re: Jerrard Randall's Height/Weight

success! and here's your boom:

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Randall, who opened plenty of eyes when he won the camp's long-distance passing competition with an 81-yard throw.

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Here are the highlights from the article:

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Randall, who at 6-2 ½ and a wiry 189 pounds is rated the 10th-best dual-threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com

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Led his team to one of the most remarkable turnarounds in the state, going from 2-8 in 2008 to 12-1 and the Class 2B state semifinals.

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Five days of summer school in Maui with Hall of Famer Joe Montana. ``Joe Montana is a real cool guy. My daddy says he's the most famous guy I've met. I never watched him play. But I know who he is, how he won a few Super Bowls, threw a lot of touchdowns to Jerry Rice. [Montana] taught me a few plays that I brought back with me.

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a big promise from Oregon coach Chip Kelly, who told Randall, a senior at Chaminade-Madonna, he plans to turn him into one of the greatest quarterbacks in Pac-10 history.

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Some comments from his coach:

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"His big thing this summer was trying to become a total quarterback. It was about getting him to read defenses better, get him ready for college." He's proven he can be a great high school quarterback. There aren't many guys like him who can run a 4.4 and throw the ball 80 yards down the field. But there is more to playing quarterback than that. He knows it and he's hungry. He wants to take it all up a notch.''

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"Coach Tyrell booked me a lot of visits", Randall said. ``But I'm not going to take any. Chip said when you're engaged with a girl, you don't go [sleeping with] other girls. He said he's going to keep his commitment to me as long as I keep it to him. Even if I get hurt, I'd still have a scholarship.''

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"If it wasn't going to be Oregon, I told Chip I was thinking about going to Florida to play receiver," Randall said. ``I told him I wouldn't mind being the next Percy Harvin or something. But he said he could turn me into the one of the greatest QBs ever in the Pac-10. I said `OK coach, do your magic and I'll come with it."

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Well all of this certainly adds some fire to this debate I vote keep him at QB, see how he transitions and develops, and rotate him with Rivers ala flynn/RP '07 like I originally stated.