re: Some Rickie Collins gifs from the Zachary vs Woodlawn game

I really like what those clips show.

he made some moves and continued to look down the field after climbing the pocket or squirting out the side. He at no point really gave up the pass u til he crossed los

He has a weird throwing motion that’s going to need to be fixed. He has this wind up motion where the ball dips and comes around. Makes it a long wind up and exposed to sacks.

Lot of velocity on the ball. Can throw multiple position points. Runs well though.

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Bryce Young. I'm not sure if he has quite the arm Young has

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Eh, I actually think his *arm* is every bit as big as Bryce’s—Bryce isn’t really a mahomes or Allen type firing laser beams and cannon blasts—it’s more the processing and accuracy where rickie falls short of Bryce (and that’s not even a criticism. Bryce was about as good as it possibly gets for a HS prospect in those areas).


I’m no scout by any stretch, but the biggest thing that sticks out to me as a potential weakness with Collins when I watch his tape is his mechanics on throws inside the pocket. He has the raw athleticism and arm talent to absolutely sling it on the run and off-platform, but his footwork and throwing motion seem to vary quite a bit on throws from inside the pocket. That being said, I think that’s to be expected and isn’t really his fault: His OL is absolute tissue paper—I swear there are games where he’s pressured on 75% of his dropbacks—so he’s really not getting the reps necessary to develop that consistency. Like… it so bad that part of me almost views his inconsistent mechanics in the pocket as a *good thing*—he’s already good as hell but has more “low hanging fruit” in terms of improvement than just about any other QB recruit of his caliber. If he’s a good, coachable kid, he seems like the type who could make absolutely enormous strides once he gets to campus.


The way he runs actually reminds me a LOT of jayden daniels. And daniels has the same mechanical issues. The differences are (1) we will have the chance to coach Rickie up from day 1 and he will presumably be receptive, whereas JD by all accounts went the first 3 years of his career with a “can’t tell me nothin” attitude and very little real instruction, and (2) Rickie seems to have no fear of throwing into tight windows.


I think a fully-actualized Rickie Collins looks a LOT like how jayden daniels looked this past weekend against Florida.



Tl;dr - Rickie’s arm is just as good as Bryce’s; it’s accuracy and consistency in the pocket that set Bryce apart. Rickie doesn’t have those things yet, but his OL is so bad that he hasn’t really even had a chance to develop them. Once he gets some stability he could blow up.

Take a chance on Collins lol. Exactly what he need to clean up? Put him on Zachary team and Eli on Woodland.

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Take a chance on Collins lol. Exactly what he need to clean up? Put him on Zachary team and Eli on Woodland.

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Eli is the best Louisiana qb in this years class. Collins is a good player and would benefit from better coaching/team.

When it comes to recruiting you are actually taking a chance on all the kids

Gotta be Dual he hasn’t the time to drop back, he can move

WAFB & Jordy Culotta piece on both qb's

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He has a weird throwing motion that’s going to need to be fixed. He has this wind up motion where the ball dips and comes around. Makes it a long wind up and exposed to sacks.

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I posted that earlier in this thread and collected a couple of downvotes but no comments. Yeah, he will never earn a dime playing football unless he cleans that up, but if he’s accurate, can read defenses, and can run he’ll have a nice college career.