Isaiah Wilson D1 QB

[SwagDog]

I’m sorry but this might be the craziest snub I’ve seen in Blue/Gold history.
Isaiah Wilson the State Champion, Honor Student, D1AA commit to Norfolk State University, and all around great kid is the only QB in the entire state of DE with a full scholarship offer to college! But yet, not picked for the B/G game with a selection of QB’s on BOTH teams (no offense), that I have never em heard of besides the CR kid.
This kid’s resume from Ghigh to Smyrna is compiled with yards that a HS kid could only dream of having when they graduate in DE.
With that being said, I find myself asking how with a Gold coaching staff that is basically a Delaware State University/College reunion ( Collick from Cape, his son, Coach Candy from CR, and Dwayne Henry from Seaford), couldn’t find within themselves just to do the “right” thing and select a kid from DE (that deserves it) and is attending another HBCU???
Crazy.........smh

 

[84rider]

Don’t know the circumstances but since he has a offer, do we know if he declined the invite ?

 

[SwagDog]

Don’t know the circumstances but since he has a offer, do we know if he declined the invite ?

He definitely didn’t get selected. His dad posted on FB his disappointment about Isaiah and 1st team All-State WR Edelin, from Middletown, not being selected.

 

[ravensrooster2]

Could be a few factors. Sr year transfer to Smyrna, stats at Smyrna were not great in a offense that produces big stats, butt hurt the henlopen coaches have against Smyrna’s quick rise and running scores up who knows.? I am fully convinced my son got snubbed from all state due to the whole red lion thing and my defense of them on here and probably would have got snubbed from blue gold if his HC was not on the blue gold staff. But while I fully agree Wilson should have gotten selected on his body of work in HS which is considered not just SR year as it is not a all state selection for that year. Each team only gets a max of 4 players in so maybe he was the odd man out for Smyrna because he was only there one year and they had allot of deserving players who were there more than one year. That and after each team gets their one in the coaches draft from other nominees by positional need after the one ins Who knows? The emfesis on winning drives these situations. Maybe it should be like most all star games and just be an exhibition game and about the DFRC cause and the kids just having fun playing one last time for a good cause and we wouldn’t have situations like last year.I am convinced if Wilson stayed at Glasgow he would have been in easily Just saying

 

[84rider]

He definitely didn’t get selected. His dad posted on FB his disappointment about Isaiah and 1st team All-State WR Edelin, from Middletown, not being selected.

Oh ok, I don’t use FB, yeah I agree definitely imo should of been selected, Good Luck at the next level and best wishes

 

[SwagDog]

Could be a few factors. Sr year transfer to Smyrna, stats at Smyrna were not great in a offense that produces big stats, butt hurt the henlopen coaches have against Smyrna’s quick rise and running scores up who knows.? I am fully convinced my son got snubbed from all state due to the whole red lion thing and my defense of them on here and probably would have got snubbed from blue gold if his HC was not on the blue gold staff. But while I fully agree Wilson should have gotten selected on his body of work in HS which is considered not just SR year as it is not a all state selection for that year. Each team only gets a max of 4 players in so maybe he was the odd man out for Smyrna because he was only there one year and they had allot of deserving players who were there more than one year. That and after each team gets their one in the coaches draft from other nominees by positional need after the one ins Who knows? The emfesis on winning drives these situations. Maybe it should be like most all star games and just be an exhibition game and about the DFRC cause and the kids just having fun playing one last time for a good cause and we wouldn’t have situations like last year.I am convinced if Wilson stayed at Glasgow he would have been in easily Just saying

"Stats at Smyrna were not great?" Did you really just say that???
2065 total yards in D1 second only to his teammate Will Knight with 2473yds (stats via maxpreps.com ) Henderson and Knight are the only two that have cracked 2000yds in the past four years!

 

[SwagDog]

And since when did the State Champion team not get 5 players on the B/G team?

 

[Lazertron]

"Stats at Smyrna were not great?" Did you really just say that???
2065 total yards in D1 second only to his teammate Will Knight with 2473yds (stats via maxpreps.com ) Henderson and Knight are the only two that have cracked 2000yds in the past four years!

