Under Armour All-America High School Game: QB review
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
When opportunity knocks, greet it with a big smile. That’s exactly what Matt Barkley (USC bound) did during the 2nd Annual Under Armour All-America High School Game. The snapshot picture of his performance shows a stat-line of 11 for 22, 237 yards and 2 TDs. Pretty good for about a quarter and a half of work against some of the top HS players in the game. His spectacular play also earned him the Most Valuable Player award.
On a side note, my neighbors also know what to do when opportunity knocks. This is what I found at my house when I got home from the game:
Going back to football, let me go over some observations on these potential fantasy college football QBs of the future.
Matt Barkley (check out his FCB interview): 6-3, 222, Meter Dei (CA), USC
MVP wasn’t the only hardware collected by Barkley. Earlier in the week, he won the Pass Attack challenge over the other 5 QBs. The skills that enabled him to win that test quickly showed themselves in the All America game. I’m talking first pass quickly. In a page out of Matt Ryan’s NFL debut, Barkley connected with Marlon Brown (covered in our WR article) on a quick slant that developed into a 71 yard TD for the White Team.
