Class of 2013 QBs v Shane Morris

Let me preface this by saying I am not attacking Shane Morris but just trying to figure out what is going on and comparing to his peers.  I am not saying he has no future, he is a bust, he is not trying, etc etc.

I am looking ahead to 2015 and am very worried about this offense as outside of Jake Butt I dont see an elite difference maker at any position (assuming Funchess goes to draft).  And with what I have seen from Shane, we face the reality Wilton Speight might be getting his first playing time on the road in Utah to open 2015.  To even have a respectful 2015 we are going to need some QB to be more than "ho hum", with the lack of difference makers everywhere else.

I viewed Shane Morris as a high ceiling low floor type of QB - if he put everything together he would be very Henne like but I was worried about his floor due to what he was missing (accuracy) and some comments at camps about his reading of progressions.  Ironically some of the same issues Devin faces.  But if he figured those things out - combined with a ridiculous arm - he could be a game changer.  I think a few guys on here who coach football, and/or run blogs (hi Magnus) had a similar view of high ceiling low floor.

Early results are dour in a vacuum and not promising versus peers.  He does not have the excuse of not having a so called QB guru coaching him now like he did last year.  I am looking at some QBs in his class ranked at his level or lower and a few of them are thriving - Kenny Hill @ Texas A&M, JT Barrett @ OSU, and Anu Solomon @ Arizona.  They look like typical young pimple faced QBs - some super highs, some lows, some mistakes, some flash plays that make you go wow.  I have not seen those highs from Shane.  

Disputing the LACK OF PRACTICE EXCUSE:   JT Barrett was going to be sitting behind Braxton all year until his injury so he was in the same situation Shane was - and Shane actually got the entire bowl season last year to get 1st string reps and then played in a game.  Meanwhile Hill was sitting behind Manziel all last year and Solomon didnt have a single snap in 2013.

Disputing the OL EXCUSE;  I don't think the OL was great in the bowl game or the Minnesota game but he was not facing doom terror type defenses and the pass protection was 4/10 not 1/10 like it was for some games Devin had to deal with in 2013.  It was not great protection by any means but 8-10 throws in the Minnesota game you should have seen something very promising, even if he was sacked 4x and looked hurried on 10 other throws.

I am confused what is happening here - along with so many other positions in terms of development.  Watching the progression of JT Barrett from lost soul v VA Tech to world beater the last 2 weeks... watching Anu Solomon "manage" a game for Arizona in the toughest venue in college football against the #2 team in the country (dude led multiple 80 yard type drives in that game, making clutch throws and looking like a senior), watching Kenny Hill go into South Carolina in his first game of his career (akin to Shane's first v KSU) and treat them like Purdue, then watching our guy look like Dan Orlvosky circa 2008 is boggling.

I won't even throw Christian Hackenberg into this conversation since he started last year and was #24 in Rivals but here is Shane versus a selection of guys ranked after him.  And to be fair there are other QBs in his class who have yet to see the field.

Shane Morris, #81 rated player in the country 2013, Michigan

• 14-39 (35.8%), 128 yards, 0 TD 3 INT

Kenny Hill, #137 rated player in country 2013, Texas A&M

• 155-242 (64.1%), 2110 yards, 21 TD 5 INT

Anu Solomon, #99 rated player in country 2013, Arizona

• 131-206 (63.6%), 1741 yards, 14 TD 4 INT

JT Barrett, #152 rated player in country 2013, OSU

• 88-133 (66.2%), 1354 yards, 17 TD 5 INT