Devon Dampier

[NashvilleUteFan]

Is currently crystal balled as going to Utah by 247. I’ve heard many people around college football say this guy could be the next Cam Ward. I would be excited about this while also tempering expectations.

Devon Dampier Crystal Ball

[jshame17]

Have any links for that comparison?

From what I’ve seen, his passing is nowhere near Ward.

60% cmp, 24/4 TD/INTs his freshman season at Incarnate Word

[Anfernee]

58 players threw for at least 2,500 pass yards in ‘24. 36 players ran for at least 1,000 yards in ‘24. Only 1 player did. Dampier. 2,768 pass yds, 1,166 rush yds 31 total TDs. Beck is a great QB coach. This will be their 2nd year together. So I expect a lot of improvement in his throw game.

[NashvilleUteFan]

No link but yesterday on The Drive, Checketts had Mike Sanford Jr on the show who, most recently, was the OC and interim HC at Colorado before Deion took over, and has been in coaching at a bunch of other programs. He said on the show that many coaches around the nation are looking at Dampier as having Cam Ward potential, making the comparison that Cam was not a polished passer early in his career and relied more on his legs but developed into a great passer at Wazzu.

[ArcheryUte]

Is he 5’10 or 6’0? Im tired of all the lies.

[EagleMountainUte]

He is four inches taller than Wilson who is actually 2’6”

[thirtyfour-thirtyone]

The guy was reasonably successful in his first year running Beck’s offense. Maybe we get some other hot-shot QB in the portal. Maybe we don’t. I would feel pretty good either way if we have Dampier on the roster. This is the closest we could possibly get at this point to continuity on the offensive side of the ball (in a good way, anyway). Hopefully we can get someone else to come in too, and compete for the starting spot and/or back him up.

I’m less concerned about his height and other measurables, given that he has shown an ability to actually play division 1 FBS football.

[highlandute7]

At this point, any QB we can get on the roster would be a positive.

[EagleMountainUte]

It is really hard to not overlook his rushing numbers. I also think UNM defense did no favors to Dampier. I think it partially explains the TD/INT ratio.

[AlohaUte]

I’m sure it helps that we have his coach and they seemed to succeed from each other, but we’ll still need to offer some major NIL money, especially if the demand for him is such as it seems to be. We are not guaranteed to get him by any means.

[J Rocksville]

Seems a little small, but you can’t argue with his results last year. With a better O-line and potentially more talent around him (potentially is the key word here), you’d hope he’d continue to grow as a passer and rely less on his legs. I think 3k yards passing at a 60-65% clip and 500 running puts him right on par with the QB that won two P12 titles for us. Then again, maybe he can’t see over our o-line ha ha.

We would really have to be sure he’s the guy, because I doubt other QB’s would want to come here knowing that our OC is bringing his guy in. That’s already putting a transfer QB at a disadvantage.

I think it’s worth it though, and getting our hands on their QB, RB, and WR in the portal would be a nice score. A few guys with proven production that already know the system and could help get everyone else on the right page.

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