I was one of those lake kids at Lake Travis that sucked at football. I played DB and I was TERRIBLE. Pretty fast for a white boy (4.67 40 yard) but not fast enough apparently. We went 3-7 my junior year (1998). Oh, the glory days. I didn’t even play football until my sophmore year when the head coach asked if I would join the team. We were that bad.

Baseball was my sport anyway. (just as a disclaimer) I went onto pitch (lefthander) in DIII ball here in Texas. Lake Travis was/is good at most of the other sports but always struggled in football until recently. I suppose recruiting players helps.

It sure is nice to see Lake Travis producing some talent in the football program now. Go Cavs! Go Horns! Hurray for Gilbert! Hurray for Football! No seriously…. Respect.

What channel was it on? Was it regional coverage? I’m in Virginia.

There were several throws he made which weren’t great. Saw some receivers have to really slow down or stop mid-stride to get a pass, but that’ll go with time. Best thing I saw was his work under pressure. I think it was on a 95 yd. drive that Westlake brought a lot of pressure, and each time he responded extremely well.

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I watched most of the game and would definitely agree. It was a funny game – he made several great throws that were dropped, several other bad throws that the receiver made the adjustments for, and a few ill-advised throws that his receivers went up and fought for.

The really impressive part about the 95 yard drive was that on 3rd down they were actually backed up inside the 1 yard line (on 2nd down on that drive he should have been called for grounding and given up a safety though).

Also, in case anyone didn’t know, Swope, the RB at Westlake that ran really hard is an A&M commit.

Anyone have news on Devon Kennard? I got that OrangeBloods teaser that he was unofficially visiting the Horns when they’re at the Sun Bowl.

OU commit Drew Allen of Alamo Heights went 16 for 46 with 167 yards against SA Clark last night. Yikes.

-The completion percentage wasn’t great (14-30), but he threw one ball way and three were dropped by his receivers. Unlike the offense at Texas with Colt McCoy, he wasn’t making easy, short, high percentage passes. Many of them were difficult and down the field.

-Twice he flashed his arm strength. Both times he missed his intended receiver, looking like his accuracy suffered when really gunning the ball. He has exceptional mechanics, throwing on the run in both directions and finishing with the over the top delivery that is undoubtedly a result of tutelage under his father, former NFL quarterback Brad Gilbert. Very much like Peyton Manning in that respect. His mechanics broke down only once, throwing out of the end zone on the 95-yard scoring drive on third down. He failed to step into the pass as he was getting hit, but still managed to complete it 35 yards down field. Two times in the fourth quarter he threw rolling left on the run. The first was a rope to the sideline, complete. The second required some touch to get it over the defender. He put it to the sideline, as he should, but it forced the receiver to turn his shoulders and it caused him to drop the pass.

-Several times he threw the ball with too much touch, lobbing it up Matt Leinart-style and failing to hit receivers in stride. As others mentioned, it cost him at least one touchdown through the air.

-He showed better timing on the shorter routes, throwing slants well, but occasionally leading his receivers into defenders over the middle—that won’t work in college football.

-All in all, his passing was impressive at times, but overall left some development to be desired. While he doesn’t have the arm strength of Jay Cutler or JaMarcus Russell, he still possesses the necessary strength to make any throw on the football field.

-Considering his ideal mechanics, size, and pedigree, marked improvement in accuracy and timing is not a stretch. He’s likely to redshirt his freshman year at Texas, so he should take the field as a redshirt freshman as polished as any quarterback of that age in college football. That’s not hyperbole.

-Gilbert ran the ball effectively in the game, averaging over 8 yards per carry and scoring three touchdowns. The Cavs used him as their goal line running back. think more than half of his carries were quarterback draws inside the ten yard line. While he size (6-4, 210) gave him an advantage against the relatively small defense of Westlake, he won’t have that same advantage in college and obviously won’t be asked to run those plays for the Longhorns.

-He isn’t as fast or shifty as Colt McCoy, but his height makes it difficult to determine exactly how fast he is. Fast enough to blow up the angle of Westlake linebackers occasionally, but that doesn’t mean much.

-I’m not sure if he is capable of running the zone read in college. He has the frame to put on more weight and presumably increase his speed, as McCoy has done in college. I think he might be able to run just enough in college to keep defenses honest and run the current Longhorn offense. If not, he should be a good enough passer to move back to more of a pro-style offense like the Longhorns ran with Chris Simms. The drawback there is that I think the current offense is much more suited to the current climate in college football, which almost demands a quarterback with the ability to move the chains with his feet.

-A graphic during the game listed Scout as ranking both Russell Shepard and Cody Green above Gilbert. Let the Shepard/Gilbert debate rage anew.