Falcon Verbal #3, Middletown Express Continues to Roll into BG

News here from the Middletown Journal that Caleb Watkins, a highly ranked QB from that school, has made a verbal commitment to Bowling Green. Watkins is 6'4" which seems to be a pretty good fit for the West-Coasty offense we are supposedly putting into place. He has also had some pretty productive seasons, to wit:

As a sophomore, he threw for 2,045 yards and 26 touchdowns. Last season, he threw for 2,089 yards and 22 TDs.

He was reportedly recruited by most of the MAC, so this is a nice get for the Falcons.

Three quick things that occur to me on seeing this.

First, in the current class we one of our top recruits was Matthew Schilz of CA, who was a de-commit from Kansas State. This would appear to give us two strong and tall QBs to compete for the job when Sheehan graduates. There is nothing wrong with depth and competition at QB, especially when you can beat out other conference schools.

Second, to state the obvious, we used to recruit a lot of guys who were QBs and then move them. These guys appear to be pure QBs.

Third, two of his offensive lineman in HS (Chip Robinson and Blaec Walker) are up and coming lineman here at BG.

So, welcome to the Falcons Caleb.