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By JACK DALY / For The Lincoln Journal Star
Sunday, Aug 26, 2007 - 12:08:54 am CDT
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Harrison Beck will find out in the next 24 hours if his decision to transfer from Nebraska to North Carolina State produces the desired result.
After dropping few hints in the preseason, Wolfpack coach Tom O’Brien will spit out the name of his starting quarterback Monday. Beck has been competing with incumbent Daniel Evans and redshirt freshman Justin Burke for the job.
“I think as a competitor, you want to start, you want to play, you want to show what you can do,” Beck said Thursday when asked if he needs to start to justify his transfer.
“I was recruited highly. I don’t want to be the guy that was recruited highly and never gets the chance to play.”
No matter what happens, Beck said he won’t kick himself for leaving Nebraska — “I don’t miss Lincoln at all” was the way he put it.
After a freshman season in which he completed one pass for 21 yards in limited action against Kansas State and Colorado, Beck impressed teammates and coaches during the first days of camp last August.
Then he disappeared.
His mother, Evelyn Beck-Bothwell, told the Lincoln Journal Star that Beck was disappointed Joe Ganz received a majority of the snaps behind then-starter Zac Taylor.
Beck is less forthcoming.
“It was really a personal decision,” he said. “I just wanted to leave Nebraska, and I knew some of the coaches that were here. I love the new coaches we have now ... and I’m really happy with my decision.”
As a touted high school prospect in Florida, Beck played for John Davis, whose son, Jay, was N.C. State’s starting quarterback a couple of years ago. That connection helped lead Beck to Raleigh, where the path to starting looked relatively clear.
That all changed when N.C. State lost seven straight games to conclude last season. The school fired Chuck Amato and replaced him with O’Brien, which meant Beck had to impress a new coaching staff.
His numbers in scrimmages — 7-of-26 in the spring game, 7-of-20 with four interceptions in the two fall scrimmages where statistics were released — have been spotty. But since his competitors haven’t separated themselves either, Beck is still in the hunt.
If he gets the job, Beck thinks his Nebraska experience will be one of the reasons why.
“I’m glad I went out there,” he said. “It was a great experience for me.
“I really appreciated learning from Zac Taylor. I appreciate it a lot more now than when I was young — I was only 17, so I was a little different then. I was a little more non-appreciative. I wanted to play real bad when I was there. I look back at it now, and I’m really glad I got to sit and watch Zac Taylor and all he did for me.”
Sunday, Aug 26, 2007 - 12:08:54 am CDT
LINK
RALEIGH, N.C. — Harrison Beck will find out in the next 24 hours if his decision to transfer from Nebraska to North Carolina State produces the desired result.
After dropping few hints in the preseason, Wolfpack coach Tom O’Brien will spit out the name of his starting quarterback Monday. Beck has been competing with incumbent Daniel Evans and redshirt freshman Justin Burke for the job.
“I think as a competitor, you want to start, you want to play, you want to show what you can do,” Beck said Thursday when asked if he needs to start to justify his transfer.
“I was recruited highly. I don’t want to be the guy that was recruited highly and never gets the chance to play.”
No matter what happens, Beck said he won’t kick himself for leaving Nebraska — “I don’t miss Lincoln at all” was the way he put it.
After a freshman season in which he completed one pass for 21 yards in limited action against Kansas State and Colorado, Beck impressed teammates and coaches during the first days of camp last August.
Then he disappeared.
His mother, Evelyn Beck-Bothwell, told the Lincoln Journal Star that Beck was disappointed Joe Ganz received a majority of the snaps behind then-starter Zac Taylor.
Beck is less forthcoming.
“It was really a personal decision,” he said. “I just wanted to leave Nebraska, and I knew some of the coaches that were here. I love the new coaches we have now ... and I’m really happy with my decision.”
As a touted high school prospect in Florida, Beck played for John Davis, whose son, Jay, was N.C. State’s starting quarterback a couple of years ago. That connection helped lead Beck to Raleigh, where the path to starting looked relatively clear.
That all changed when N.C. State lost seven straight games to conclude last season. The school fired Chuck Amato and replaced him with O’Brien, which meant Beck had to impress a new coaching staff.
His numbers in scrimmages — 7-of-26 in the spring game, 7-of-20 with four interceptions in the two fall scrimmages where statistics were released — have been spotty. But since his competitors haven’t separated themselves either, Beck is still in the hunt.
If he gets the job, Beck thinks his Nebraska experience will be one of the reasons why.
“I’m glad I went out there,” he said. “It was a great experience for me.
“I really appreciated learning from Zac Taylor. I appreciate it a lot more now than when I was young — I was only 17, so I was a little different then. I was a little more non-appreciative. I wanted to play real bad when I was there. I look back at it now, and I’m really glad I got to sit and watch Zac Taylor and all he did for me.”
