Eastern Pennsylvania QBs Whose Stock Rose this Season

As the 2020 Pennsylvania High School football playoffs are well underway, we now have the opportunity to look back this season to see where players improved and regressed this season. With most of the state’s programs seasons being finished, we have a “full” season of work that we can look back upon and judge rather. <span style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> Over the upcoming days and weeks, we will be looking at players across eastern Pennsylvania that improved their stocks during this season. It will be a mixture of seniors and juniors mostly but there may be a freshman or sophomore who jumped off the page and earned themselves a spot on the list. Today, we look at eastern Pennsylvania signal-callers.</span> <strong>Kayden Riley (Danville): </strong> The senior 6-foot-1, 190-pound signal-caller out of Danville, PA put together a senior season for the Ironmen. On the season, Riley threw for 1,867-yards and 25 touchdowns while completing for 62.2% of his passes while throwing just six interceptions. Riley is a quarterback who could play at the D-II or D-III levels. On the tape, he shows a quarterback who has quality mobility (a 4.75, 40-yard dash per HUDL), is elusive with the ball in his hands, good arm strength, and put that all together with throwing an accurate football and you have a quarterback who can make a difference at the next level. <b>Collin Quintano (Notre-Dame Green Pond): </b> The class of 2022 quarterback was terrific as a junior, he passed for 2,614-yards and 24 touchdowns while throwing just four picks on the season and completing 63.2% of his passes. Quintano on tape looks just as good as his numbers show. A pro-style quarterback, he has good size at 6-foot-2 and 185-pounds, a strong-arm and good accuracy As a junior, he’s a very impressive quarterback who I believe has the upside of being a very good FCS-level quarterback. <b>[player_tooltip player_id="27516" first="Lek" last="Powell"] (Bishop McDevitt): </b> Powell has been someone I’ve been high on for a while and he showed why this season as a senior. Potentially one of the best stat lines by any quarterback in the state, Powell threw for 1,591-yards and 20 touchdowns while completing 66.5% of his throws. His most impressive stat, however, is his zero interceptions thrown. Powell for a while was on the line of an FCS and D-II player but with his senior season, I believe he’s truly an FCS level quarterback who has the potential to be a quality starter. <b>Judd Novak (Manheim Central): </b>The first-year starter for Manheim Central, Novak completed 54.2% of his throws this season for 1,580-yards and 21 touchdowns. He did throw seven interceptions in the process which was just under one per game but for his first year as the stater, it was a quality showing. We’ll look to see him take another step forward in senior season. As he currently stands, I see Novak as a player who could play at the Division II or Division III levels depending on his offseason and what he does in his senior season. The biggest goal for Noak this offseason will probably to be put on some extra weight especially muscle as he’s still a bit undersized according to HUDL numbers. While his 5-foot-11 stature shouldn’t hold him back as we have entered an era of football where smaller quarterbacks are having a bigger presence, he weighs in at just 155-pounds. It won’t hold him back as a high school quarterback next season but once he goes to the next level, he’ll need the extra weight. <strong>Evan Clark (Manheim Township): </strong> Clark put up an extremely impressive stat line during his senior season, passing for 1,505-yards while completing 70% of his passes for 18 touchdowns while throwing zero interceptions. Add in 339-yards on the ground and four touchdowns and it even becomes more impressive. His tape shows a quarterback who at 6-foot-3 and 200-pounds, could be a difference-maker at the next level. He has really nice arm strength, really good accuracy (as shown by his numbers), good mechanics, and we could go on and on. He has the potential to be a really good Divison II quarterback but also shows the ability to play in our opinion at the FCS level if given the opportunity. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27576" first="Beau" last="Pribula"] (Central York):</strong> After putting together a good sophomore season where he saw his first extended time as a high school quarterback, [player_tooltip player_id="27576" first="Beau" last="Pribula"] took a huge step forward in 2019 and showed why he was highly recruited. The 6-foot-2 quarterback was 91-for-124, passing for 1,361-yards and 27 touchdowns with just two interceptions on the season.  He shows everything that you look for in a future FBS level starting quarterback and at the very least an above-average Power Five starter with a high ceiling. He has great size, great arm strength, really good accuracy, and has a really strong ability to run the football as well. He’s the top quarterback in the state for the 2022 recruiting class and his senior season has a chance to be a really special. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27663" first="Ethan" last="Kohler"] (Perkiomen Valley): </strong> The 2022 quarterback had himself a very good junior season, tossing the rock for just over 1,200-yards while throwing for 14 touchdowns and completing just over 63% of his passes on the season. He had just one interception as well, a testament to his accuracy and football IQ. With his size, arm strength, and other intangibles, Kohler is a quarterback to keep an eye on going into the 2021 season. &nbsp; &nbsp;