Quote Originally Posted by maroonmania View Post
Dak is not a good comparison to use though because he was a huge outlier and way out of the norm. There has NEVER been a QB at MSU that i've ever witnessed that improved from his FR year to his SR year the way Dak did. Especially with regards to his passing accuracy. Hard to expect that as the norm. Most guys that aren't accurate as FR (like Fitz) never become accurate.
Dak also played in a similar spread system in high school to what Dan ran at MSU. Fitzgerald ran a triple option offense and rarely threw the ball and only played QB in high school one season. He came to MSU way behind the curve compared to most D-I high school QB's. If he had played in a system similar to even say Dan Mullen's in high school he probably wouldn't have been nearly as raw.

There's a reason why MSU and MTSU were the only ones to recruit him.