Hey everyone, first time poster long time lurker. I used to be active on ITU back when they made the transition from an ESPN affiliate, until I stopped paying for the non-info (right before AI joined). I figured this was about a good of a thread as any for me to make my first post.
I am an alumni of Mandarin High, and I’ve been going to games ever since I was a freshman at that school in 04-05. My brother in law played for Mandarin for 4 years and graduated in 2018, right before Beck transferred to us (unfortunately).
Beck is simply hands down the most impressive high school football player I’ve ever seen in person. I’ve been going to high school football games in Jacksonville every year consistently since 04 and I’ve seen most of this areas best players play. Ive seen Jacksonville QBs like Tebow in person, Joey Gatewood, Kyle Parker, Kellen Lewis, Eli Peters, Carter Bradley, Nick Tronti, etc. I watched our current LB BJ Jennings and former LB commit Aundre Kearney from early Pop Warner days. And I’ve never been as impressed as I am watching that boy Beck. Listen, he may or may not be as good as Trevor Lawence. But what I do know is, Beck throws the ball with more velocity than anybody I’ve ever seen live. The placement is perfect almost every time. Most of his INTs bounce off his receivers hands first, and he had a **** good receiving corps (all D1) but he throws it with power that isn’t meant for high schoolers. He reads defenses very well, which is what the difference was between the 2018 and 2019 Mandarin teams. They’ve had the athletes on offense, but needed a consistent QB who could make the right reads and in a timely fashion. Beck came to MHS and put them over the edge and brought home the hardware.
I think Beck is going to be the #1 QB in the country when the evals are all said and done and I’d be ecstatic if he became a Cane. We would win a national championship with Beck, its the same situation as Mandarin. We have the athletes but we just need that next level QB, that guy is Beck.