Your concern is valid. And all you have to do is look at the depth chart where none of the scholarship QBs are Dual Threat types. So there looks to be a daring break toward more of a Pro-style signal caller with JJ already on campus, then adding White followed by Queen the following season. Tuberville is also on the roster. I'll agree it was a misfire with JJ but Gus went totally away from recruiting Dual Threat QBs.
And now it's a clusterfuck!
Damn it people,...STOP!!! He did not. Here's from Auburn's own website. First Jeremy Johnson
Strong, Talented, hard-working signal-caller who was named Alabama Mr. Football for 2012 ... 3,193 yards, 31 TD passing as a senior and
also rushed for 705 yards, 9 scores for Coach Billy Gresham at Carver High ... more than 8,200 career passing yards ... U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic ... ranked No. 12 in Alabama, No. 14 QB by 247Sports ... Rivals No. 5 QB, No. 93 overall prospect ... Scout No. 24 ... PrepStar No. 90 overall, No. 7-ranked quarterback ... Montgomery Advertiser all-metro player of the year.
How about Tyler Queen?
Talented
dual-threat signalcaller from Georgia's North Cobb High ... enrolled at Auburn in January ... 2,342 passing yards, 27 TD as a senior ...
also rushed for 10 TD as North Cobb advanced to Class 6A playoffs ... threw for Cobb County-record 89 TD and more than 8,500 yards in high school career, both marks in the Georgia state top 10, and
rushed for 43 career TD Then you have Sean White, who was the winner of the Elite 11. There is not a team in the country, regardless of what offense they ran that would have passed on Jeremy Johnson or Sean White coming out of HS. Both JJ and Tyler were DUAL THREAT QUARTERBACKS!!! Sean was just badass. Why JJ has performed the way he has this year is the biggest question mark. But this isn't because Gus Malzahn tried to go in a different direction. Did he want a QB who could throw a little more? Hell yes. We all did. The whole fucking country thought we had the perfect fit.