JMU Duke Dog
June 30th, 2005, 01:28 PM
New Hampshire lost QB recruit Jacob Crook when he decided he'd rather play baseball at a junior college than battle for depth positioning for New Hampshire's QB. It seems like there are a lot of talented QB's that will be at New Hampshire for quite some time into the future even with losing this recruit.
UNH recruit throws change-up
By ALLEN LESSELS
Union Leader Sports
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=56701
The University of New Hampshire football team is not as deep at the quarterback position as it had appeared.
UNH coach Sean McDonnell said yesterday that Jacob Crook, who was due to report to Durham on Aug. 8 for the opening of fall camp, is not coming.
Crook, a heavily recruited quarterback out of Glendora (Calif.) High School, has decided instead to play baseball in college and is planning to attend junior college, McDonnell said.
“After the baseball season, he sat down with his dad and some type of mentor and decided it would be in his best interests to go the junior college route and play baseball,” McDonnell said.
Crook had been recruited by 1-A programs and originally planned to attend the University of Nevada. But after a coaching change at that school, he looked around again and settled on UNH.
“It’s a bit of a disappointment,” McDonnell said. “But it’s his decision and you can’t blame the kid for wanting to pursue another sport. We’d obviously like to have him here. But it’s his and his family’s decision that his future is in baseball.”
Crook passed for 1,596 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior and was a three-year starter.
Rivals.com had him rated as the 26th best quarterback recruit in the country and The Sports Network listed him as the fourth best 1-AA recruit overall.
The good news from UNH’s side is that quarterback is still one of the team’s strong points.
Ricky Santos, who became a surprise starter when Mike Granieri went down with a knee injury in the first half of the first game against Delaware last fall, will be only a sophomore.
Santos completed 64 percent of his passes for 3,318 yards and 31 touchdowns and had 10 interceptions.
There is a job to be won as his backup. Hank Hendricks, another quarterback from California, enrolled in school in January and took part in spring practice and will be a freshman. Bruce Elia sat out last fall and is a redshirt freshman.
And Chris Alexander, out of Riverview High School in Florida, will be a true freshman and is touted as an athletic quarterback who can run and throw.
UNH recruit throws change-up
By ALLEN LESSELS
Union Leader Sports
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=56701
The University of New Hampshire football team is not as deep at the quarterback position as it had appeared.
UNH coach Sean McDonnell said yesterday that Jacob Crook, who was due to report to Durham on Aug. 8 for the opening of fall camp, is not coming.
Crook, a heavily recruited quarterback out of Glendora (Calif.) High School, has decided instead to play baseball in college and is planning to attend junior college, McDonnell said.
“After the baseball season, he sat down with his dad and some type of mentor and decided it would be in his best interests to go the junior college route and play baseball,” McDonnell said.
Crook had been recruited by 1-A programs and originally planned to attend the University of Nevada. But after a coaching change at that school, he looked around again and settled on UNH.
“It’s a bit of a disappointment,” McDonnell said. “But it’s his decision and you can’t blame the kid for wanting to pursue another sport. We’d obviously like to have him here. But it’s his and his family’s decision that his future is in baseball.”
Crook passed for 1,596 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior and was a three-year starter.
Rivals.com had him rated as the 26th best quarterback recruit in the country and The Sports Network listed him as the fourth best 1-AA recruit overall.
The good news from UNH’s side is that quarterback is still one of the team’s strong points.
Ricky Santos, who became a surprise starter when Mike Granieri went down with a knee injury in the first half of the first game against Delaware last fall, will be only a sophomore.
Santos completed 64 percent of his passes for 3,318 yards and 31 touchdowns and had 10 interceptions.
There is a job to be won as his backup. Hank Hendricks, another quarterback from California, enrolled in school in January and took part in spring practice and will be a freshman. Bruce Elia sat out last fall and is a redshirt freshman.
And Chris Alexander, out of Riverview High School in Florida, will be a true freshman and is touted as an athletic quarterback who can run and throw.