A better debate is whether he should have been rated as highly as he was as a recruit.
But injuries aside, he really wasn't a good college quarterback. He was a sub-60% passer running pass-friendly spread offenses while averaging under 7 yards per attempt. Just way too many easy throws that he consistently missed. Good kid that I wished well, but he didn't live up to the Top-5 Q.B. rating he had as a recruit.
Replies to: "Unfortunately, it is fair to call Crist a bust."
- Interesting, 4 of the top 25 highest rated ND recruits are in the 2026 class, according to 247Sports [LINK]
- FoolBear - 11:24am 10/21/25
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- Sam Young was one Big Muchacho. [NT]
- NDblues - 11:46am 10/21/25
- If memory serves, when Charlie Weis' wife met Sam Young as a recruit she made a comment that - FoolBear - 1:44pm 10/21/25
- Wasn’t Sam Young the guy that knocked on Charlie’s door at 6am asking him how to be a leader? [NT] - jray - 10:13pm 10/21/25
- Yeah, and played like a big cream puff!! [NT]
- NEPA Irish - 6:49pm 10/21/25
- First ever TRUE FR starter on the OL and made AA team, guy was a helluva pass protector. - Rocketman84 - 9:24pm 10/21/25
- And started 21 games in the NFL - ndunabomber - 8:07am 10/22/25
- First ever TRUE FR starter on the OL and made AA team, guy was a helluva pass protector. - Rocketman84 - 9:24pm 10/21/25
- If memory serves, when Charlie Weis' wife met Sam Young as a recruit she made a comment that - FoolBear - 1:44pm 10/21/25
- Since 2000? Clausen was #1, Jaylon was #2, Te'o was #3 then Sam Young and Floyd were top 10 - Rocketman84 - 11:28am 10/21/25
- Some interesting names on that list: Dayne Crist #9, Gunner Kiel #12 some big QB misses there!!!! - FoolBear - 1:31pm 10/21/25
- Want a few more QB misses? Jurko, Wimbush, Buchner. More than our fair share of bad luck at QB [NT]
- NDQuebec - 6:40pm 10/21/25
- Jurko would've been fine if he stayed at ND [NT]
- Rocketman84 - 9:09pm 10/21/25
- He just needed to stay healthy - ndunabomber - 9:14pm 10/21/25
- Yea, he had everything needed to be successful until the injury bug messed with his head [NT] - Rocketman84 - 3:16pm 10/22/25
- He just needed to stay healthy - ndunabomber - 9:14pm 10/21/25
- Jurko would've been fine if he stayed at ND [NT]
- Rocketman84 - 9:09pm 10/21/25
- By misses, I hope you don't mean busts. I know they didn't have the ND careers we all hoped for, yet - Irish_Demon - 2:26pm 10/21/25
- I remember Crist going to KU and that did not work at all. [NT]
- FoolBear - 4:18pm 10/21/25
- He was no where near the QB at Kansas that he was even at ND - Irish_Demon - 4:35pm 10/21/25
- Unfortunately, it is fair to call Crist a bust. - jakers - 4:16pm 10/21/25
- I get it. But I don't agree with all of that. - Irish_Demon - 5:04pm 10/21/25
- Exactly - ndunabomber - 3:37pm 10/21/25
- I remember Crist going to KU and that did not work at all. [NT]
- FoolBear - 4:18pm 10/21/25
- Want a few more QB misses? Jurko, Wimbush, Buchner. More than our fair share of bad luck at QB [NT]
- NDQuebec - 6:40pm 10/21/25
- Some interesting names on that list: Dayne Crist #9, Gunner Kiel #12 some big QB misses there!!!! - FoolBear - 1:31pm 10/21/25
- Sam Young was one Big Muchacho. [NT]
- NDblues - 11:46am 10/21/25