We are officially in commitment watch for QB Charles Wright. All signs are pointing that he will be the QB for this class.
Hudl:
It looks like he has a quick release. He's played against some very good competition as well.
Write-up from 247:
Former NFL quarterback Jeff Blake has trained new Iowa State quarterback commit
Charles Wright since the eighth grade and raves about the Austin (Texas) High standout.
“I really feel like if Charles was at a school that was a state contender, he’d have 30 offers,” Blake stated.
With that, no doubt Cyclones head coach
Matt Campbell and his staff are happy that the 6-foot-1, 194-pound Wright had just four opportunities and chose them on Thursday over opportunities from North Texas, UTSA and Texas State.
Perhaps Wright will evolve into one of the bigger steals at quarterback in this 2021 class. Campbell and company had Wright and camp and have been pushing for him since the summer.
After several visits to Ames, they now have him in the fold.
Wright is commit No. 4 for Iowa State in this 2021 class. Over the last two seasons he’s thrown for 5,372 yards and 53 touchdowns with another eight rushing scores playing against some of those state contenders Blake alluded too like Westlake and Lake Travis.
“Very strong, very athletic, got a strong arm but yet still can throw the catchable ball and not the hard heavy ball,” Blake explained. “Has good anticipation on his balls, knows when the pocket is getting tight, he fights to stay in the pocket, he moves, he doesn’t just take off and run, that allows him to hit the secondary and third receiver.”
247Sports tabs Wright as the nation’s No. 29 pro-style passer.
“He’s a hard worker,” Blake continued. “He wants it. He trains all the time, we work together all the time. I kind of saw early in him, when I first saw him play, a lot of kids can throw, but a lot of kids can’t play. It’s a difference. It’s one thing to be able to throw the football and another to be able to play the game. I saw him take over his freshman year and he was balling with them. I was like this kid is going to be pretty good and over the years he’s been improving his athleticism and accuracy, his release is very quick and his IQ is very high.”
Blake loves the fact Wright chose Iowa State as well.
“The coaching staff wants him,” he said. “They want him and they’ve been on him for a while. I had a good talk with him and it’s one thing to perceive things but it’s another thing to go play for someone who wants you. The ultimate goal is can you make it to the league, and if I can do that from East Carolina you can do that from Iowa State.”
Wright plays his high school football for former Notre Dame offensive lineman Mike Rosenthal.