Monday, June 22, 2020

Elite 11 Finalists

A global pandemic can't stop the Elite 11. Twenty of the top high school quarterbacks are set to compete for the title of the best of the best. The competition is scheduled to take place June 29 through July 1 in Murfreesboro, TN. The Elite 11 regional tour was canceled in early March. Two regional events were held in Atlanta and Los Angeles prior to the shutdown. Those events produced three of the 20 finalists. The remaining 17 finalists have been tapped since to compete for the 2020 Elite 11 MVP.

2020 Elite 11 Finalists

Jay Allen
High School:  Fort Pierce (Fla.) John Carroll
Commitment: Florida (Baseball)

Tyler Buchner
High School: La Jolla (Calif.) Helix
Commitment: Notre Dame

Dematrius Davis Jr.
High School: Houston (Texas) North Shore
Commitment: Auburn

Carlos Del Rio-Wilson
High School: Loganville (Ga.) Grayson
Commitment: Florida

Kyron Drones
High School: Pearland (Texas) Shadow Creek
Commitment: Baylor

Sam Huard
High School: Burien (Wash.) Kennedy Catholic
Commitment: Washington

Another Huard. Is there some state law that all Huards attend Washington?

James Grayson
High School: Piano (Texas) John Paul II
Commitment: Undecided

Maddox Kopp
High School: Houston St. Thomas
Commitment: Undecided

Tyler Macon
High School: East St. Louis (Ill.) High
Commitment: Missouri

Drake Maye
High School: Charlotte (N.C.) Myers Park
Commitment: North Carolina

J.J. McCarthy
High School: Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy
Commitment: Michigan

Kyle McCord
High School: Philadelphia St. Joseph's
Commitment: Ohio State

Behren Morton
High School: Eastland (Texas) High
Commitment: Texas Tech

Miller Moss
High School: Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei
Commitment: USC

Garrett Nussmeier
High School: Flower Mound (Texas) Marcus
Commitment: LSU

Kaidon Salter
High School: Cedar Hill (Texas) High
Commitment: Tennessee

Ty Thompson
High School: Gilbert (Ariz.) Mesquite
Commitment: Oregon

Brock Vandagriff
High School: Bogart (Ga.) Prince Avenue Christian
Commitment: Oregon

Christian Veilleux
High School: Potomac (Md.) Bullis
Commitment: Penn State

Caleb Williams
High School: Washington (D.C.) Gonzaga
Commitment: Undecided

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Past Elite 11 MVPs

1999
Brock Berlin
High School: Evangel Christian (La.)
College: Miami

Participants of Note:
Jason Campbell
Matt Cassell
Luke McCown

2000
Brodie Croyle
High School: Westbrook Christian (Ala.)
College: Alabama

Participants of Note:
Derek Anderson
Kellen Clemens
Jake Cutler
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Bruce Gradkowski
Matt Leinhart
Dan Orlovsky
Kyle Orton
Michael Robinson
Brad Smith

2001
Ben Olson
High School: Thousand Oaks (Calif.)
College: UCLA/BYU

Participants of Note:
Trent Edwards
Jordan Palmer
Troy Smith
Drew Stanton
Vince Young

2002
Kyle Wright
High School: Monte Vista (Calif.)
College: Miami

Participants of Note:
Dennis Dixon
Matt Flynn
JaMarcus Russell

2003
Rhett Bomar
High School: Grand Prarie (Texas)
College: Oklahoma/Sam Houston St.
and
Matt Tuiasosopo
High School: Woodinville (Wash.)
College: Washington

Participants of Note:
John David Booty
*Nate Longshore
Chad Henne
Brian Hoyer

*Cal's first Elite 11 recruit!

2004
Mark Sanchez
High School: Mission Viejo (Calif.)
College: USC

Participants of Note:
Chase Daniel
Colt McCoy

2005
Matt Stafford
High School: Highland Park (Texas)
College: Georgia

Participants of Note:
Sam Bradford
Andy Dalton
Josh Freeman
Colin Kaepernick
Case Keenum
Jake Locker
Christian Ponder
*Kevin Riley
Tim Tebow

*Cal's second Elite 11 recruit!

2006
John Brantley
High School: Trinity Catholic (Fla.)
College: Florida

Participants of Note:
Kirk Cousins
Nick Foles
Ryan Mallett
*Brock Mansion
Kellen Moore
Cam Newton
Ryan Tannehill
Tyrod Taylor

*Cal's third Elite 11 recruit!

2007
Blaine Gabbert
High School: Parkway West (Mo.)
College: Missouri

Participants of Note:
Mike Glennon
Landry Jones
Andrew Luck
E.J. Manuel

2008
Aaron Murray
High School: Plant (Fla.)
College: Georgia

Participants of Note:
Matt Barkley
Tajh Boyd
*Allen Bridgeford
Derek Carr
David Fales
A.J. McCarron
Zach Mettenberger
Brock Osweiler
Tom Savage
Geno Smith

*Cal's fourth Elite 11 recruit! Tedford's grabbing the QBs!

2009
Jake Heaps
High School: Skyline (Wash.)
College: BYU/Kansas/Miami

Participants of Note:
Blake Bell
Blake Bortles
*Austin Hinder
Sean Mannion
Nick Montana
Bryce Petty
Connor Shaw
Trevor Siemian

*Cal's fifth Elite 11 recruit!

2010
Jeff Driskel
High School: Oviedo Hagerty (Fla.)
College: Florida/Louisiana Tech

Participants of Note:
Teddy Bridgewater
Cody Kessler

2011
Neil Burcham
High School: Greenbrier (Ark.)
College: SMU
and
Tanner Mangum
High School: Eagle (Idaho)
College: BYU
and
Jameis Winston
High School: Hueytown (Ala.)
College: Florida State

Participants of Note:
Chad Kelly
*Zach Kline

*Cal's sixth Elite 11 recruit!

2012
Asiantii Woulard
High School: Winter Park (Fla.)
College: UCLA/South Florida

Participants of Note:
Joshua Dobbs
*Jared Goff
Christian Hackenburg
Malik Zaire

*Cal's seventh (and best) Elite 11 recruit!

2013
Sean White
High School:  University School (Fla.)
College: Auburn

Participants of Note:
Kyle Allen
Will Grier
DeShone Kizer
*Luke Rubenzer

*Cal's eighth Elite 11 recruit! After some spot play at QB Rubenzer moved to safety. 

2014
Blake Barnett
High School: Santiago (Calif.)
College: Alabama/ASU/South Florida

Participants of Note:
*Ross Bowers
Sam Darnold
Drew Lock
Kyler Murray
Josh Rosen
Jarrett Stidham

*Cal's ninth Elite 11 recruit!

2015
Shea Patterson
High School: IMG Academy (Fla.)
College: Mississippi/Michigan

Participants of Note:
K.J. Costello
Jacob Eason
Dwayne Haskins
Jalen Hurts

2016
Tua Tagovailoa
High School: St. Louis (Hawaii)
College: Alabama

Participants of Note:
Sam Ehlinger
Jake Fromm
*Chase Garbers
Dylan McCaffrey
Davis Mills

*Cal's tenth  Elite 11 recruit! And current Cal starting QB.

2017
Justin Fields
High School:
College: Georgia/Ohio State

Participant of Note:
Trevor Lawrence

2018
Spencer Rattler
High School: Pinnacle (Ariz.)
College: Oklahoma

Participants of Note:
Jayden Daniels
Bo Nix
Taulia Tagovailoa

2019
C.J. Stroud
High School: Rancho Cucamonga(Calif.)
College: Ohio State

Participant of Note:
Ethan Garbers

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