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Matt Sandlin #17 Football News Position Review: QB Matt Sandlin at Tuscaloosa County HS High School in Alabama has a great frame, excellent accuracy, poise in the pocket, and the arm strength to make all the necessary throws. Sandlin is great talent with tremendous upside. Sandlin brings to the table a lot of zip on the ball, excellent vision, pocket awareness, and a Tebow fullback style of running. He throws well on the run or in the pocket. Has great mechanics and is very fundamentally sound. Has good footwork and a nice quick release. Shows good ability to escape the pocket and throw on the run. Has solid arm strength and knows when to gun it and when to add some touch. Made the switch to the 6A classification and is quickly beginning to dominate at the higher competition
Name:Matt Sandlin Height: 6′ 4.5” Weight: 207 Speed: 4.68/40 Bench: 240 Squat: 405 Vertical: 32” GPA: 3.5 Year of Grad: 2010 High School: Tuscaloosa County HS
Northport, AL 35475 Email:msandlin11@yahoo.com
Head Coach 2009: Lee Gibson Office Phone: 205-792-0131 Position Coach: Eric Estes Office Phone: 205-394-1996 Career Ambition: Law Dominant Hand: Right
2008 Season: Sandlin completed 174 of 260 pass attempts for 3,309 yards scoring 29 touchdowns with five interceptions. He rushed for 5 touchdowns while averaging 6.59 yd/carry.
(2008) He led the # 1 Passing Offense in the State of Alabama as a junior.
(2008)He was a finalist for the Friday Night Blitz Player of Alabama, Scout.com Star of Alabama 6 times, Athlete’s Foot Athlete of the Week, named West Alabama (Tuscaloosa News) All-Star and Alabama Sports Writer Association (ASWA) 1st Team All-State Quarterback HM during his junior (2008) season. Ranked #7 in passing yards and Top 20 in Total Offense as a junior by Maxpreps.com. He was awarded teams offensive MVP player of the year.
As a sophomore in 2007, Sandlin completed 15 of 27 pass attempts for 533 yards and seven touchdowns backing up University of Alabama commit Brad Smelley. He also ran the ball for a 5.4 average per run.
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Matt Sandlin #17 6-4.5 212 lb Quarterback of Tuscaloosa County HS delivers 99.9 yd record drive against Gadsden City. Sandlin finished off the game with a 45 yd touchdown throw to #11 Danny Gaines to give new first year head coach Lee Gibson first career win.
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Matt Sandlin of Tuscaloosa County HS in Alabama has all of the tools that colleges look for in a quarterback. He has a great frame, poise in the pocket, excellent accuracy and the arm strength to make all the necessary throws.
Steadman Shealy of American Christian Academy High School in Alabama caught for over 1300 yds. He has the ability to make possession catches into long gains. Good route runner and excellent catching skills that colleges look for in a posession receiver. He will sacrifice is body to make the play.
Brandon Gottfried of ACA High School in Alabama has all of the measurables and catching skills that colleges look for in a tight end. He has a great frame and good hands.
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — With over 150 of the region’s top prospects in Tuscaloosa, here is a look at one of the highlights from Sunday’s FoxSports/Scout.com Southeast Elite Camp on the campus of the University of Alabama.
One of the camp’s top performers was one of the fastest rising quarterback prospects in the Southeast, Tuscaloosa County’s own Matt Sandlin from Northport AL, the 6-4.5, 212-pound gunslinger recently picked up a scholarship offer from Marshall.
Sandlin displayed excellent footwork rarely seen by a big quarterback. He ran with the LB and DB during drills catching the attention of many of the analyst and participants at the Scout.com Southeasten Elite Camp on April 19, 2009. One analyst was overheard saying, ” Sandlin had the quickest feet I have seen on a QB.” The LB and DB must have agreed as they cheered him on competing against other groups. A LB commitment to a SEC school yelled out to a DB in the other line, “this brother’s for real”.
For real is an excellent description, Sandlin had the perfect combination of good arm strength and great accuarcy. His quick release allowed Sandlin to deliver the ball in tight places. He burned top SEC offers at LB and DB and the best in the region alike in 7 0n 7 with 3 TD passes.
In one-on-one’s, Sandlin’s accuracy showed up as he dropped the ball in over coverage perfectly in the hands of the receiver with nice touch on a 30 yd out from the opposite hash against on of the best DB’s in the region. Rodney Orr from Tider Insider observed saying, “That was one heck of a throw. He laid it in there perfectly. If the receiver had kept his feet it could have been a touchdown.”
Sandlin picked on the DB’s delivering passes down field and threw the ball with power when he needed to stick a TE in tight coverage. He hit receivers in stride and threw a catchable ball on underneath routes with little adjustment by receivers.
