Excellent article on what Joe Burrow brings to the table.

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Looks like he was always a born winner and is super competitive.


Watching Burrow win was something Adams repeatedly witnessed and thoroughly enjoyed when the two were joined at the hip as quarterback and head coach. Burrow won the starting job as a sophomore and never looked back.

Burrow led Athens to a 37-4 record from 2012-14 and put up video game numbers. He threw for 11,416 yards and 157 touchdowns and was named Ohio's top player after throwing for 4,445 yards, 63 touchdowns and two interceptions as a senior.

According to Adams, it was Burrow's intelligence that allowed him to shine at such a high level.

Burrow's ability to dissect defenses and make correct reads on plays even when his first option was wide open isn't the norm for most high school QBs.

Whether it was handing the ball off, pitching it, keeping it or throwing it, or going through three or four receiver progressions, Adams said Burrow always found a way to find the option that was going to inflict the most damage on the opponent.

Yes, maybe option No. 1 was open, but he knew No. 2 was going to be even better," Adams said. "It's a very difficult thing to teach people let alone someone playing quarterback at a high level.

The Bulldogs typically wouldn't drop passes at all during practice, White said. Burrow was surrounded by good athletes at the skill positions and the team took great pride in making it through a practice without dropping a pass or letting a ball hit the ground.

But after consecutive days with some struggles, Burrow spoke up.

"He took charge of us staying for about 45 minutes after and our skill guys ran through everything again," White said. "Obviously, he asked if I could stay with him. ... That took us from being pretty good to everyone else realizing how good he wants us to be. That was the turning point from good to great."

Adams and White both said Burrow tried his best to make other players around him better.

"People talk about the 'it' factor and I really think the 'it' factor is a super-talented guy who can make guys around him better," White said.