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Originally Posted by KChiefs1
He was great even as a freshman at TT.
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Baylor game in 2014 scared Jarrett Stidham into switching his commitment. He wanted to play immediately. Was verbally committed to Tech for 8 months and I guess was confident he could beat Davis Webb for playing time. Saw Mahomes up close at Cowboys Stadium against Baylor and realized he had no chance to play for the next two seasons due to fact Mahomes himself was only a true freshman. Mahomes hit about four deep ball TD's in that Baylor game and damn near beat a #7 ranked team as a true freshman. Tech had a losing record that season, so pretty obvious he didn't have a great team around him.
Stidham was a consensus Top 40 national recruit in 247 Sports "composite" rating of all the different recruiting services:
247sports.com/Player/Jarrett-Stidham-30678?Institution=21680
He switched to Baylor for three reasons: playing time, much better team, and a magical brand new truck that he started showing on Twitter the day he switched his commitment. He is now at Auburn due to the Baylor rape scandal.
Stidham showed some pretty good ability at Baylor, but zero chance he would have seen the field at Tech with Mahomes in the way. I think he made a pretty good decision to not sign with Tech, although maybe should have gone somewhere other than Baylor considering the rape scandal. I'm curious to see how he does at Auburn. He has NFL potential. Very good arm and mobility.