I always liked him, a lot. I got to see him play a couple of times at the Sports-o-rama at Williams-Brice Stadium to kick off the HS football seasons and he was always impressive. A lot of Gameocock fans including myself wondered why Spurrier didn't recruit him more or harder. But i think it had more to do with Tennessee jumping on him early in the recruiting process and Worley favored them right from the beginning. Corderalle Patterson was on his same HS team and from what i can remember Spurriers staff were affraid his grades may not have been up to par to qualify so they never offered him as well. Huge mistake there eh? Why Patterson went the JUCO route. As well as we were already pretty stocked at WR with Jeffery, Gurley, D.L. Moore and Ace Sanders to name a few already in the fold and we were in much bigger need of offensive and defensive lineman. But early playing time was a biggy with Patterson so i don't think he gave us much thought either.
Clowney won Mr. Football South Carolina in 2010, Worley's and Jadeveon's Sr. year, while Worley won National Player of the Year that same year. He was a big time productive pro style QB at Rock Hill.
Very smart, tough, hard worker, poised, and with really good accuracy. High School football is covered here on the local radio every Sunday morning and the broadcasters raved about him often. He doesn't have Brays arm strength but it's not a noodle either. He can make all the throws i just wouldn't expect the down the feild air attack you were use to seeing under Bray. Worleys mechanics IMO are/were much better. He's not going to lose you a bunch of games due to bad decisions or poor technique, he's a natural pocket passer.
With the WR class you guys have coming in and Worley's ability, i wouldn't expect much of a drop off in the passing game just with the usual growing pains of young guys not playing much together. Worleys ability will make that transistion a lot smoother for the receivers IMO along with their ability. Though a lot of what he couldn't do when he first got there may have changed by now. He's been in Knoxville for a couple of years now. I think you guys got a real good one IMHO.
Is he penciled in as y'alls starter going into next season?