He was the No. 1 QB recruit in the COUNTRY! What happened to Blake Barnett?
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 15. 12. 2020
- Not too long ago, Blake Barnett was supposed to be the next BIG quarterback in college football. He was the top QB recruit, was named the starting QB at Alabama, and it looked like a bright future was in store for him. Well... things didn't really turn out as planned. Why he his career never take off, and where is he now?
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Zamir White Go Dawgs!
Letâs keep it with USF and go with Quinton Flowers.
Raasan Gary from Michigan
yes
Well if were gonna continue the theme of overrated California QBs.......how about Jimmy Clausen
He is a good all around dude. Much respect for Blake! đ€đŒ
@Bennie Boy good one
Nice one đ
I remember him, while he was at Alabama, he gave me his gloves he used during games, good guy.
Man I remember him. Should've gone to Notre Dame. It's not like there had been any competition over there compared to the dynasty.
Couldnât agree more. I just said that a few comments before you. That was the problem.
Wouldnât have mattered. Blake just could not read the field properly. Nothing against him personally
You forget about Ian Book and Brandon Wimbush? Either way he was screwed, both teams had deep QB groups
@@robertkelly8191 the only reason the Irish offered wimbush was because Barnett decomitted and book was the following year. Nothing really changes.
@@r2saint24 Crazy to think ND landed Wimbush only 4 months after Blakeâs flip commitment. I was convinced he was going to PSU. Gotta give it to Brian Kelly, he knows how to recruit.
Blake was at ASU my freshman year playing there (I played in that 2017 Spring Game, Im #46 that comes into frame @ 4:46 ). He was a great dude and a class act, super talented. Honestly, we didn't run the right scheme for him to be successful. Our offense was based on a run & gun spread style of passing and he needed a more pro-style, play-action based offense. I think he would've excelled at a school like Stanford or Northwestern where his athleticism was just a bonus & he wouldn't be asked to throw on the run so much.
Thanks for your insight and analysis on the situation bro, helps bring the whole situation more to light. Go Devils!
I currently go to ASU for law school and I saw that youâre also a law student. Respect to you for going through law school while still playing football. Law school is already very hard for me and I canât imagine how hard it is for you to balance that with football. Good luck and see you on the other side of law school.
@@usernamealreadytaken770 hey thanks man! I'm not always substantially certain I made the right choice but I had specific intent to do something alot of people didn't think I could lol best of luck to you in law school as well!
Just imagine how much different his life would be if he stuck to ND
Or even if he transferred to the right school on the first try
Yeah with their cupcake schedule he wouldâve been badass
He would have played for one of the few college football coaches who is an even worse human being than Nick Saban...
@@thomasmcgrath9395 How is Nick Saban an âawful human beingâ? Because heâs a great coach ???
It probably wouldn't have mattered since he was set back by his intestinal injury and didn't adjust to college well.
If he still wants to play football, he should join the XFL when it restarts in 2022 I think
i was just about to type this
@ it was bought out so it should
Nah he trash
Trevor Lawrence is what Blake Barnett was supposed to be.
Trevor isn't that good. I take other qb ahead of him. A lot of qbs.
@@adyzYangboi Yea Lawrence is kinda overrated. But i think we get the point the original poster is trying to make about Barnett being a complete bust and Lawrence wasnt.
@@adyzYangboi ...........đ
@Jupiter Foxx that would probably be Brady or Brees rn
Maybe he should've grown his hair out . . .
Man the QB situation in that Bama vs SC game was crazy. Max Browne and Blake Barnett were the most highly recruited QBs in their classes but were ultimately unsuccessful. Both were replaced by superstar backups who never looked back that season too in Sam Darnold and Jalen Hurts.
I was thinking what happened to him a few days ago. Thanks for making a video on him.
I remember being so excited when he transferred to ASU. Then what? 1 and done. Shout out to Manny Wilkins
Felt that bro
i was so pumped, i thought heâd light it up
Manny was that dudeđ€
As a fellow Sun Devil fan I had the same feeling. So happy when we got him and nothing ended up happening.
