie of the Week (Oct. 23, 2017)
• STATS FCS National Freshman of the Week (Oct. 23, 2017)
• CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 30, 2017)
We had a kid at MC with serviceable number his Sophomore season.
James Smith.
He returned his Jr & Sr season averaging over 3500 yards in the air and 1000+ yards rushing. MVP of 3 State Championship games.
My point is be careful with putting on your scouting hat (Mel Kiper Jr) and grading these young guys early in their High School career, as though they're not going to get better.
No pun intended!