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Growing up, Jarrett Stidham was compared to Tom Brady, but preferred Peyton Manning

In high school, Jarrett Stidham was one of the best quarterbacks in the entire country.

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(Read Ryan Hannable’s full story from Monday here.)

The story also revealed growing up, Stidham’s personal quarterbacks coach, Kelan Luker, said he threw like Tom Brady, but that bothered Stidham because he preferred Peyton Manning.

“When he was in seventh or eighth grade I told him he threw the ball a lot like Tom Brady and I thought it was kind of ironic because he sometimes kind of got upset like, ‘Peyton Manning is my guy.