Quote Originally Posted by SamsRams View Post
If I remember correctly, didn’t they offer another QB from Arizona. Also I believe they offered Anders Lee as a QB. So Brock was 4th in line
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Brock was at least the 3rd QB offered that year and you probably followed it closer than I did so you're probably right. I also believe he had nothing other than D2 offers. I remember it fairly well since that entire recruiting sequence happened during the disappointing 6-5 2008 season when Nick Mertens was basically the only true scholarship QB on the roster (not counting Mohler who was redshirting) so as fans we were hoping they made a big recruiting splash for someone at QB who could come in right away and compete for the starting job and Westendorp had the hype and high school pedigree to make us believe he was that guy whereas Jensen wasn't the individual performer in high school that Westendorp was and wasn't getting anywhere near the same level offers.

As good a lesson as any that recruiting accolades mean jack and the intangibles like work ethic and having a winner's mentality are just as important as physical talent.