Taylor Cook, QB

From ESPN.com with info from Scouts, Inc. :

Hometown: Eagle Lake, TX
Rice High School
Position rank: QB # 9
Ht: 6'6" Wt: 210

Cook's recruitment is going to be heating up quite a bit if he continues to have another season like he did during his junior year. Rarely do you see a player with his imposing physical stature possess his athleticism and ability to beat you with his legs and his arm. He is a high school version of former Arkansas QB Matt Jones-- a legit dual-threat. Goes out of the shotgun a lot. Possesses great measurables. Has great feet for a big quarterback, not only mobile and a threat to run with the ball, but has good pocket awareness and creates a lot of second chances. He has very good arm strength, and although he is unorthodox in terms of his overall mechanics and ability to step up in the pocket and deliver the ball, he is still able to throw off of his back foot, he has great velocity on the ball, he can throw the deep out with good velocity and accuracy, and he can create on his own. There is no question of his arm strength and he can really fit the ball into tight spots when he has to. He is mobile in the pocket, he can move around to avoid hits, but he is also a tremendous threat to tuck the ball and run. When he is running in the open field, he is tough to bring down because he is so physical. He actually eliminates a lot of sacks even when he is in the pocket because defenders simply cannot bring him down and they fall off of him even though they make contact. He is impressive to watch accelerate because he has a second gear you don't expect to see in six-foot-six prospect. The real issue with Cook right now is that he is unpolished as a passer. Will spray the ball around if his feet aren't set and he tends to play street ball instead of being a little more patient in his reads. Most, if not all of his weaknesses are correctable and just need coaching and time in the film room. Overall, Cook has loads of physical tools and coaches will love the pressure he can put on defenses and to top it off, he could play a number of positions outside of QB if needed. Excellent prospect.

My Analysis
So, let me get this straight. This kid is highly recruited and they claim he has all of this ability and they claim he's a bit unpolishied.

If only they said that about Kyle Wright.

This just sounds like a taller version of Wright; and we all know what happened to him. Then again, Wright was recruited by Larry Coker.

This recruiting class has speed. A lot of it. And, most importantly, players from South Florida are staying home to play for Randy Shannon.

Let's hope that Randy Shannon is a better evaluator of QBs than Coker was. If so, and Cook is as good as everyone hypes him up to be, then he could very well be a starting QB his freshman year with a TON of threats.

Am I excited, sure am. No. 1 recruiting class according to ESPN.com. Doesn't get any better than that. Oh, wait, yes it does: A winning season -- one that includes a W over Florida State.

That's my say on it.