{"id":4262,"date":"2021-06-01T16:10:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=4262"},"modified":"2021-06-01T16:10:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:10:32","slug":"ranking-the-top-five-2023-pro-style-passers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/ranking-the-top-five-2023-pro-style-passers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the Top Five 2023 Pro Style Passers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

247 Sports recently cranked out their 247 top prospects for the Class of 2023 and while there’s always a ton of things to analyze,\u00a0 I thought I take a quick look at the Top Five signal callers in their pro style passer category.\u00a0 In this article,\u00a0 I am going to give you my Top 5 of their Top 5.\u00a0 Sounds like something from a comedy skit I know but I don’t entirely agree with their order so I thought I’d give you mine based on what I see.\u00a0 Enjoy the order,\u00a0 the notes and the discussion.<\/p>\n

(5) Nicholaus Iamaleava\u00a0 – 247 Rank 4th<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iamaleava is probably the fastest rising and improving on this list.\u00a0 The growth from freshman to sophomore year in his game is quite noticeable.\u00a0 He’s still thin but he’s added some pretty good size on and has room for much more.\u00a0 I love how he has progressed into being a reader of defenses.\u00a0 This will help him at the next level.\u00a0 At one point he was just a one read kind of quarterback and that was most likely by design.\u00a0 With athleticism being more and more valued at the QB position these days,\u00a0 he presents as athletic enough.\u00a0 He’s not a burner which you would hardly expect from a 6’5″ QB still growing into this body but he does well enough to shift in the pocket and gain yardage when nothing is there.\u00a0 He also shows some charisma which is an underrated aspect to quarterbacking.<\/p>\n

(4) Dante Moore – 247 Rank 3rd<\/strong><\/p>\n

The biggest thing I like about Moore is that he’s not afraid to make the tough throws.\u00a0 Whereas most high school quarterbacks prefer to throw once they see their target open,\u00a0 Moore is willing to throw into traffic and anticipate throws.\u00a0 This is interesting because a majority of what you see him do on film are throws to the first read.\u00a0 So what I am gathering here is he really trusts the play,\u00a0 the coach and the receivers. He’s also good at throwing on the run which is a more valued asset these days even for “pro style” passers.\u00a0 He gets good points for accuracy too.<\/p>\n

(3) Arch Manning – 247 Rank 1st\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh sure this is going to look like I am hating but what I realize here is that there is some extra juice on this prospect because of the well recognized last name.\u00a0 By no means does that mean that I don’t think he’s good.\u00a0 He’s definitely a polished prospect but at this moment,\u00a0 I don’t think he presents the physical tools of some of the other top prospects in this class.\u00a0 What Manning does do better than the others is process the X’s and O’s.\u00a0 He reads defenses as you would expect he would and he executes the physical intangible things of the position. He does not show a live arm in comparison to others nor is particularly mobile.\u00a0 I don’t love his throwing on the run or the competition he is playing against.\u00a0 Seeing him compete eventually in something like The Opening or in a game against an out of state powerhouse would be telling.\u00a0 I want to see how he operates when the windows and margin for error is small.\u00a0 Where Arch decides to go to school will mean everything.\u00a0 The system must fit him.<\/p>\n

(2) Malachi Nelson – 247 Rank 2nd<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nelson is the only prospect that I think is where he is supposed to be ranking wise.\u00a0 I could make a case for him being first.\u00a0 There is a completeness to his game.\u00a0 He has a live arm.\u00a0 He has good size.\u00a0 He’s mobile in the pocket and can hurt you when he leaves the pocket to run.\u00a0 He can make the tight throws because he’s accurate along with powerful pushing the ball downfield.\u00a0 What gives me pause on him is the amount of first read throws.\u00a0 This could be by design or it could be a a thing that you hope he can progress from at the next level.\u00a0 Whether or not a prospect can do that is always a mystery.\u00a0 If he can then the sky is the limit.<\/p>\n

(1) Dylan Lonergan – 247 Rank 5th<\/strong><\/p>\n

Call me crazy or just wanting to shake things up but I like this kid.\u00a0 Like Nelson,\u00a0 I see a completeness to his game.\u00a0 First,\u00a0 he has a great arm.\u00a0 With that he also understands that not every throw needs to be at 100 mph.\u00a0 He shows on film the ability to make different kinds of throws.\u00a0 He knows when to fire it up and when to take something off.\u00a0 He has good ball placement on his throws.\u00a0 He is also decisive in the pocket and has good pocket awareness.\u00a0 He shows an ability to make quick decisions.\u00a0 Lonegran is also physically strong.\u00a0 He will toss off sack attempts or run over a defender for first down yardage.\u00a0 What also gave him the nod over Nelson was him showing the ability to read defenses,\u00a0 manipulate defenders and make throws to a second or even third read.<\/p>\n

There’s much time left until these recruits put ink to paper.\u00a0 Much will be learned about them over two more football seasons and summer offseasons.\u00a0 Some will progress more than others but on this day,\u00a0 this is how I see these prospects.\u00a0 Manning’s pedigree probably makes him a safer bet than the others but I am not one to totally rely on that.\u00a0 There are some physically gifted specimen here that might totally take off when they get coaching at the next level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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