Former South Carolina QB Perry Orth now runs QB1 Athletics, training around 80 quarterbacks around the state since the company's inception.
I recently caught up with Perry, who highlighted five quarterbacks from the Palmetto State that he's worked with personally. Here are his full thoughts on each:
FORT DORCHESTER'S DAKEREON JOYNER
"Obviously, his upside is tremendous. He's a really good athlete, ton of ability throwing the football. He does some things that are a little bit non-traditional, so to speak. He said he's never been to a quarterback lesson a day in his life until he worked with me this summer and then last weekend.
I love the way he throws the ball. He has a good, quick release and really good balance when he throws. My biggest concern is how he'll grasp it mentally from how to beat coverages and read coverages. That's going to take time. As far as natural ability, he can throw it as good as anyone I've trained."
HAMMOND'S CORBETT GLICK
Coach Muschamp just offered him a preferred walk-on spot maybe a week ago. He led all of Columbia in passing yards, had 3,300 yards and 38 touchdowns. He was a guy that has a really strong arm but is a lot more athletic than I thought. 6-foot-1, 200-pounds, a decent sized kid for high school. I think his best trait, and what I heard Coach Kimrey talk about, was his knowledge of the game. He really understood it mentally and was able to take advantage of it his senior year. 13-0 with a state title, that's a solid year.
HILLCREST'S WILL WATTS
I was actually the quarterback coach at Hilcrest. He threw for 3,300 yards and 30 touchdowns. We went 10-3, went to the state quarterfinals and lost to Gaffney 17-0. We had four possessions inside our 15 yard line, came away with zero points. First play of the game, we threw what would have been a 70-yard touchdown but the receiver dropped it. He's an undersized kid, good arm, and he's athletic. He's another kid that understood it mentally. We spent a lot of time watching tape and he really understood it and cared about it. You could see when he played that he knew where he was going to go with the football as the game went on and that really helped his game this year.
SUMMERVILLE'S JOHNATHAN BENNETT
I worked with him a couple times this summer. He has a ton of upside, a ton of ability. He's still waiting on the first big D1 offer; I think Northwestern may be about to pull the trigger. I've gotten to know their coach, Joe Call, down in Summerville relatively well and he's done a really good job with him. He's spent a lot of time working on his fundamentals. He's another one of those freak athletes kids who can run and throw. He's a competitor; he's one of those kids that when we trained he wanted to stay another session because he wanted to continue to grow and develop. As far as arm strength, he's up there with the best of them. He throws a really nice ball and he's an athlete. I think he'll be very attractive to a lot of colleges this offseason. If he got one big-time D1 school to offer him, he'd get 10. I think everyone's sitting around looking at each other waiting on someone to pull the trigger.
GILBERT'S JOSH STRICKLAND
A lot of people are excited about him and I am too. He had a really good year, finished with 2,100 yards. They had a really good team. He's probably got the strongest arm of any of the guys I coach. The ball really jumps out of his hand. He's another kid who's under the radar, athletic. His dad's a big guy and a lot of the college coaches like that. He's won a ton of games now in a year and half of starting. I'm really pumped for him, he may be a big-time D1 guy in the rough.
I recently caught up with Perry, who highlighted five quarterbacks from the Palmetto State that he's worked with personally. Here are his full thoughts on each:
FORT DORCHESTER'S DAKEREON JOYNER
"Obviously, his upside is tremendous. He's a really good athlete, ton of ability throwing the football. He does some things that are a little bit non-traditional, so to speak. He said he's never been to a quarterback lesson a day in his life until he worked with me this summer and then last weekend.
I love the way he throws the ball. He has a good, quick release and really good balance when he throws. My biggest concern is how he'll grasp it mentally from how to beat coverages and read coverages. That's going to take time. As far as natural ability, he can throw it as good as anyone I've trained."
HAMMOND'S CORBETT GLICK
Coach Muschamp just offered him a preferred walk-on spot maybe a week ago. He led all of Columbia in passing yards, had 3,300 yards and 38 touchdowns. He was a guy that has a really strong arm but is a lot more athletic than I thought. 6-foot-1, 200-pounds, a decent sized kid for high school. I think his best trait, and what I heard Coach Kimrey talk about, was his knowledge of the game. He really understood it mentally and was able to take advantage of it his senior year. 13-0 with a state title, that's a solid year.
HILLCREST'S WILL WATTS
I was actually the quarterback coach at Hilcrest. He threw for 3,300 yards and 30 touchdowns. We went 10-3, went to the state quarterfinals and lost to Gaffney 17-0. We had four possessions inside our 15 yard line, came away with zero points. First play of the game, we threw what would have been a 70-yard touchdown but the receiver dropped it. He's an undersized kid, good arm, and he's athletic. He's another kid that understood it mentally. We spent a lot of time watching tape and he really understood it and cared about it. You could see when he played that he knew where he was going to go with the football as the game went on and that really helped his game this year.
SUMMERVILLE'S JOHNATHAN BENNETT
I worked with him a couple times this summer. He has a ton of upside, a ton of ability. He's still waiting on the first big D1 offer; I think Northwestern may be about to pull the trigger. I've gotten to know their coach, Joe Call, down in Summerville relatively well and he's done a really good job with him. He's spent a lot of time working on his fundamentals. He's another one of those freak athletes kids who can run and throw. He's a competitor; he's one of those kids that when we trained he wanted to stay another session because he wanted to continue to grow and develop. As far as arm strength, he's up there with the best of them. He throws a really nice ball and he's an athlete. I think he'll be very attractive to a lot of colleges this offseason. If he got one big-time D1 school to offer him, he'd get 10. I think everyone's sitting around looking at each other waiting on someone to pull the trigger.
GILBERT'S JOSH STRICKLAND
A lot of people are excited about him and I am too. He had a really good year, finished with 2,100 yards. They had a really good team. He's probably got the strongest arm of any of the guys I coach. The ball really jumps out of his hand. He's another kid who's under the radar, athletic. His dad's a big guy and a lot of the college coaches like that. He's won a ton of games now in a year and half of starting. I'm really pumped for him, he may be a big-time D1 guy in the rough.
