TimmyClutch
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If our O is designed to let the QB keep and run, why haven't we recruited a QB for that? Can Kearn or Griffis run? Maybe they can and we've just never seen it in a game.
But I have wondered why we don't go for a more dynamic running QB, more like a Cunningham (Louisville) or Travis (FSU)....
I have often wondered what Clawson’s ideal QB looked liked. You can look at recent players he has offered, you see guys like Schrader, Sam Howell, Justin Fields, Luke Doty etc. Hinton was a QB who got almost as many TDs on the ground as on the air. Griffis again a solid runner on the ground. Kern not as much, nor Billy the Red Edwards. Marucci had 11 TDS on the ground his junior year. So it seems that running does come into the equation, except when it doesn’t. Edwards is clearly a developmental guy with a big arm, Kern seems more of the same.
To your point I would say Wake does go after those Dynamic running guys from time to time but for one reason or another doesn’t tend to get them. It seems that Wake ends up with more shifty runners than true speed guys. It shows in that the offense, as the one Sam is running is different than the one John did and Jamie as well. There could be intangibles that go into it as well. But when you look at the 4 starters that Clawson has used, it is tough to see a common theme.