@@vontazebuckshanks6356 manny was terribleđđ he couldnât throw an accurate pass more than 15 yards I went to every game
this vid was lit keep the grind
He seems like a good guy, itâs very unfortunate how his football career panned out.
Love the new style you've been doing for a while. Reminds me of KTO! Been a viewer for 3 years! Keep up the good work.
Thank you man I really appreciate it!!
He should trust âThe Processâ at first. Young mind always in a rush and got his 5 stars recruit over his heads. Well what do I know.
Dude I'm telling you bro do a video on Tyrone Prothro!!! No one's done it yet !! I know I'm nothing but a random guy on CZcams, but this video will be a big deal , especially to alabama fans. It's a tragic story .
I used the picture of him breaking his ankle as my screen saver for years...Never seen a man standing on top of his own foot đźđźđ€ąđ€ąđą
My cousin was at the game where he broke his ankle i still remember the cat h against sourhern miss
@@jacobguy3343 the TD where he pined the ball on the defenders back!!! đ„đ„đ„đ„đ„
@@tmoney228 YEPPPPPPPPPPPP i wanted to grow up and where number 4 because of him
Dude I keep telling him to do a video ! He was amazing and his whole career ended in a horrible way
Heâs an amazing dude. Bro coached my highschool football team freshman year
Blake was my assistant football coach at my highschool this past season
"Looks like he is enjoying his life....based on his instagram posts"
heâs constantly posting stuff about his family
Everybody looks like they are enjoying life based on Instagram posts.
Lol
@@fitfogey W
His wife has bad breath and queefs a bunch
I knew how highly touted he was coming out of high school. So Barnett and why he didnât necessarily pan out at the collegiate level always baffled me. Thank you for making this video bro!
Graduated from ASU in 2017. Love your content, and Iâm definitely binging tonight.
Go Devils! I graduated last year
Wowww, I remember playing against this dude in high school. Always wondered where he ended up, always a baller âđŒ
Just met Mr. Barnett 2 days ago. very cool and good dude
He seems like a good dude, I remember him when he came to Tempe a few years ago but didn't play much, not sure how he couldn't beat out Manny Wilkins. At least he got his Masters, seems to have a good head on his shoulders.
Seems like a really good dude. I feel bad that things were so unlucky for him, but it seems like he's the type of man that takes it in stride and builds from it.
Great vid!! You gotta do one on malachi jones!! Great player who kept getting the short stick when leagues dissolved. Wish someone would give him a chance
My man, finally taking my dm advice!
I experienced the same thing in Pop Warner. It was tough.
Even if Barnett stayed at Notre Dame, he wouldâve started as a redshirt sophomore after DeShone Kizer left for the nfl. He may have transferred by then already to Arizona State if he had seen the success of Kizer
More vids like this pls and thank you
Make more of these for sure. đđ»
As a Bama fan, I was super excited for Barnett when he came to Alabama. Remember, this is before Jalen, before Tua, he was the highest rated QB recruit that we had gotten since Brody Croyle. Having said that, after the first series in the opener against USC, you could see that the lights were too bright. In come Jalen Hurts and the rest is history. đ€·ââïž
Glad you enjoyed it!
Remember Jalen lost his starting job also.
He seems like a standup dude who loves the games and will probably coach someday.
Blake Barnett went to my high school in Corona California. Most of my dads side of the family is in Alabama so Iâve been a fan of The Crimson Tide since I was a kid. I was really excited to see someone from my town going to my favorite team.
Iâm still not sure what happened and why his Alabama career was derailed. He didnât play great against USC, but considering how raw Jalen was at throwing the ball down field, I still think Barnett would have had a shot at the starting job if heâd stuck with the process and not transferred. But thatâs just me speculating. Iâm glad heâs okay and healthy. Maybe heâll get a shot at the XFL when it comes back next year.
Nothing against Blake but thatâs shows you them stars and rankings donât really mean nothing.
Iâm glad youâre doing this video. His time at USF showed some promise, but as a team they couldnât build off the momentum they started out with in 2018. From questionable play-calling from Sterlin Gilbert, to a decline in production from Barnett, it got worse quick. Iâm hoping Jeff Scott can turn it around.
