Virginia QB Has Three Favorites

Josh Mabe is one of the most athletic quarterbacks in the state of Virginia this year, and he hopes his play will earn him an offer soon.

As a junior at Appalachia, Va., Mabe not only showed his speed from the backfield, but passed for almost 2,000 yards with a 19-to-6 touchdown-to-interception ratio. All this was done for a team that loves to run the football and for a team that demands efficiency from the quarterback spot.

“I would say the best thing I have going for me right now is my versatility,” the 6-foot-3, 215-pound Mabe said. “I’m not the fastest guy in the world, but I run the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds, so I can move around. I don’t have an arm as strong or accurate as maybe the top two quarterbacks in the state, but I get it done for the most part.”

Mabe has been waiting on offers from his three favorite schools – Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Tennessee – for a while. At this point Mabe just hopes any school takes enough notice of him to offer a scholarship.

“I’m not giving up hope at all, about getting offers. I have complete confidence that I can impress college coaches by doing what I do. Now, I realize that these schools are excellent programs and you have to be almost an elite player to go there. That’s what makes it so special for the guys that make it. I hear from the coaches at UVA and Tech a lot, and UT's coaches have been in contact too.”

While Mabe knows he excels when scrambling with the ball and getting the ball to wideouts, he also knows he has some parts of his game that he needs to work on.

“I probably need to work on my pocket presence a little bit. No quarterback can know what’s going on all around him all the time, but you need to be able to have a feel for a guy coming from the end, and know that patience is very important, but so is a quick release.

“I think I can improve quite a bit my senior year and show some recruiters that I’m the real deal. Hopefully some schools will start to notice the numbers I put up and what I can do. I can determine if I’ll get an offer or not based on my play on the field.”