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Worley has been rated a three-star prospect by other recruiting services, too. Not that our rating is necessarily right because others have similar ratings for him, but 247Sports is definitely not alone in that general assessment of him.

Remember, though, Erik Ainge was a three-star prospect, too. If Worley turned out to be another Erik Ainge, I doubt many people would complain.

^This.

I'm with Ghost on this one....

My two ingrained Ainge images are ragdoll at LSU in 05 and SECC 07 pick 6.

Having said that, I prayed for the return of Ainge suffering through the Waynesville Worm-burning years.....

I agree with the Ghost re Ainge.

For what it's worth, a couple of people close to the South Carolina program told me Worley had "plenty" of arm strength ... enough to make any throw you'd need in most college offenses.

Of course, that begs the question, "Then what is it?" Mechanics? Does he just spin it funny? It quite obviously doesn't seem like a character or intelligence issue, but I could never get a straight answer on that from those guys.

I'm sure that leaves even more questions than some of y'all had to begin with, but that's something I heard recently from a couple of people over that way.

Our analysts have seen him on several occasions, including the entire week of practice at the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas. Again, they like him - just not as much as some others.

This doesn't mean anything, obviously, but Worley is from South Carolina and wasn't offered by Clemson or the Gamecocks to my knowlege.

Again, I'm no analyst and offers obviously don't tell the whole story ... but it seems a bit odd that the two big in-state programs didn't offer. I'm not familiar with their depth charts or other commits, either - so that may have something to do with it.

Just saying.

System QB or not, he seems to just win. Our staff likes him enough to take him, which must mean he would fit our system. Therefore if he fits our system and masters it then he wins. In a few years we end up looking back on how the recruiting services undervalued his skills. There's no problem from my perspective. We all want the top class for bragging rights, but in the end, "just win baby".

I have been reading that Justin may be redshirted next year. Is that a viable option? What happens if Bray is injured?
Would you rather have Worley or Simms as your quarterback?

I really hope Simms comes back. I'd like to see Worley get redshifted and have two to three years to play depending how long Bray stays.

Agreed, Tennessee. All indications are that Worley is hard worker. He clearly has been successful on the field and in the classroom. Guys like that tend to be willing to go the extra mile. Who knows, maybe his work-ethic and attitude will push Bray to work harder, too.

With what he showed no doubt he could do to SC just by calling the coach.. Nothing to prove outside of experts that apparently slap any states HS football beside FL, Ala, Tex and LA.. But 5000 yards is pretty good even if jut playing local rec teams..

So to say I disagree the SC schools did not want him is an understatement.. More like he did not want them and told them up front..no need to beg a kid that want come and cause other kids to say hey the best don't want to go there so why would I.. Meaning SC played politics on this one.. Kind of like why we shout stop recruiting Mem kids unless they are will to 100% sign.. It hurts our standing in Memphis...

I laugh when people say he "doesn't have a great arm". when will ANALysts get it through their heads that having enough arm strength to make the throws asked of you is all you need? it's funny that Clempson and SCjunior not offering(of which you really have no idea why) is a reason to take off points, but LSU, Florida, FSU, North Carolina and Notre Dame offers don't add points? what about that Stanford offer? I guess Jim Harbaugh doesn't know a good quarterback when he sees one. arm strength at qb is comparable to having 4.52 speed at HB in stead of running 4.55. having a "laser-rocket" arm can be pretty useless if you can't tell the difference between 3-deep and man coverage.

here's a big armed qb you guise should check out and give us a rating on....