It's a shame he didn't make it, but be fair with stats. Yards were good. But also less than 50% completion, and a 1:1 TD:INT ratio.

 

[ravensrooster2]

YAC for one and no team gets 5 in 4 is the limit. I am not saying the possible reasons I mentioned were valid just possible reasons. Read the selection criteria. Being on a state champion team, all state or all conference are not criteria for getting in.

 

[SwagDog]

And since when did the State Champion team not get 5 players on the B/G team?

It's a shame he didn't make it, but be fair with stats. Yards were good. But also less than 50% completion, and a 1:1 TD:INT ratio.

Ok, so what were the stats of the other QB's that were selected to B/G? What was their record as a starting QB?? What was their teams' record on the season??? How far did their team go in the playoffs????
C'mon.............

 

[ravensrooster2]

And since when did the State Champion team not get 5 players on the B/G team?

Ok, so what were the stats of the other QB's that were selected to B/G? What was their record as a starting QB?? What was their teams' record on the season??? How far did their team go in the playoffs????
C'mon.............

Wins are not a QB stat it’s a made up stat for QBs by ESPN . It’s a team and Head Coaches stat. The only positions that get official wins as a stat is pitcher in baseball and goalies in hockey. Lets be honest without Knight Smyrna doesn’t win anything this year. But again I think he should be in by his body of work in HS and his character but not because he was the QB of the state championship TEAM. If that was the case then every Smyrna senior should have gotten in

 

[SwagDog]

Wins are not a QB stat it’s a made up stat for QBs by ESPN . It’s a team and Head Coaches stat. The only positions that get official wins as a stat is pitcher in baseball and goalies in hockey. Lets be honest without Knight Smyrna doesn’t win anything this year. But again I think he should be in by his body of work in HS and his character but not because he was the QB of the state championship TEAM. If that was the case then every Smyrna senior should have gotten in

I respect your answer (to an extent). But I'm curious if you, or anyone else, can name a starting senior QB that won the Chip that DIDN'T make it to the B/G game???

 

[ravensrooster2]

That’s allot of research not going to do it now but if it’s slow at work tomorrow I will look into it but being DE is a wing t state I suspect there will be many lol

 

[CHS89]

Hopefully he gets added. I thought I read Will Knight had or is having surgery on his shoulder and will not play. Every year kids drop off for a variety of reasons and others are added. The whole “He won a state championship” argument doesn’t hold water. In all honesty he barely played in the game. If he played more Smyrna loses that game. He does, however, deserve to make the team for his career numbers. Surely before another QB who started one or two games in his career before an injury ended his Senior season.

 

[A.I.Pride]

Blue/Gold is not a true all star game. It is a charity event. There have been plenty of times All-State players were not selected to play, because every team has to have a representative. I am certain that the selections were not a shot at any player who is well deserving of playing.

Each coach from every school puts up their chosen representative(s). Just imagine that every coach from teams that weren't that good or were smaller schools put up their skill players as their representatives. The B/G Coach has to fill the other position with lineman. This is how people get left out. The B/G Coach can't go to the coach and say, "I don't want that kid, I would rather you give me a Lineman, RB, punter, etc." They have to take who the coach says, especially if the coach only puts up one or two players. The B/G Coach can't look through all the school rosters and choose who they want. This is one of many issues that B/G Coaches have when they put their rosters together.

 

[baseballer46]

I truly believe that coaches wouldn't spite a kid and not pick him just because he's from Smyrna. He's a good player and there are snubs every year it happens. It is a shame but i truly don't think coaches are out to not pick kids out of spite.

 

[SouthDude]

The kid knew he would be the 4th or 5th option on offense when he transferred, he went there to get a state title and he got one. If he wanted to get on the blue gold team he should have stayed at Glasgow. Also, he only played 60% of the plays on offense, knight was the qb 40% of the te, he didn't play defense, so he only played about 25% of the snaps.

 

[Throwbackjack]

It is my understanding that the Head Coach from each school nominates his players for the B/G game. Are you sure that Coach Judy nominated him? Also, I was told that there is a "limit" ( I am told it was 4) as to the number of players selected from each school for the game, is that a factor here? Smyrna has 4 other players on the team.

