Two of college football’s best quarterbacks trained with quarterback guru George Whitfield, Jr. at the University of Michigan this week. Former Florida State Heisman winner Jameis Winston and two-time Baylor Big 12 champion Bryce Petty are each preparing for April’s NFL Draft, and came away extremely impressed with their time in Ann Arbor, based on their quotes in a video on the Wolverines’ site.
Jameis Winston: Michigan resources ‘so much more advanced’ than Florida State
Winston on Harbaugh: “I wish I could have played for him.”
Both quarterbacks spoke very highly of the training facilities available and new head coach Jim Harbaugh, a former NFL quarterback himself. With one and possibly two first-round draft picks talking up Michigan’s resources so highly, it’s hard to think of too many recruiting pitches more effective than this.
On facilities:
Winston: “These guys don’t know how blessed they are to have this kind of facility. I mean, Florida State, we’re a very prestigious school, we have nice stuff, but we don’t have this. I’m sorry, I love Florida State. Go ‘Noles till the day I die, but they’re so much [more] advanced than us.”
(Michigan’s 104,000-square foot indoor facility opened in 2009 and is about the same size as FSU’s, which opened in 2013. Baylor’s is about 73,000 square feet.)
Petty: “This is bar none the best one that I’ve seen. We’ve got great ones in Waco, you know I love what we had at Baylor, and so it’s cool to kind of see other places, and this is definitely by far one of the best I’ve seen.”
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On Harbaugh:
Petty: “If there’s anybody that you want to play for as a player, it’s a coach like him. Just a fan, energetic guy, passionate about football. From the second he came over here he was sizing up Jameis and wanted to see his grip. He’s just a quarterback. And that’s the coolest part about playing the position and being coached by somebody that’s been there and done that.”
Winston: “It was a blessing to meet a guy like that. It was an honor to meet him. All of his accomplishments, and the type of coach that he is, I wish I could have played for him.”
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