My two cents: RhettRod decision could affect Burmeister
Rich Rodriguez’s decision last week to offer a scholarship to his son, Rhett Rodriguez, was puzzling at first.
RhettRod is a terrific high school football player, and by all accounts, a nice young man with a promising future as a football coach. But he is not listed as a Division I prospect by any of the scouting services.
After pursuing the South Carolina job, adding his son to the program was probably RichRod’s way of saying he is committed to staying in Tucson.
But recruiting is so sensitive that you never know how RhettRod’s commitment will be viewed by, say, 2017 UA recruiting commitment Braxton Burmeister, a four-star QB prospect from La Jolla, California. From what I’ve seen of Burmeister on video, he’s a potential game-changing recruit. I suspect RhettRod will spend his UA days as a holder on placekicks and as someone who will add valuable input as a pseudo coach, and not as day-to-day competition for Burmeister.
A month ago, one of the reasons Arizona lost 2016 four-star QB recruit Devon Modster to UCLA is because his family didn’t like it when Arizona added Utah prospect Kahi Neves, who had been a prep QB standout.
Neves is said to be more of a linebacker prospect than a quarterback at Arizona, but in recruiting, most parents —and most recruits — take the path of least resistance, real or otherwise.