 

[ravensrooster2]

https://www.dfrc.org/events/blue-gold-football-game/participants.html


Players are nominated by their own high school Head Football Coach, and then approved by their school's Athletic Director and Principal through a character verification process. All-State or All-Conference athletes are not automatically selected to play in the Blue-Gold Game. All players nominated must meet Blue-Gold character standards. The Blue and Gold Head Coaches, selected by The Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association (DIFCA), then select team players to play in the Game from the nominees submitted.

Thirty-six players are selected for each team. The Blue Team consists of players from most high schools in New Castle County. The Gold Team is comprised of players from all high schools in Kent and Sussex counties, as well as the Christina and Appoquinimink District high schools. Each high school with a Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association sanctioned football team that has qualified seniors will have at least one representative on a Blue-Gold squad each year, however no school may have more than four representatives in a single year.

 

[ravensrooster2]

My guess is that the Appo coach put the hurt QB in as the 1 he wanted to make sure got in being he got hurt his SR year and wanted to make sure the kid got one last game.. That probably gave Gold 2 QB's after the one ins.. They typically only take two QB's unless as someone mentioned earlier they could play another position.. It obvious they wanted Smyrna's line which was probably the best in the state winning 3 straight titles so they took 3 Symrna lineman and Smyrnas 4 was done.. I really think it was an odd man out situation..

 

[PickleEveryEndNow]

I’m sorry but this might be the craziest snub I’ve seen in Blue/Gold history.
Isaiah Wilson the State Champion, Honor Student, D1AA commit to Norfolk State University, and all around great kid is the only QB in the entire state of DE with a full scholarship offer to college! But yet, not picked for the B/G game with a selection of QB’s on BOTH teams (no offense), that I have never em heard of besides the CR kid.
This kid’s resume from Ghigh to Smyrna is compiled with yards that a HS kid could only dream of having when they graduate in DE.
With that being said, I find myself asking how with a Gold coaching staff that is basically a Delaware State University/College reunion ( Collick from Cape, his son, Coach Candy from CR, and Dwayne Henry from Seaford), couldn’t find within themselves just to do the “right” thing and select a kid from DE (that deserves it) and is attending another HBCU???
Crazy.........smh

Are you related to him?

 

[SwagDog]

Are you related to him?

I’m not. But I know him and some of his family. I’ve also followed him since his Glasgow HS days. And if this “whatever you want to call it” would have happened to my son I would hope someone would stick up for him like I have.
That’s all.......

 

[PickleEveryEndNow]

I’m not. But I know him and some of his family. I’ve also followed him since his Glasgow HS days. And if this “whatever you want to call it” would have happened to my son I would hope someone would stick up for him like I have.
That’s all.......

I watched every single play this year and he had his moments but on the whole he was very inconsistent and to someone else’s point Will Knight took a direct snap as QB quite a bit. Including the state championship game where they essentially pulled Wilson very early and had Will take 90% of the snaps.

So yes, he threw for a bunch of yards but also threw the most interceptions in the state and if you use the fact his team won the state championship as justification that he should be playing in the Blue Gold game then you’re way off because he barely played that game.

Not trolling, I like the kid and will be rooting for him at the next level but I’m trying to be as objective as possible. I’m not saying he doesn’t deserve to be on the team, I honestly don’t know who the other QBs chosen were, but he’s certainly not a slam dunk choice like you say

 

[DDBasketballCoach]

You get nominated by your head coach, Smyrna had 4 guys get into the game...Looks like the coach even had many of options before Wilson.

 

[sportsguy302]

Smh..Wilson didn't get pulled in the championship...the game plan was to pound the ball...Anybody watch the championship game from last year with Henderson? He spent majority of the game watching just like Wilson did...Guess Nolan who was player of the year got pulled as well smh - better online.. best back in the history of the state... do what works to get the W - Kid thew for over 200 the week before with 3 or 4 tds

 

[sportsguy302]

And I understand appo's gesture of getting Phipps into the game because he was injured and missed most of his senior season but that doesn't make him an option over Wilson. Phipps has only played as a starter in like 3-4 games his whole career... unfortunate for Wilson and I agree I think it was an odd man out situation. Smyrna only having four kids and the kids they sent were all deserving as well and had been in the program longer. Tough to be the new guy and bump some of those kids who were there 4 years. I think winning a state championship and earning a full ride D1 scholarship outweigh him playing in the game.

