Two serious leg injuries had taken away a lot of his mobility, and his psyche was fragile. He played timidly and without confidence. His first year as a starter at ND, he was looking very good for the first few games. Particularly against Michigan and Michigan State. Diaco's defense lost those games, as well as Navy. Then the leg injury against Tulsa, which led to Rees playing most of that game. We all know how that game went.
Kelly misplaying him and constantly getting purple faced with him. Yeah, he was a shell of himself by the time he went to Kansas.
He was no where near the QB at Kansas that he was even at ND
Replies to: "He was no where near the QB at Kansas that he was even at ND"
- 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