Meet The New Bearcats: Patrick Coyne
by Matt Opper on Jul 13, 2011 2:56 PM EDT
in Cincinnati Bearcats Football
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| Name | Patrick Coyne |
| Height | 6'2" |
| Weight | 220 |
| Position | QB |
| 40 Time | 4.7 |
| School | Badin High School |
| State | OH |
| Rivals | *** 5.7 #18 DQB #31 OH |
| Scout | *** #19 QB |
| ESPN | 76 *** #61 QB |
| 24/7 | 87 *** |
Background
Badin High School is not exactly a hotbed for Football recruiting. Coyne is the first Ram to sign with the Division 1 school in the last decade. He had a phenomenal Junior season as a first year starter for the Rams, passing for 1,600 yards and running for close to 500 more. He parlayed that successful Junior season to a very successful spring on the camp/combine circut. He had a great showing at the Columbus Elite 11 stop. He did not wind up getting an invite to the California camp, but he did garner an invite to the Gridiron Kings in Florida. Coyne's senior season did not go according to plan. He injured his collarbone in the season opener against Woodward. That injury kept him out for most of the year, and when he did return he wasn't playing QB. It should also be noted that Coyne was the first guy to jump on board with Butch Jones in the 2011 class.
Evaluation
At first glance Coyne doesn't really look like a QB. He stands 6'2" and weighs 220 pounds. Truth be told he looks like a linebacker more than QB. Then again by conception of what a QB should look like is Tony Pike so you know, grain of salt. Physically Coyne can make any throw needed. Jones likes to work his QB's from the pocket and Coyne is a fit for that, despite being only 6'2". What Coyne really needs to work on is his decision making. For his career Coyne has a 11/15 TD/INT ratio. In his favor is his outstanding mobility and Coyne is a legitimate threat as runner.
Outlook
Red Shirt. There is plenty of depth at QB this year and I expect both QB's in this class to take a red shirt year in 2011. There is a chance that Coyne could play another position at some point, probably as a LB. That is in play, but that decision won't be made for a while. He will get a couple of years to prove himself as a QB before the staff will entertain that option IMO.
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Patrick is a hell of an athlete and is a gym rat
The fact that he can play QB, LB, and TE effectively proves that. But, I agree, he needs to work on his decision making as his huge arm causes him to tend to try to force balls to receivers who are tightly covered. The redshirt year with a year in the program learning the system and picking up the speed of the college game will make him a contender for QB-1 down the line. He just needs to time for the coaching staff to grooming into one.
Agreed on Coyne
His versatility is valuable. Whether that is as a QB here we’ll just have to see. He’s still got to get by Luallen, Munchie, Weatherford and whoever we bring in for the 2012 (likely will be at least one or two very solid prospects) and 2013 classes. With Patrick’s frame, I think he could make a very good H-back in the mold of Ben Guidugli. Not a big, traditional TE but a guy with good size and speed that can thrive in the spread offense. Of course, if he switched to LB he’d probably crack the two deep by the end of the first week of summer camp :)
I think Coyne's final position
Will be determined by who UC signs at QB in this class. If it is Bennie Coney as many UC fans are hoping and borderline expecting then Coyne will probably end up elsewhere. I think LB might be the landing spot if that happens. Though I am intrigued by the notion of Coyne as an H-Back.
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