 

[Lazertron]

I’m not. But I know him and some of his family. I’ve also followed him since his Glasgow HS days. And if this “whatever you want to call it” would have happened to my son I would hope someone would stick up for him like I have.
That’s all.......

It appears no malice was involved here. Just life. No one attacked him or wronged him. Just not sure what it is you're sticking up for him about.

 

[SwagDog]

It appears no malice was involved here. Just life. No one attacked him or wronged him. Just not sure what it is you're sticking up for him about.

Maybe the rules have changed, but when I played in the B/G game we 5 players that played. I want to say that both teams that played in the Championship got 5 players. So when I saw that Smyrna only sent 4 players I immediately couldn't believe that Wilson wasn't at least the 5th player chosen.
So is that a relatively new rule???

 

[ravensrooster2]

Its been the rule for the 8 years I have known of the game..before that I couldn't tell you never heard of Blue-Gold before then

 

[sportsguy302]

The kid knew he would be the 4th or 5th option on offense when he transferred, he went there to get a state title and he got one. If he wanted to get on the blue gold team he should have stayed at Glasgow. Also, he only played 60% of the plays on offense, knight was the qb 40% of the te, he didn't play defense, so he only played about 25% of the snaps.

How was he the 4th or 5th option on offense when he and will both had over 2k in yards?Let's just say your numbers are remotely accurate.. a kid that only played supposedly 25% of the snaps smh.. was pretty productive even with the couple of games that he had turnovers. They run earthquake a lot.. that's there system. Knights not coming in to play Qb.. they let him throw the ball out of it sometimes to catch the defense off guard.. not because knight was a better Qb.. did the same thing with Henderson there and at the same frequency...the kids only year in the system with all new teammates, as well as the toughest schedule they've ever played.

 

[PickleEveryEndNow]

How was he the 4th or 5th option on offense when he and will both had over 2k in yards?Let's just say your numbers are remotely accurate.. a kid that only played supposedly 25% of the snaps smh.. was pretty productive even with the couple of games that he had turnovers. They run earthquake a lot.. that's there system. Knights not coming in to play Qb.. they let him throw the ball out of it sometimes to catch the defense off guard.. not because knight was a better Qb.. did the same thing with Henderson there and at the same frequency...the kids only year in the system with all new teammates, as well as the toughest schedule they've ever played.

I get that you think he should be on there because he threw for 2k yards. Based off the fact you’re so passionate I assume you have a personal relationship with him and I can understand why you’re upset.

All I will say is that I watched every snap of every game and I never really thought he carried the team like a shoe-in all star would. He led the state in interceptions, many of which returned for TDs. The game against the out of state team where Knight was hurt, that’s a situation where you would think a D1 QB would be the focus with the D1 running back injured and yet..... he had 6 completions and they ran the earthquake with Whaley all second half. I checked maxpreps

Again, I’m not saying he didn’t deserve to be on the team over the other qbs but you can’t sit there and act like he is a no brainer choice over other kids solely because he had 2k yards

 

[ravensrooster2]

If you guys are going to have this debate lets use the actual stats

12 games
Passing
108 for 223 48% 1714 yds 15.9 yds per comp 142 yds per game 12 tds 12 picks QBRating 70.0
Rushing
74 for 371 yds 4.7 per carry 29.3 per game 2 TDs

to truly analyze the stats I would like to see the ave attempts over 10 yds etc.. as they they threw allot of screens and hitch routes because allot of teams played off the receiver vs them for some reason..if he struggled anywhere it was on the slants those were the ones that got picked to the house... In any case the numbers are good for a HS QB. Dont know how they stack up with the rest of the state because only 13 or 14 teams put their stats out there He did get better as the season progressed which is what you would expect being he was learning a new system and new teammates with timing and all..

