Common sense would say you only make moves like that if you have no confidence in what you have.īut that’s easy for me to say-ultimately, you just want as many good players as possible on your team, and transfers are a huge part of the landscape now. That’s not to say Braxton was a bad addition-he outplayed the other QBs last year, and will likely be the face of the program for the next two seasons-but taking another QB on the transfer market, the same age as Hooker and only one year older than Patterson was poor roster management. Looking back on it, as soon as Burmeister committed to VT, I knew someone was going to transfer. Patterson was also the rawest, and when you have a logjam at QB, the guys who can play right now always have the advantage. In an ideal world, he was the perfect Justin Fuente quarterback-big arm to zip passes on the RPO, with the speed and size to run the QB dive up the middle. Patterson is the biggest “What if?” though-he possessed a rare combination of arm talent and physicality. The coaches never gave him the full vote of confidence as the starter, and after an inconsistent 2020 season, it was probably time for both sides to make a change. We were all sad to see him go, but the writing had been on the wall for a while. Hooker transferred to Tennessee and is competing for that starting job, though he doesn’t seem to be the favorite. All three were close in age, and only one would become the face of the program.īurmeister won that battle, by default really-he was just the last man standing. Then there was Patterson, the hero in our 6 OT win over UNC, who showed how far he still had to go in a winnable game vs. Braxton Burmeister had just sat out 2019 after a denied transfer waiver, and likely would’ve pushed to start had he been eligible last year-but his on-field track record was severely lacking. Hendon Hooker was the incumbent, having taken the job and ran with it last year-though it felt like the staff never fully trusted him throwing the football. Last year’s quarterback depth chart was stacked. #GoBison /BbQ6OLqRxK- NDSU Football August 27, 2021
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