I am a Bulls alum. Not much to cheer about since Quinton Flowers left.
@@davidnovak707 nope. Hoping that the solid recruiting class this year is the start of something.
This story reminds me of QB Gunner Keil. Anyone else remember his journey through 4 different colleges?
i love the doc type videos
Glad you enjoy em!
I wanna see a video on Keith Marshall. Came in with Todd Gurley at UGA. Higher rated too, never panned out for whatever reason.
As a Bama fan, I remember really being excited by him. An Elite 11 winner. Then the USC game happened. He looked scared. Or maybe confused by the plays we called. Sad to see
Might see him become a coach someday.
He was my Coach this season , crazy how things happen .
As an Alabama fan I can tell you exactly what happened. He came to Alabama, didn't get the starting job handed to him, quit on the team, transferred to ASU, repeat, transferred again and never did anything. The kid was clearly someone who grew up always having everything he wanted given to him. No clue why he would come to Alabama in the first place, anyone with a brain knows Saban doesn't play that crap lmao.
Jalen was successful at Bama and he transferred. He just happened to be successful at OU as well. Your comment about Savanna is irrelevant
@@suther1145 Huh??
RTR
it's crazy he's my coach now
He played alright at USF, honestly I think he was just a product of being too highly rated coming out of HS. If he would have been a 4 star nobody would bat an eye at the career heâs had.
For every 5 star QB, there is a 2 star QB that's even better...IJS
I met and talked to this guy before. Hes a pretty cool guy very humble. A future in football does not seem to be the end all for him. If he does stay with the game I could see him coaching or something of the likes.
Barnett was notorious for having a large ego at Alabama and Arizona State. He was widely considered by many of the students he shared classes with to be a massive jerk and likely didn't mesh well with the locker room at ASU and Alabama. He got injured in his first season with USF as well. He had to have shoulder surgery due to it after the season and it came out in his play. In addition to his first ankle injury in his second season the team was moving towards an offense that was going to be focused around then True Freshman Jordan McCloud who was significantly more athletic than Barnett. The bad ankle injury was a result of him playing on an already damaged ankle and what really put the nail in the coffin for him.
Alot of people also think that Barnett was never really as talented as he was listed due to the level of talent he played against in high school and rather he was a rich kid that went to the right camps. Having watched all of his games at USF there were definitley moments when he would wow you with his arm but he just seemed like a guy who never really had the chance to develop due to him constantly hopping systems.
Awesome recap, you're spot on
Interesting to know your insight about people perceiving him as arrogant. I never had class with him so I can't speak to how the general population viewed him, but I shared a locker room with him for a year and a half and never once heard a negative thing about him or did he come across to me personally as arrogant or out of touch.
@@KordellCaldwell I can only say from what people have told me. I don't know where you shared a locker room but it seems alot of this occurred while at Alabama with him interacting with normal students. From what I've read from a few different people he'd walk around campus and whenever personally slighted he'd hit people with the, "Do you know who I am?" and similar behaivor. He may have been completely different in the locker room and frankly wouldn't be surprised if he was a good guy there.
I personally think if this story is true he was just a young guy who let it all go to his head. I've personally met him a few times when he was at USF and he seemed like a nice enough guy to me.
@@blord1205 That's understandable. We were teammates at Arizona State so I wouldn't be surprised if the entire Alabama stint was a huge growing experience for him which led to some personal maturity. I wasn't trying to invalidate your statements, merely looking for clarification since it didn't align with my personal experience knowing him.
@@KordellCaldwell Yeah I was surprised when I heard those things about him to. I met him after he had transfered to USF and the few times we talked he was as nice as could be. Yeah I'm glad you invalidated at least part of my arguement because I had never heard anything really about why he transferred from ASU and had just assumed it was a character problem outside of the game.
Goes to show u high school rankings means nun college rankings mean nun itâs about making the most out of the opportunity given to u
went to my high school. i was pumped for him
Do a video on AJ Johnson, former Tennessee standout, now with the Broncos, but has a crazy story in between.
this dude went to my high school, he was a legend there. Santiago isnt really known for football, especially with centennial down the road. he was the first big named recruit out of santiago. he shoulda sticked to ND, imma ND fan so i was disappointed when he went to bama, shout out to Nano Castillo tho, he was really good too.
