2017 QB drops ND scholly for lacrosse after call from JH

Submitted by Blue Crab on
2017 6'3" QB Jack Coan ((NY) dropped his ND lacrosse scholly after a call from JH. Other interested schools (for football) include MD & Syracuse. He's planning a visit to Ann Arbor this summer. Freep link: http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverine… Coan led Sayville to the Long Island Championship game in the playoffs as a junior, while setting school records for touchdown passes (40) and passing yards (3,431) in a single season. Since he's long considered himself a lacrosse player at the next level, he's only scratching the surface of his football potential as well. Coan is very intrigued by what Jim Harbaugh's program will become. He has the physical tools to be an exceptional passer at the next level, and is looking for the place to help him get the most out of his natural ability. "I'd say that I have good footwork, and I feel like I'm very smart," he said. "I make the right reads, and I feel like I have good accuracy."

L'Carpetron Do…

May 19th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^

I'm pretty sure the top picture is at Manhasset High School.  Can you imagine trying to tackle him in high school?  Holy shit!  Look at him!  Imagine him with a stick in his hands.  And the sticks were brutal in those days...

According to legend, they actually changed lacrosse rules because of him.  He would run down field and clamp the stick to his chest making it impossible to dislodge the ball no matter how hard you checked him.

M2NASA

May 19th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^

There was a video I saw online a few years ago from his time at Syracuse.  Man amongst boys.  He must have hit 9 of the guys on defense and was eventually brought down 50 yards downfield by 3 guys.

That he didn't win the Heisman is one of the greatest injustices in college football history.

Losher

May 19th, 2015 at 12:43 PM ^

Jd spielman from Minnesota was committed to Ohio state for lacrosse before some football offers came in and he opened his recruitment up to both places. Also sam Hubbard played both is hs and was committed elsewhere for lacrosse before he chose Ohio state for football where I think he played both for a little while.

ghostofhoke

May 19th, 2015 at 8:50 AM ^

That's awesome to see JH going places to recruit that rarely get a second look. I grew up in the little town right next to Sayville (which is tiny in its own right). They're about the furthest thing from a traditional power when it comes to football and I can't remember anyone who has pulled a prominent D1 football offer in decades. Kids on Long Island just don't get recruited at the same levels of the real hotbeds around the country. For example, my school won the LI championship my senior year and our top three kids went to Hofstra, Robert Morris and SUNY Cortland. That's pretty typical. Sayville doesn't play the toughest competition as its a tiny school but LI lax is the best in the country so if he's been recruited to play then you know he's a serious athlete.




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RedGreene

May 19th, 2015 at 9:05 AM ^

Hide ur golf recruits, hide ur lacrosse recruits, hide ur baseball recruits cause Jim's taking everybody out here.

 

 

 

Magnus

May 19th, 2015 at 9:07 AM ^

I watched Coan's highlights when he got offered, and he's got a nice delivery and puts some good touch on the ball. He doesn't exactly have a Howitzer of an arm, and the competition level is questionable. I trust Harbaugh when it comes to QB recruiting, but he's not a kid that I would expect to be getting elite offers this early.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1833673/highlights/167841378/v2

Space Coyote

May 19th, 2015 at 9:44 AM ^

I think he gets the most out of his arm, gets good spin on it and cuts the ball through the air, but he's not going to be throwing a lot of deep outs and he's not going to be pushing the ball down the field 60 yards.

I like him and was more impressed by his film than I thought I was going to be; like you said, nice delivery, so when he can step into his throws he gets pretty good ball velocity without over-throwing; but he's not going to have an elite arm and may struggle a bit when his pocket breaks down and he maintain clean mechanics.

sadeto

May 19th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^

Sayville is DIII in Long Island football, which is almost as low as it gets on Long Island, which isn't exactly a hotbed of football talent. They are also level 3 for lacrosse, but it's a much different story, much higher level of competition. Dropping the lax scholarship at this point surprises me. 

CRISPed in the DIAG

May 19th, 2015 at 9:35 AM ^

ONE MAN

First he took your football camps.  ["I DO DECLARE..THIS IS ILL-LEGAL, I SAY! ILL-LEGAL!!!]

Now your Lacrosse players. [(quietly, with monks chanting latin shit in the background) "This is irrelevant. They are not our historic rival."]

He is

HARBAUGH

coming soon to a theatre near you

L'Carpetron Do…

May 19th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^

Ha I'm glad he's screwing over ND.  Let's get that LI kid on M's lacrosse and football teams!

LI football isn't so hot but we've produced a few ballers over the years.  In addition to Boomer who was already mentioned, we got: the greatest of all time Jim Brown, D'Brick, Vinny Testaverde, and of course my favorite Jumbo Elliott to name a few.  And most of you Lions fans should know Stephen Boyd as well.  

I won't say that there are frequent conflicts between lacrosse and football but on LI most of the football players play lacrosse in the spring so a lot of times you'll get the best athletes in the school playing lacrosse.  Schools like UVA and Syracuse will occasionally have a great lacrosse player who was also a star HS football player on LI (and sometimes was recruited to play football there as well).  

LSAClassOf2000

May 19th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^

Coan was featured on Rivals Spotlight with about 11 minutes of footage - LINK

The OP mentions Maryland and Syracuse. Besides Michigan (now recorded as having offered per Rivals), the only other major offer was from Miami (FL). Stony Brook rounds out the entirety of Coan's current offers.