ChevyVanMiller Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) This is a fun watch. Josh connects on a number of deep balls, throwing dimes over and over. He takes off running for big yardage on many plays. He dives for the pylon for TDs. Oh, and (spoiler alert) he foreshadows his wow play in Minnesota by hurdling a defensive player for a first down. Edited April 16, 2020 by ChevyVanMiller 2 2 5
StHustle Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Nice find. I see that hurdle has been in his bag since a kid. 1
Buffalo716 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 It's crazy , he still had a great arm in HS. Stupid how not 1 D1 school offered him and he had to go JuCo The talent was there 3
Not at the table Karlos Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 17 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said: This is a fun watch. Josh connects on a number of deep balls, throwing dimes over and over. He takes off running for big yardage on many plays. He dives for the pylon for TDs. Oh, and (spoiler alert) he foreshadows his wow play in Minnesota by hurdling a defensive player for a first down. He said in an interview not long after leaping Barr that he has done it at every level. Does it to show the team he’ll do whatever he has to to win(or something along those lines). Said he only does it once tho. Can’t risk injury 1
Buffalo716 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said: He said in an interview not long after leaping Barr that he has done it at every level. Does it to show the team he’ll do whatever he has to to win(or something along those lines). Said he only does it once tho. Can’t risk injury He hurdled a few people at Wyoming but it's a little too risky in the NFL He had to get the team behind him after that tweeting incident and that's a great way to show your moxie (Some of these highlights look like Reedley Junior college) Edited April 16, 2020 by Buffalo716 2
Buffalo716 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Just now, ALLEN-2-DIGGS-TD!! said: Big arm for HS kid!! I watched the highlights a Little closer it's reedley Junior College 1 1
PromoTheRobot Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Shows me he can make the throws if he feels he's got time. Gotta find that zone again. 2
Shaw66 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Hard to understand why that kind of throwing ability didn't get recruited. My goodness, he threw then like he throws now. 46 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: I watched the highlights a Little closer it's reedley Junior College Ah!! That explains it. I though he looked awfully big, as big as he is now. The story was that he was smaller coming out of high school, and that might have had some bearing on whey he wasn't recruited. 2
Buffalo716 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, Shaw66 said: Hard to understand why that kind of throwing ability didn't get recruited. My goodness, he threw then like he throws now. Ah!! That explains it. I though he looked awfully big, as big as he is now. The story was that he was smaller coming out of high school, and that might have had some bearing on whey he wasn't recruited. Yes 6'1 190 Pounds as a senior. Left Reedley 6'5 235... Something in the water.. And yes his arm was phenomenal even at Reedley. I can't believe more teams didn't run down his doors 2
CEN-CAL17 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 This is NOT his high school football!!!!! This is Reedley Junior College. Orange and Black, Reedley Tigers. First few games are against Fresno City Junior College, that’s where I played in the late 90s. Josh and I are from the same area. Hes from Firebaugh High School. Firebaugh Eagles, Red and Blue are his school colors...... This is his Freshman year in college. 2
Buffalo716 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Just now, CEN-CAL17 said: This is NOT his high school football!!!!! This is Reedley Junior College. Orange and Black, Reedley Tigers. First few games are against Fresno City Junior College, that’s where I played in the late 90s. Josh and I are from the same area. Hes from Firebaugh High School. Firebaugh Eagles, Red and Blue are his school colors...... This is his Freshman year in college. I already have said the same 1
MJS Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Incredible he didn't get more offers. Guess he showed them. Top 10 draft pick and led his team to the playoffs at the highest level of the sport. 30 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: Yes 6'1 190 Pounds as a senior. Left Reedley 6'5 235... Something in the water.. And yes his arm was phenomenal even at Reedley. I can't believe more teams didn't run down his doors Wow. Late bloomer. I maxed out in height at 6'3" as a Sophmore in high school. I grew about a foot in one year and was afraid I was turning into a sasquatch. 1 2
transplantbillsfan Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said: It's crazy , he still had a great arm in HS. Stupid how not 1 D1 school offered him and he had to go JuCo The talent was there Isn't that just indicative of the EXTREMELY unique path Josh Allen had to take, though? I've said it and said it and said it: I absolutely didn't want to pick Josh Allen in 2018 and nearly broke my phone when I threw it against the wall after we picked him. But then I spent a day or 2 just watching and researching as much as I possibly could about him. His upbringing. His farmboy work ethic. Being a multi sport athlete and not taking part in the typical 7 on 7 camps most modern Franchise QBs in the NFL have participated in. The 1000 emails he sent with all his rejections. He was overlooked not for lack of extreme talent, but solely because of an EXTREMELY unique situation. That was what ultimately got me on board with the pick. That's why I am such a Josh Allen homer now. 5
hazer Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 impressive highlights for juco...I'm a big Josh Allen fan...but it appears he threw a better deep ball in juco than he does now! 1
K-9 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 The lack of exposure to elite QB camps and specialized coaching in middle and high school is evident. But man, what a cannon for a right arm. That rare arm talent did more to allow bad mechanics to take hold more than anything else, though. He could just plain get away with stuff others couldn’t because his arm could compensate so well. 1 1
C.Biscuit97 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 9 hours ago, Buffalo716 said: Yes 6'1 190 Pounds as a senior. Left Reedley 6'5 235... Something in the water.. And yes his arm was phenomenal even at Reedley. I can't believe more teams didn't run down his doors https://www.cccaasports.org/sports/fball/2014-15/players/joshuaallen0oal I do agree with his physical skills, it is crazy more schools didn’t take a chance. But he was a 49% passer which is kinda crazy. What level of Juco is RC because not all Juco’s are the same.
ChevyVanMiller Posted April 16, 2020 Author Posted April 16, 2020 11 hours ago, Buffalo716 said: He hurdled a few people at Wyoming but it's a little too risky in the NFL He had to get the team behind him after that tweeting incident and that's a great way to show your moxie (Some of these highlights look like Reedley Junior college) Thanks for the catch. The video is obviously mislabeled. They must have been thrown by the fact that the Juco team played on a high school field. I amended the thread title.
BisonMan Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 You can tell he's pretty raw in the video. He makes a ton of throws off his back foot (and this is his highlight reel!) and consistently throws behind receivers on any type of crossing route. We still see those tendencies today from Josh. At that level, his arm strength made up for a lot of mistakes. The fact that his receivers were slower than they are today made his poor throws catchable in JUCO. A quicker route runner and those throws are 5 feet behind them. He did throw some beautiful long balls and drop-in-the-bucket sideline throws in that compilation. BTW, can we get some of those receivers on the Bills? There were some pretty good over-the-shoulder catches and adjusted catches that I haven't seen Bills' receivers make for a while. Of course, it helps that they were often "junior-college open". ?
Buffalo716 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 4 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said: https://www.cccaasports.org/sports/fball/2014-15/players/joshuaallen0oal I do agree with his physical skills, it is crazy more schools didn’t take a chance. But he was a 49% passer which is kinda crazy. What level of Juco is RC because not all Juco’s are the same. He also had like 27 passing touchdowns to five picks. Also 10 rushing TDs Reedley plays in the California community College athletic association, in the Central valley conference
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