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Notre Dame Football: 5 reasons why Brandon Wimbush will be better than DeShone Kizer

By Trevor Jossart

GLENDALE, AZ - JANUARY 01: Quarterback Brandon Wimbush #12 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish warms up before the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 1, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ - JANUARY 01: Quarterback Brandon Wimbush #12 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish warms up before the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 1, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) /
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SOUTH BEND, IN – NOVEMBER 19: Head coach Brian Kelly of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish talks with DeShone Kizer #14 on the sidelines against the Virginia Tech Hokies at Notre Dame Stadium on November 19, 2016 in South Bend, Indiana. Virginia Tech defeated Notre Dame 34-31. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, IN – NOVEMBER 19: Head coach Brian Kelly of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish talks with DeShone Kizer #14 on the sidelines against the Virginia Tech Hokies at Notre Dame Stadium on November 19, 2016 in South Bend, Indiana. Virginia Tech defeated Notre Dame 34-31. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

5. Recruitment

If you are someone who needs tangible proof or some sort of analytic to help persuade you, look no other than Wimbush’s ratings out of high school. We all know how well Kizer performed at Notre Dame, specifically stats wise, but if you want to gauge for how well Wimbush can do- let’s compare the two.

Kizer ulimtately came in and stole the quarterback job from Malik Zaire, forcing Zaire to be his backup- which then led to his transfer to Florida this offseason. Kizer was just that good that it would have been a waste of his career had he played backup himself.

Out of Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio, Kizer was recruited as four-star dual threat quarterback with a composite score of .9073, according to 247Sports. He was rated the 235th best prospect in the nation, 13th at his position and ninth overall in the stat of Ohio.

Moving over to Wimbush and analyzing the same numbers- he was also a four-star dual threat quarterback, but had a much higher composite score at .9784. Wimbush was a top-50 prospect, coming in at No. 46 nationally and was third at his position. He came in at No. 3 in the state of New Jersey, in which he played his high school ball at St. Peters Prep.

By sheer numbers out of high school alone, it would appear Wimbush is on track to have a better career than Kizer. With no real sample size from Wimbush yet, these scores are as good of indication as any that Wimbush will in fact surpass the accomplishments and accolades of Kizer at Notre Dame.

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