Overall, Sandlin showed great accuracy with no picks and made great decisions. He has the ability shows nice touch and timing on the deep ball and outside the numbers. Will Matthews wrote,” Sandlin’s stock will continue to rise if he can continue putting up impressive performances at camps like the most recent one.”
Sandlin goes to Huntington, WV, home of Marshall, this week on an unofficial visit to take in the spring game. Marshall will honor the the 1999 National Championship team during the game, which includes some of the biggest names in the NFL like Randy Moss and Chad Pennington. Sandlin is excited about the visit, “Chad Pennington is one of my favorite players!”
Sandlin was not the only Wildcat with an impressive day at the Sunday’s FoxSports/Scout.com Elite Camp, ACA tight end Brandon Gottfried, offensive lineman Derrick Miles and 2012 wide receiver prospect Parker Barrineau had solid camp performances. Look for more post about them in the upcoming days.
Here is the lengthy list of high school football players I’m hearing will be on campus for Saturday’s basketball game. Each is taking an unofficial visit.
There could be one other player coming, but I am trying to track him down and see if he is going to make it. If so, I will let everyone know.
Quarterback
Chris Lucido, Omaha (Neb.) Burke Matt Sandlin Matt Sandlin, Tuscaloosa (Ala.) American Christian
Greg Watson, Rancho Cucamonga
Not all stars shine equally bright because opinions vary from site to site. So we give no opinion, just season performance comparisons among national quarterbacks. You decide how the selected top junior quarterbacks stack up against each other comparing their junior season from available performance stats from MaxPreps.com, Scout.com, Rivals.com and newspapers.
The top NFL QB rating goes to Matt Sandlin with 139, next Jake Heaps at 129, followed by Paul Jones 125, Justin Hinder 123, then Nick Montana 117, Peter Thomas 116 and Terrance Broadway pulling up the rear at 113.
Matt Sandlin (American Christian Academy) Tuscaloosa AL Ht: 6-4 Wt: 207 40: 4.68
Stats
Passing
Comp
Att
Yds
Y/G
Comp %
TD
Int
Long
QB rate
Totals
174
260
3309
254..5
66.9
29
5
84
139
Rushing
Car
Yds
Avg
Long
TD
Totals
29
191
6.59
12
5
Nick Montana (Oaks Christian) Westlake Village CA
Ht: 6-1 Wt: 185 40:
Stats
Paul Jones (Sto-Rox HS) Mc Kees Rocks, PA Committed to
Penn State Ht: 6-3 Wt: 206 40: 5.03
Stats
Passing
Comp
Att
Yds
Y/G
Comp %
TD
Int
Long
QB rate
Totals
118
184
2038
203.8
64.1
24
7
97
125
Rushing
Car
Yds
Avg
Long
TD
Totals
65
323
4.97
67
7
Austin Hinder (Steamboat Springs HS) Steamboat Springs, CO Ht: 6-5 Wt: 180 40: 4.85
Stats
Passing
Comp
Att
Yds
Y/G
Comp %
TD
Int
Long
QB rate
Totals
134
90
1228
111.6
67.2
16
4
123
Rushing
Car
Yds
Avg
Long
TD
Totals
750
10
Phillip Sims (Oscar F. Smith HS) Chesapeake, VA Ht: 6-2 Wt: 215 40: 4.7
Stats
Passing
Comp
Att
Yds
Y/G
Comp %
TD
Int
Long
QB rate
Totals
2400
200
32
4
Rushing
Car
Yds
Avg
Long
TD
Totals
Peter Thomas El Cajon (Calif.) Valhalla,CA Ht: 6-2 Wt: 215 40: 4.7
Stats
Passing
Comp
Att
Yds
Y/G
Comp %
TD
Int
Long
QB rate
Totals
211
308
2691
244.6
68.5
25
5
40
116
Rushing
Car
Yds
Avg
Long
TD
Totals
79
122
1.54
24
6
Terrance Broadway completed 92-of-142 passes (64.5%) for 1,257 yards with 15 touchdowns and five interceptions. He added 240 yards rushing and three scores on 20 attempts. QB rating 113.
James Sandlin signed with Western Michigan University today. He was Alabama Sports Writers Association First Team All-State defensive tackle in 2008… ranked national tackle leader (158), top 10 in nation in sacks at defensive tackle position by MaxPreps … named tackles and sacks leader in Alabama for defensive tackles by MaxPreps in 2007 and 2008 … Tuscaloosa News All-State selection in 2008 … named West Alabama First Team All-Star, All-Region and All-County by Tuscaloosa News 2008 … ESPN.com Top 150 list … Scout.com Top 100. James is the first defensvie lineman to sign a D1 Scholarship from American Christian Academy. See the Slideshow above.
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