Recruiting Dual Threat QBs and why it's hard

Some player types are harder to evaluate in HS than others. Dual threat QBs fall into this category. The reason is that often, in HS, a "dual threat" QB is really just the most athletic MFer on the field. He can often appear to even be a pretty decent passer because he's passing against defenses so helpless to stop him when he's running that his reads are simple and WRs are running in the clear.

Think about this. Deion Sanders was a HS QB. I saw him play in HS. Teams were helpless to stop him. shite, they probably prayed he'd just pass.

Meanwhile, a traditional QB still basically needs to make all the throws. He isn't athletic enough to just take off every time he doesn't have the perfect throwing option. This actually lends to his development as a passer too. I mean hell, do you know how hard it must've been for a HS coach to convince Cam Newton not to just take off every time the WR wasn't running 3 yards in the clear? I can hear the conversation now. "Cam, I know you just ripped off 30 yards, but that WR really was kinda open".

So, Dual Threat guys give evaluators three problems. 1)They rarely have to learn to make all the throws an so, evaluators don't tend to see them. 2)They tend to only throw when the pass is absolutely THERE giving the illusion that this will translate going up and 3)Their leg talent actually impedes their own development as a passer.
(think of it as being a 7'2" basketball player in HS........why practice your jump shot? You're going to dominate anyway!)

So, I would love it if we could get a REAL dual threat guy but I submit that a GREAT MANY so-called "dual threat" guys in HS aren't. Even when they have big passing numbers. I think the hit rate for evaluating a great passer is just a lot easier to achieve than evaluating these HS dual threat guys.