In an era short on QB talent, coach Steve Clarkson is developing future stars
by Lee Jenkins
Sports Illustrated
THE NATIONAL quarterback crisis reached its peak on Oct. 14, 2007, when 43-year-old Vinny Testaverde , who had been called out of retirement, started for the Carolina Panthers against the Arizona Cardinals and their 36-year-old starting QB, Kurt Warner . Maybe Steve Clarkson can help prevent such a matchup of retreads from happening again. The California -based coach has built a reputation as the country's foremost molder of young quarterbacks, and last weekend his first Super 7 QB retreat, at Santa Barbara City College, drew eight of the most prominent high school signal-callers in the country, including the No. 1 recruit this year ( Terrelle Pryor , headed to Ohio State ) and the probable No. 1 recruit next year ( Matt Barkley , a junior at Mater Dei in Santa Ana , who is committed to USC). "I like to think we are on the verge of a big quarterback boom," Clarkson says. "Six or seven years ago we had a lull, and we're still not all the way out of it. But I think this next generation will be a lot more prepared going into college."
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