’30 QB is getting it done of the field for his Dragons
Not a ton of freshmen get PT on Friday night playing Kentucky 5A football. Of course, there aren’t a ton of freshmen across the commonwealth who are 6’3.” There aren’t a ton of freshmen with 6’4″ wingspans. There are darn few freshmen with 10.1-inch hands and who are completing 69% of their passing attempts (56/81) for 569-yards, three (3) TDs, through only six (6) games. Yessir, the number is fairly scant. Evan Williams at South Oldham is doing all of the above and he is under the tutelage of one of the better QB-coaches in the KHSAA in Breandon Meredith (Louisville). The sky is the limit for this kid if he continues to work hard, and develop along the arc he has so far.
Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Associate Scouting Director, “KPGFootball“
Crestwood, KY:d Quarterback is a different animal in the world of football. No body in the business knows that any better than Brandon Meredith, who works with the QBs on the South Oldham football staff.
There was a pretty famous signal caller who was taken with the 199th pick of the 2000 NFL draft. He began his rookie season like most rookies, buried at the bottom of the depth chart.
In September of 2001, the starter took a really hard hit and was forced out of the game with injury. Our guy stepped in, took over the starting job, and never looked back-launching a dynasty that captured six (6) Super Bowls in New England and a seventh (7th) with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The guy we’re discussing is Tom Brady. We aren’t saying South Oldham’s young QB, ’30 Evan Williams, is another Tom Brady. However, we aren’t saying he ain’t.
While it is too early to tell, the early returns appear promising. So far his freshman season, Williams has completed 69% of his passing attempts (56/81), thrown for 569-yards, and three (3) TDs.
I wonder if Tom Brady performed that well when he was a freshman in high school? Actually, he didn’t come close.
Brady attended Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, California. He was a backup on the freshman team, barely saw the field, and didn’t start a single game. Brady’s freshman squad finished the year 0-8.
After that winless freshman season, Brady famously vowed to work harder and never experience another losing season. Brady eventually moved up to the junior varsity and varsity ranks in subsequent years and went on to become the QB’ing standard in the game of football at the professional level.
Could it happen here? You tell me.
While the final score was 55-18, South Oldham hung around with Scott County quite a while before getting clocked
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Williams has played way more varsity football than Brady did in his day. Like Brady before him, Williams will have work to do in the offseason.
Will Williams make and keep a similar vow as Brady. Will Williams commit to the sport and to improving and honing his already considerable skill set? Will Williams vow to work harder and never experience another losing season? If he should…then, who knows!
Williams’s South Oldham Dragons are coming off a Scott County game where the Dragons hung around a while before the clock began to run. Sure, the final scored ended up 55-18; but, games can get away from a team and result in a score which doesn’t really tell the entire tale. Some finals aren’t really reflective of the game which was played.
South Oldham and William have a tough game upcoming. South braces for Collins High and its fantastically talented QB, Kade Goodin.
If Williams wants to learn to play QB successfully on the HS, 5A level he won’t have to look much further than the opposing sideline to find a fine example of how it is done. By the time the Titans unload the bus next Friday to play South Oldham, Goodin will have thrown for well over 3,000-yards this season. Like I said, Goodin is obviously pretty dad-burn good.
Brandon Meredith tells us Williams may, one-day, take a back seat to no-one. “He’s really talented and works really hard,” Meredith told KPGFootball. “Williams tells me he is really fired up and excited to work, this coming offseason, on honing his football and quarterbacking skills to get even better ready for the sophomore year.”
That isn’t great news for the rest of 5A, District Six (6). Four more years of this cat under center is very likely to turn this program back into the program it has been accustomed to being and not so much the one it has been this year.
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball, reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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