Wonderful “Champ” Monds IV has never played a snap in a high school football game, but he already boasts offers from Florida State and UCF.
The 6-foot-3, 200-pound incoming freshman quarterback, who will officially begin classes at Vero Beach in the fall, checks a lot of the boxes that colleges are looking for. He’s already made a strong impression on Vero Beach coach Lenny Jankowski, who has had multiple Division I quarterback signees — including Carter Stanley (Kansas) and Ryan Jankowski (Akron).
“I’ve never seen a 14-year-old kid like this,” Jankowski said Thursday. “Honest to God. This will be my 30th year doing this. Talking to guys who know a lot more than I do, they haven’t either. He’s an impressive young man.”
It’s an extremely small sample size, but Vero Beach’s 7-on-7 tournament at Florida State on Wednesday gave a glimpse of Monds’ talent and potential.
With Florida State coach Mike Norvell watching Vero Beach’s first game, the Fighting Indians started junior E.J. White at quarterback. White is a Florida State commit as an athlete who started at quarterback in Vero Beach’s spring game against West Boca. White played the first drive of the first game. Monds played every snap for the remainder of the game as well as the next nine games the team played. Vero Beach ultimately lost to tournament runner-up Western 20-19 in the semifinals.
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Vero Beach incoming freshman quarterback Wonderful “Champ” Monds IV and Florida State coach Mike Norvell in Tallahassee on Wednesday.
Florida State offered Monds on Wednesday. UCF offered him after having him on campus for a camp on Sunday.
Monds is the son of Wonderful Terrific Monds III, who was drafted by…
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Publish date : 2024-06-13 18:47:46
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