Dear QB Country Friends and Family,
The Advent season teaches us a lot about managing our expectations. The days and weeks leading up to Christmas are a time of hopeful anticipation as we look forward to the celebration of Christ’s birth with those we love most. It also seems to be a time of waiting patiently. As I’ve reflected during Advent, I’m reminded that patience isn’t passive – it’s an active pursuit. We don’t just show up on Christmas Day, we prepare our hearts in advance. We commit every day to the people around us, to being the person we want to be so we won’t miss the chance to give and receive blessings. In this giving and receiving, we experience the happiest time of the year. This isn’t by accident…it’s intentional.
In much the same way, if we want something we don’t just sit around and wait for it to happen. Achieving our hopes and dreams comes with work, sacrifice, time, and quite often a good deal of painful learning along the way. In fact, the word “patience” comes from the Latin “pati” – which literally means “to suffer.” It has been an exciting year for our quarterbacks and for QB Country, but we’ve all experienced disappointments. Injuries, benchings, tough losses, missed opportunities, uncertainty in our place or position, it’s all part of football – and life. And in every bit of it we give thanks! We have no regrets because we prepared and gave it our best! If you are required to be patient right now, know that it’s preparing you for what’s to come. Where you are right now is exactly where you should be. Faith is believing God’s promise, regardless of stumbles and suffering. Faith gives substance to our hopes, belief in things not seen.
This Christmas, may your preparation and patience be rewarded with peace and perspective, love and joy and a memorable celebration with family and friends. We wish you joy and happiness, and extend our deepest gratitude for your continued belief in us. You’ve blessed us!
Merry Christmas,
David Morris
Founder, QB Country
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Recent QB Country News & Highlights |
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Going Bowling: QB Country trainees headline college football postseason |
With our trainees accounting for one in four of the top 60 starting FBS quarterbacks this season (15/60), it was bound to be a busy bowl season in QB Country. In games that have already been played, Trey Lowe tossed two TDs in Southern Miss's 38-24 win over Rice in the Lending Tree Bowl...Taylor Powell passed for 298 yards and 2 TDs in Eastern Michigan's 41-27 win in the Famous Idaho Bowl...Austin Aune (North Texas) passed for 238 yards and a TD in the Frisco Bowl...Carter Bradley had a record-breaking season for South Alabama capped by a 360-yard, 3 TD performance in the New Orleans Bowl. Congrats to two of our FCS guys who were in the FCS playoffs, Michael Hiers (Samford) and Matt McKay (Elon).
Next week's slate of games will feature three head-to-head matchups between trainees with Grayson McCall and Coastal Carolina taking on Holton Ahlers and East Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl (12/27)...John Rhys Plumlee and UCF will battle Riley Leonard and Duke in the Military Bowl (12/28)...and Bo Nix and Oregon take on Drake Maye and UNC in the Holiday Bowl (12/28). Other games include KJ Jefferson and Arkansas v. Kansas in the Liberty Bowl (12/27) and Tyler Shough and Texas Tech v. Ole Miss in the Texas Bowl (12/28)...The week continues with Garrett Shrader and Syracuse taking on Minnesota in the Pinstripe Bowl on 12/29...Stetson Bennett will lead UGA into the CFP Semifinal against Ohio State on 12/31 in the Peach BowlFinally, Will Rogers and Mississippi State cap the week against Illinois in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
Best of luck to all our guys!!
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Seven QB Country starters in the NFL in 2022 |
When Gardner Minshew takes the field tomorrow as a starter for the Philadelphia Eagles, he'll become the seventh QB Country-trained quarterback to start an NFL game this season and eighth to see time on the field. The list of players that have started at least one game in 2022 include Mac Jones/Patriots, Daniel Jones/Giants, Davis Mills/Texans, PJ Walker/Panthers, Cooper Rush/Cowboys, Bailey Zappe/Patriots. Also seeing action: Nick Mullens/Vikings.
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21 Commit on Early Signing Day |
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Congratulations to our 21(!) quarterbacks who signed their national letter of intent to Division 1 schools on early signing day (12/21). The list includes:
Arch Manning/Texas, Christopher Vizzina/Clemson, Brock Glenn/Florida State, Emory Williams/Miami, Marcel Reed/Texas A &M, Cal Swanson/Illinois, Tad Hudson/UNC, Lex Thomas/NC State, Sean Boyle/West Virginia, Kenny Minchey/Notre Dame, Mack Howard/Utah, JD Sherrod/Troy, JJ Kohl/Iowa State, Carson Black/Charlotte, Braylen Ragland/Georgia State, Caden Creel/Jacksonville State, Colbey Lamberth/Eastern Kentucky, Earl Woods/Jacksonville State, Tyler Nelson/Kennesaw State, Cole McCarty/Kennesaw State, Gage Sliter/Montana. We are thrilled for all of you and your families! More to come in February!
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This year's event -- set for February 2-4, 2023 in Mobile, AL -- is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for quarterbacks in grades 6-12. They’ll train like a quarterback preparing for the NFL Draft, meet top NFL prospects, learn and compete with QBs from across the country, and experience the biggest college football all-star game of the year. There's nothing like it anywhere else. This is a truly special and memorable weekend.
This is also the perfect last-minute Christmas gift for a young QB.
Thanks to everyone from around the country that has already signed up -- we can't wait to see you in Mobile!!
For more information and to register, click here. If you have any questions, please contact your QB Country coach or email us at info@qbcountry.com.
*Note that the deadline for reserved Senior Bowl tickets is December 31!
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