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Begin forwarded message: > From: Woody <[email protected]> > Date: February 18, 2013 8:33:59 AM GMT-06:00 > To: gatornews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] ESPN.com Success with high school QBs > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Success with high school QBs > > Could Bailey be next former signal-caller to excel at new position for UF? > > Updated: February 18, 2013, 8:30 AM ET > By Michael DiRocco | GatorNation > GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Will Muschamp likes a lot of things about > receiver signee Alvin Bailey. > > He likes Bailey's versatility as a slot receiver, running back and punt > returner -- sort of a Chris Rainey clone, but with better size (6-foot, 170 > pounds). > > > Alvin Bailey > Athlete > 2013 > Committed: Florida > > Pos Rk Stars Grade Hometown > 8 > 84 Seffner, FL > He also likes Bailey's quickness (which negates the somewhat slow 4.7-second > 40 time he posted at the Under Armour combine as a junior), his hands, and > the way he's able to adjust to the ball and make tough catches. > But Muschamp also likes the fact that Bailey didn't always play receiver at > Seffner (Fla.) Armwood. Bailey spent a lot of time at quarterback, including > most of his junior season, and in Muschamp's eyes that makes him more > valuable as a football player. > > "I really like to coach guys that played quarterback, whether you play > defensive back or receiver, because when you play quarterback you've got to > command the huddle, you've got to be able to communicate with your teammates, > and you have some sort of leadership abilities," Muschamp said. "So I always > like [former quarterbacks]." > > Muschamp mentioned New York Giants cornerback Corey Webster, whom he coached > at LSU, as an example. Webster was a three-year starter at quarterback at > Vacherie (La.) St. James and went on to become an All-American at LSU before > the Giants took him in the second round of the 2005 NFL draft. > > There's obviously no guarantee that things will work out like that for the > Gators and Bailey, but Muschamp's reasoning behind his affinity for former > quarterbacks is sound. > > "A lot of times in high school you put your best athlete at quarterback > because they touch the ball every snap, so they've got an opportunity to make > something good happen for your team," Muschamp said. "Alvin's a guy that's > got a lot of playmaking ability." > > Bailey threw for 875 yards and 12 touchdowns and rushed for 872 yards and six > touchdowns as a quarterback, and caught 22 passes for 404 yards and three > touchdowns as a junior. As a senior, he caught 40 passes for 658 yards. He > played much less quarterback than he did the year before. > > If Bailey does develop into a big-time playmaker for the Gators, he'll be > another in a long line of high school quarterbacks who went on to have great > college careers at other positions. Here are five of the more notable Gators > through the past 25 years who were former quarterbacks. > > DE Alex Brown > > Brown played linebacker and quarterback for White Springs (Fla.) Hamilton > County, where he threw for 863 yards and six touchdowns and rushed for 767 > yards and 18 touchdowns. He also recorded 117 tackles, four fumble recoveries > and two blocked field goals as a senior. Brown, who redshirted in 1997, went > on to be named an All-American at Florida. He holds the school record with 33 > career sacks, which includes a school single-season record 13 in 1999. He had > five sacks against Tennessee that season. > > WR Andre Caldwell > > Caldwell caught 52 passes for 1,162 yards and 17 touchdowns as a junior at > Tampa (Fla.) Jefferson but was moved to quarterback for his senior season. He > passed and rushed for a combined 2,200 yards and 38 touchdowns to lead > Jefferson to the Class 4A state title game. Caldwell arrived in Gainesville > in 2003 and went on to become UF's all-time leading receiver (185 catches) > and is third on the school's receiving yardage list (2,349 yards). > > [+] Enlarge > Kim Klement/US PresswireJoe Haden made a quick transition from successful > high school quarterback to starting cornerback for the Florida Gators as a > true freshman. > CB Joe Haden > Haden set a Maryland public school record with 7,371 career passing yards and > tied the career record with 80 touchdowns. He threw for 2,783 yards and 38 > touchdowns and rushed for 899 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior at Fort > Washington (Md.) Friendly. He was moved to cornerback when he arrived at UF > in 2007 and he became the first true freshman cornerback in school history to > start ther season opener. Haden went on to earn Freshman All-American honors > and was also a first-team All-American in 2009. He left school after his > junior season and was taken with the No. 7 overall selection by the Cleveland > Browns in the 2010 NFL draft. > > P Chas Henry > > Henry was a three-year starter at quarterback at Dallas (Ga.) East Paulding > and led his team to the quarterfinals of the Georgia state playoffs as a > senior by throwing for more than 1,700 yards and 17 touchdowns. He went on to > become one of the greatest punters in UF history. His 43.0 career average is > second to Ray Criswell (44.4), and he won the Ray Guy Award and was a > consensus first-team All-American in 2010. > > WR O.J. Small > > Small was the Florida Times-Union's All-City quarterback in 1999 after > throwing for more than 1,400 yards and nine touchdowns at Jacksonville (Fla.) > Forrest, and he threw for more than 2,500 yards and 19 touchdowns in his high > school career. He redshirted in 2000, then went on to record 117 career > catches for 1,358 yards and seven touchdowns, including an SEC-high 63 > catches for 719 yards and four touchdowns in 2004. Small finished his career > with a catch in 30 consecutive games, the third-longest streak in school > history. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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