"If it was tomorrow it would be Chris (Streveler)
because of the experience factor, but I think Chris would be the first
one to tell you he's gotta continue to perform," offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover said last week. "It's no secret that Jacques Perra
from Roseville really opened some eyes with some things he did-just
being around the program and now in the spring. There's a pretty good
competition that's developing there. I think Chris is still the No. 2
but I think Jacques is getting bigger and bigger in his rearview
mirror."
Limegrover described Perra as a more "natural thrower" than Streveler
who is a gifted runner.
In spring practices so far Leidner has received more work with the
team's better offensive players. Not playing with a superior supporting
group in practice makes it more difficult to fairly evaluate Streveler
and Perra, Limegrover said. But Limegrover expects that to change as
the Gophers move through their last six spring sessions. Limegrover will then have a better report card on Streveler and
Perra, but he already believes both can be starting Big Ten
quarterbacks.
Streveler is a leader, too, and
last summer he and Leidner got players together for volunteer
practices-something that impressed Limegrover.
"The great thing about Jacques is that I
don't know if he has a bad day." Limegrover said. "There isn't a whole
lot that bothers him. Not a whole lot that phases him."
"I think that part of his makeup is fantastic," Limegrover said.
" This kid was put on this earth to play quarterback."
Limegrover said incoming freshman Demry Croft could
figure in the plan to determine the No. 2 quarterback. The Gophers tell
all their new players not to assume they will redshirt and Limegrover
is enthusiastic about the 6-5 quarterback from Boylan High School in
Rockford, Illinois.
"We feel like the sky's the limit for him," Limegrover said. "We
feel like he's a kid that at some point might overtake these two
(Streveler and Perra). That's what you try and do every year. You're
trying to recruit to beat out the ones that you already have in the
program-and that's how you go from 3-9, to 6-6 (records). If you get to
that point, where you're doing that every year, that's when special
things happen."
Why does Limegrover talk about Croft having so much potential?"
"We saw that he had a lot of athletic ability when we saw his film as
a junior," the coach said. "Then being able to see him live at camp
and watch him throw the football, and how he approached camp and being
coached, and how he went about his business, and his physical tools.
"There's a maturity there. He's not your typical dimply faced
17-year-old kid. There was kind of a presence about him, which you
really like in your quarterback."
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because of the experience factor, but I think Chris would be the first
one to tell you he's gotta continue to perform," offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover said last week. "It's no secret that Jacques Perra
from Roseville really opened some eyes with some things he did-just
being around the program and now in the spring. There's a pretty good
competition that's developing there. I think Chris is still the No. 2
but I think Jacques is getting bigger and bigger in his rearview
mirror."
Limegrover described Perra as a more "natural thrower" than Streveler
who is a gifted runner.
In spring practices so far Leidner has received more work with the
team's better offensive players. Not playing with a superior supporting
group in practice makes it more difficult to fairly evaluate Streveler
and Perra, Limegrover said. But Limegrover expects that to change as
the Gophers move through their last six spring sessions. Limegrover will then have a better report card on Streveler and
Perra, but he already believes both can be starting Big Ten
quarterbacks.
Streveler is a leader, too, and
last summer he and Leidner got players together for volunteer
practices-something that impressed Limegrover.
"The great thing about Jacques is that I
don't know if he has a bad day." Limegrover said. "There isn't a whole
lot that bothers him. Not a whole lot that phases him."
"I think that part of his makeup is fantastic," Limegrover said.
" This kid was put on this earth to play quarterback."
Limegrover said incoming freshman Demry Croft could
figure in the plan to determine the No. 2 quarterback. The Gophers tell
all their new players not to assume they will redshirt and Limegrover
is enthusiastic about the 6-5 quarterback from Boylan High School in
Rockford, Illinois.
"We feel like the sky's the limit for him," Limegrover said. "We
feel like he's a kid that at some point might overtake these two
(Streveler and Perra). That's what you try and do every year. You're
trying to recruit to beat out the ones that you already have in the
program-and that's how you go from 3-9, to 6-6 (records). If you get to
that point, where you're doing that every year, that's when special
things happen."
Why does Limegrover talk about Croft having so much potential?"
"We saw that he had a lot of athletic ability when we saw his film as
a junior," the coach said. "Then being able to see him live at camp
and watch him throw the football, and how he approached camp and being
coached, and how he went about his business, and his physical tools.
"There's a maturity there. He's not your typical dimply faced
17-year-old kid. There was kind of a presence about him, which you
really like in your quarterback."
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