Best players want to play for the best program
I think he's done. And his indecision and regret look bad. Moving here, there, everywhere.
I remember watching him in the under armor bowl
There are many people who would love to achieve his results in life. He overcame health challenges to play division 1 sports, got a great education for doing that, was able to bring someone into his life more than 20 years earlier than I did, pretty fantastic if I had anything to say. He could have been stuck going through this time alone with no degree or so like so many other football stars right after college.
As a bama fan I had very high hopes for Blake. I hate that things didnât work in his favor. Best of luck in the future to Blake and his family.
Got the herp in Tempe hard to play with that itch
He gave it a good shot and got to play for some great teams. Seems likes really cool story.
Still got a free MBA!! He will also probably be a great Head Coach with seeing so many systems through college
Free? Do you know how much work it takes to be a college football player? How many injuries you have to suffer? Tell his broken ankle that his education was "free". Ain't nothing free about it.
Do you get a "free" paycheck every week wherever you work?
@@latinolawdog5067 yeah I hear your point. End of the day I hope heâs optimistic about his future. He has a lot of potential outside of playing QB
Oh of course. Heâs what, 22-23? This young manâs book isnât done, itâs yet to be written. I wish him and his well in wherever life takes him.
I played him in hs . He had size & he could run alil bit , threw a bunch of screens.
BAMA guy here, I diddnt know a lot of the things about Blake (the blood count, etc). But his posts and everything he has said makes him seem like a great dude. No smack talking, no bitterness, no Tate Martell posts, etc. hope he has a great life, and too bad it diddnt work out for him at South Florida. I saw him play a game there on tv and thought he looked good in that one game
Another player I suggest is the QB from last chance U, the one the went to the league as a DB or the one the went to Nevada
I remember him getting hit during the USC game and just looking shell shocked. I think it might have been the first play from scrimmage
Yeah, after that hit he really had the deer in the head lights look and shortly after Hurts replaced him.
Seems like a nice down to earth guy
hes a asshole and has been known for being a ass to his teamates
You should do âWhat happened to Hunter Johnson?â The former Clemson and Northwestern qb.
Growing up a Bama fan. I never followed recruits until Blake Barnett and Najee Harris. 2 guys that I follow during their recruiting process. I was so hyped for Barnett, I really wanted him to kill it. Even when he left Alabama, I still wanted him to do well. What happened to him in terms of football was really sad.
I would like to also add that the dudes wife is hot.
After committing to Notre Dame he wanted to visit ALA. Brian Kelly didnt want his #1 recruit taking visits after making a commitment. Brian Kelly told him(and his father) something to the effect off, "If you are looking, then we are looking". This is after Notre Dame rolled out the red carpet for this kid (like BK never did before, or since), and he was more than likely promised the 'keys to the kingdom'. Who knows what would have happened had he just stuck with ND. Oh well, at least he got to take those visits......
He has a great attitude. Every time he got knocked down he got back up and tried again.
If he never plays football again he will probably succeed in business.
I do get the sense he would get a scout team opportunity in the league somewhere once heâs healthy enough to get full workouts in.
Do Troy Davis from Iowa state. Itâs a bit of a throwback but he shouldâve won a heisman. I believe he is still the only college running back with back to back 2,000 yard seasons
I had so much faith in him coming to Bama
there are so many pro football leagues around now I can't believe he can't find a league that this guy could play in. usfl arena football xfl cfl nfl fan controlled league I'm sure he could find a spot in one of those leagues and i hope he can
You should do San Jose State
Can you do one on Star Jackson?
He defined gives me the Kurt Warner vibes
Seems like a good dude.
Do a video on Aaron Murray please!
Lol he got benched in his first game and that was that
Continue to look at the Elite 11 QB that came in first or second in the competition. There are some really interesting stories there. Quite a few are similar to Blake Barnett. Also, the number one ranked QB's that went to USC expecting to be groomed into Superstars and where it didn't pan out. Look at how many #1 Quarterbacks coming out of high school don't amount to much football-wise in college or the professional ranks in the National Football League. Andrew Luck was ranked #3 coming out. That's not uncommon either. What is that about?
