There might not be a bigger fishbowl in sports than playing quarterback. At least they come in more developed physically and mentally and with more experiences under their belts at the professional level.
The elite college quarterback recruit, like Utah’s Jack Tuttle, steps onto a campus as a mixture of wide-eyed kid and football savant. All eyes fixate on these young signal callers, fans gravitate to them and project hopes and expectation upon them.
These young men bring increased scrutiny and their mistakes get magnified by virtue of their sparkling track records at the prep level.