{"id":3238,"date":"2016-04-06T10:18:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2016-04-06T10:18:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:18:49","slug":"olympic-heights-2018-qb-petillo-returns-memories-of-jake-plummer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/olympic-heights-2018-qb-petillo-returns-memories-of-jake-plummer\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Height’s 2018 QB Petillo Returns Memories of Jake Plummer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By: Chad Wilson – Editor – GridironStuds Blog<\/strong>
\nTwitter: @GridironStuds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Often times in the wonderful world of recruiting, \u00a0the emphasis is on comparing a current player to one who had success in the past. \u00a0Many times, \u00a0those comparisons can be forced as “analysts”, reporters and bloggers feel it is absolutely necessary to engage in this practice to validate a recruit’s existence. \u00a0However, \u00a0coaches can be found doing this as well. \u00a0A successful player can become an instrument of security as the blanket is to Lionus on the famed cartoon Peanuts.<\/p>\n

There is little strain in the comparison I am going to make here in my opinion with 2018 QB Anthony Petillo. \u00a0Having played again Jake Plummer in college and watch him go on to have a successful career in the NFL, \u00a0Plummer instantly came to mind as I watched Petillo’s highlight video on the GridironStuds App. \u00a0Petillo is a highly ranked pro-style quarterback in the class of 2018 but one of the first things that will jump off the screen at you on his tape is his athleticism. \u00a0Petillo does quite well for himself running Olympic Height’s zone read offense. \u00a0Quite often you will see him pull the ball out of the half back’s belly and twist his way through the defense for sizable gains. \u00a0What you will also like, \u00a0if you are recruiting Petillo is that Olympic Heights also goes under center and he is very effective on bootlegs. \u00a0Whether he keeps the ball on the rollout or buys enough time to get a man open, \u00a0Petillo does well to achieve the objective for Olympic Heights. \u00a0If you saw Plummer play then there’s no way you don’t see the comparison to Petillo, \u00a0especially on the rollouts.<\/p>\n

Zone reads and bootlegs are not all there is to Petillo’s game. \u00a0The 6’3″ sophomore can also stand tall in the pocket and drop the ball in on a WR who has found himself in a window of opportunity vs. the defense. \u00a0He displays the ability to change the type of throw needed to match the situation. \u00a0Petillo can put the ball on a lime or put some air under it to lay into the hands of a WR. \u00a0He also shows the ability to avoid a rush, \u00a0stay behind the line of scrimmage and find open targets down field. \u00a0Petillo is currently ranked as a pro-style passer but could easily rank as a dual threat as well.<\/p>\n

Jake Plummer started off his NFL career on a Arizona Cardinals franchise that is not what it is today so the beginning was rough. \u00a0However, \u00a0Plummer’s years in Denver allowed him to display his full potential. \u00a0As a Bronco, \u00a0Plummer went 39-15 as a starter and tossed 61 TDs. \u00a0Plummer led Denver to the playoffs in 3 of his 4 seasons with the team. \u00a0Anthony Petillo, \u00a0early in his career, \u00a0is showing that same type of potential. \u00a0As a rising junior he has plenty of time to work on his game and reach the heights that Plummer did.<\/p>\n

Are you a high school football player? \u00a0Have you downloaded the GridironStuds App yet? \u00a0Do it now and start build a relationship with college coaches and fans. \u00a0It’s the best high school football \/ college football recruiting app out there. \u00a0Click here to download<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: Chad Wilson – Editor – GridironStuds Blog Twitter: @GridironStuds Often times in the wonderful world of recruiting,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499,12],"tags":[862,861,860,864,863],"class_list":["post-3238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recruitingnews","category-video-of-the-day","tag-anthony-petillo","tag-app","tag-gridironstuds-app","tag-jake-plummer","tag-olympic-heights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}