 

[ravensrooster2]

Smh..Wilson didn't get pulled in the championship...the game plan was to pound the ball...Anybody watch the championship game from last year with Henderson? He spent majority of the game watching just like Wilson did...Guess Nolan who was player of the year got pulled as well smh - better online.. best back in the history of the state... do what works to get the W - Kid thew for over 200 the week before with 3 or 4 tds

to be accurate the week before vs HVT he was 8 of 18 137yds 2 TDS

his best game was week 7 vs Dover 18 of 29 349 yds 3 tds 1int QBR 124.1 and followed up with another good one week 8 vs Tech 14 of 26 297 yds 3 tds 1 int QBR 117.0

 

[sportsguy302]

Max preps is not 100% accurate as I would hope you guys know as far as yardage etc...most kids are missing stats and yards so it's not anything to hang your hat on

But seen majority of games and plays.. can honestly say half of his pics were on bad play calls that shouldn't have been called which were quick bubbles into traffic that didn't get blocked properly, a few pics that bounced off recievers shoulder pads or hands and popped into the air and at least 2 pics off of catch and throw quick slants in which a defensive end dropped into the passing lane and made tremendous athletic plays. I saw him honestly have one overall bad game which was vs CR and it was more of mental mistakes than anything physical. Games when he was allowed to showcase and get in rhythm he did. Smyrna's system is different in which the Qb comes off field a lot... and they coach based on where they believe they have the advantage... if it's pass game one week..or run game the next.. that's what good coaches and programs do. Reason why they have 3 chips and are head and feet above the rest of the staffs in the state. Games when he was asked to carry them he did.. going for over 200+ and 300+ in a few of those games.

Bottom line which is why the post was made is that the kid deserves to be in the blue gold

 

[ravensrooster2]

Maxpreps is as accurate as the Smyrna scorekeeper or coach that puts them on there

 

[PickleEveryEndNow]

Max preps is not 100% accurate as I would hope you guys know as far as yardage etc...most kids are missing stats and yards so it's not anything to hang your hat on

But seen majority of games and plays.. can honestly say half of his pics were on bad play calls that shouldn't have been called which were quick bubbles into traffic that didn't get blocked properly, a few pics that bounced off recievers shoulder pads or hands and popped into the air and at least 2 pics off of catch and throw quick slants in which a defensive end dropped into the passing lane and made tremendous athletic plays. I saw him honestly have one overall bad game which was vs CR and it was more of mental mistakes than anything physical. Games when he was allowed to showcase and get in rhythm he did. Smyrna's system is different in which the Qb comes off field a lot... and they coach based on where they believe they have the advantage... if it's pass game one week..or run game the next.. that's what good coaches and programs do. Reason why they have 3 chips and are head and feet above the rest of the staffs in the state. Games when he was asked to carry them he did.. going for over 200+ and 300+ in a few of those games.

Bottom line which is why the post was made is that the kid deserves to be in the blue gold

Glad you said most picks were on bubble screens. I agree. That’s why he had like 5 returned for touchdowns.

But to blame the play calling? The offense is an option offense, you know that right? If he gets to the line and sees the DB on the line of scrimmage pressing the receiver, ready to jump on a screen, he doesn’t go to that receiver. He did a lot.

 

[sportsguy302]

Kid didn't have 5 pick six's... and I agree early on he had a few picks in the bubble situation... got more comfortable and understood what he was allowed to do within the offense and I'd say after week 5 when it didn't look good he better understood his secondary options... not blaming anyone... coaches can make bad play calls and kids can make bad decisions as well ... not saying anything negative about Smyrna's coaches at all. Took time to gel

And If you know football... on those bubbles blocking assignments are key and if a Wr whiffs the whole play blows up because it's a quick catch and throw... bang bang play. so pre snap and post snap are two different things if you believe it's blocked up but your guy misses his assignment...

 

[sportsguy302]

to be accurate the week before vs HVT he was 8 of 18 137yds 2 TDS

his best game was week 7 vs Dover 18 of 29 349 yds 3 tds 1int QBR 124.1 and followed up with another good one week 8 vs Tech 14 of 26 297 yds 3 tds 1 int QBR 117.0

Hodgson game footage uploaded misses plays throughout the game... max preps is not 100% accurate.

 

[PickleEveryEndNow]

Hodgson game footage uploaded misses plays throughout the game... max preps is not 100% accurate.

You’re bias.

 

[sportsguy302]

What's bias about being accurate with what you post ‍♂️