Jake's closest comp is Riley Nelson. Which is why he is so polarizing with fans.

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Dec 2, 2024
7:28:06am

maYbe Truly Addicted User

Jake's closest comp is Riley Nelson. Which is why he is so polarizing with fans.

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Jake's closest comp is Riley Nelson. Which is why he is so polarizing with fans.

maYbe

7:28am

He’s a better passer and a better runner imo

kotacoug

7:31am

Stronger arm as well. And taller

7:41am

Don't see the better runner part, he can get it downfield though

7:46am

He’s a hard nose runner. He’s more like Taysom than he is like Nelson and he’s

kotacoug

8:34am

YPC Riley Jr yr: 4.45, Jake: 4.2

9:55am

No way is he a better runner than Riley. Sorry. And not sure a better passer,

Iman23

7:48am

Riley was a horrible passer, terrible at reading D, no arm strength. He was a

kotacoug

8:31am

has a better arm, but I wouldn’t call him a better passer

JOPE

7:50am

Compare their stats

kotacoug

8:32am

OK if I look at their junior years, retzlaff has 1000 more yards, has a much lower passer rating

JOPE

8:38am

RE: OK if I look at their junior years, retzlaff has 1000 more yards, has a much

kotacoug

8:57am

How does the SOS compare?

ldssdl

9:38am

Similar completion %

maYbe

9:04am

They don't seem very similar to me. Not sure who a good comp is though.

thewaterboy

7:42am

Bad comp. Retzlaff has a great arm.

Malacis

7:47am

He may be stronger but similar accuracy.

maYbe

9:09am

No.

Malacis

10:52am

Completion % is very similar within like 2 10ths.

maYbe

10:54am

Anyone who has seen both play knows that this is not true.

Malacis

10:59am

I'm still convinced Riley had compromising images of Bronco...no way he should

macdizzle

7:54am

Jake way better than Riley in most dimensions and has played against tougher competition. Hoping for another step up in

GoodBetterBestBYU

7:56am

100% agree on the comparison with Jake. Though not sure how much better he’ll

kotacoug

8:33am

If you put Jaron Hall and Riley Nelson on a spectrum, Retz is closer to Hall

CasualFan

10:24am

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