Beau Allen in transfer portal
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Mentioned in another thread, I don’t think it is hard to get a 4th star as a QB. Be 6’1+ and have a decent arm and camp for 2 summers. 1 outta 10 pan out because the rest peak in 12th grade and don’t develop mentally to be big time.
This would be about the best case scenario I could see for UK adding some QB depth through the portal. Obviously, it wouldn't be ideal going into next season with just Vandagriff (if he comes) and true freshman Boley on the roster. But nobody capable of playing in the SEC is going to come here to sit behind Vandagriff. That just isn't happening in this day and age. If you are a legit SEC quality QB and you're not a freshman, you're gonna be the starter somewhere. That is just the reality. So the only option for us to add some depth is to find a local kid who just wants to come back home and is willing to accept the role of being a back-up. Beau Allen probably isn't and never will be an SEC QB, but I would still rank him ahead of any of the other back-ups we've had for the past 3 seasons. So he at least gives us that.
Again, he never really got a chance here. Only guy we've had in the past five years that would actually thrown down the middle of the field. Levis worked right or left but never threw in the middle. Allen stood in their in his meager playing time and threw down the middle with getting drilled in the mouth both in the blue white scrimmage and in his rare occasion against real competition.
Crazy thing about a guy like Allen is he had offers from Michigan and Georgia too. UK isn’t the only school that thought highly of him.
Anyone know why he left Tarleton St? He did relatively decent there.
If he's got any eligibility left will be interesting to see if he goes somewhere he can get some run or does he just return home and provide some depth, maybe get some OOC, and Vandy run?
If he's got any eligibility left will be interesting to see if he goes somewhere he can get some run or does he just return home and provide some depth, maybe get some OOC, and Vandy run?
Yet another example of the objective inaccuracies of star ratings. Allen was signed by UK because Stoops was at that time pushing to control instate recruiting. Allen was a UK legacy and a Lexington product. If he had gone anywhere else, many UK fans would have screamed bloody murder at the time. We know Allen is good enough to excel at Tarleton but couldn't get on the field at UK. IDK, maybe he wants to come home now. Who knows? But would he be happy at the #3 behind a true freshman? If Vandagriff were to get hurt, I would guess Coen would probably get Boley in there and give him some OJT.
I'm sure we all agree Coen needs at least three QBs. JMO but I would look for another developmental depth piece with multiple seasons of eligibility. If Allen is taken, it should be to fill Hogan's role. Again, JMO.
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I could be wrong, and probably am. It seems to me a 4-5 star from a smaller stae like Kentucky would probably be a 2 star in Florida, Texas, etc.
I don’t think it is a Kentucky specific thing though. All decent QBs go to these rival/247 camps and that’s where they get their ratings for the most part. There’s 4 star QBs all over the country that we never hear from again after they commit
I think other than the elite of the elite, it's largely a crapshoot. Lots of 4 stars all over the country don't pan out, we just only have a few per year out of KY, so the ones who don't plan out are magnified.
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