Meanwhile, Bryce Perkins ended up at Virginia, and I'd say that worked out pretty well. Go Hoos.
The fact that Arizona State had Brady White and Bryce Perkins as their 3rd and 4th stringers is NUTS
Absolutely lol GoHoos Wahoowa
the ncaa 14 music at the end got me triggered lol
nurse here a RBC count of seven is pretty dangerous he could have easily bled out any lower than that and you can actually have brain damage
This dude went to my highschool yo
I don't put a lot of stock in the elite 11! Also I was big fan of other QBs in that class for Alabama. I wanted Lamar Jackson, Drew Lock, Kyler Murray, Jake Browning. I really wanted Murray and Jackson after seeing them play
Can you do a what happened to Brandon Wimbush
Easy. Started off at ND, starter in 2017, his passing ability wasnât great so backup Ian Book became the starter and Wimbush lost his job. Wimbush transferred to UCF but never became the starter. He would go out on a Knights team that had a top 5 offense, 10 win season (3rd straight), and ended his career on a bowl win.
the goat Ian Book replaced him
As a Clemson fan I hate hearing that
Ian book isnât great but heâs been really hot recently maybe heâs turned a corner and might actually get drafted
@@nb2078 Ian Book is the goat
Need a video about Ronald Curry
I remember watching him win the Elite 11. What a shame I wanted him to succeed
I totally forget about this guy
Do Shea Patterson.
just watch scott fisher he has a vid on him
Please do a video on Tate Martell. Another number 1 rated QB that was supposed to be the next great thing but never panned out. He started at Ohio State then transferred to Miami. Who knows where he is now.
I've already made onw!
Mitch Mustaine had a nightmare turn of events in his career, illustrating how cruel football can be. I hope he is ok
Thereâs a movie/doc called âidentity theft of Mitch Mustainâ, worth a watch
So crazy I followed his whole story I remember watching the game when he played against USC
@@xandercrews4729 yeah the movie shows Mitch is a bit flaky, good natured guy but never loved football and is okay with things.
At the end of the movie he talked about how he really loved the military and learning about it and seems to be headed towards down that path.
thing is there were coaches who though he should of been a 3 star not a five
Hey can you do one on Noel Devine. Thanks
I think he should tryout for the 49ers they need QB help and from what I have seen of Blake I think his skills will translate very well in the Kyle Shanahan offense.
Yes exactly! đđ»
yesssss
Hope the XFL comes back strong so he can try to get a shot there
Let's goo đ what about Will Marcus mariota ever start again?
No. Iâd be willing to put a bet on it
@@Wond3rland___ bust
Well not start but play yes
brooooo Blake Barnett was ass in the three games he played at bama. So glad Jalen took the job from him
Mans missed a total of 8 passes as the QB at bama in his career. Then literally got benched for an NFL QB, not ass at all lmao
To be honest he ruined his career the moment he enrolled at Alabama.
@@robertkelly8191 Go look at the Bama v USC game on CZcams. Blake was scared to death and it showed, even the announcers mentioned it. Jalen came out and was composed, which the team needed at that time. Blake got back in the game once the game was decided and of course he looked comfortable. That too was noticed by the announcers. Saban said the same thing at halftime of the game. It later came out that Jalen had outplayed Blake in the spring and that Saban still wanted to give him a shot which he lost. That supports what happened when he went to other schools, he wasnât a 5* talent.
@@robertkelly8191 yeah but he threw like 19 total passes
@@roberts321 shhhh nobody needs to know lol
@@cpowell6070 This! It looked like the game was moving way too fast for him when he was at Bama. He looked like a deer in headlights. It was obvious to every Alabama fan that Jalen won that job during the USC game.
This feels like a cut-rate Flemlo video...
Can you do Drew Barker?
This man came out of Arizona st with a wife and a kid. Jesus
Hope something happens for him like playing in the CFL then to the NFL
Do a video on tre mason