BYU quarterback Jaren Corridor runs towards Oregon Geese at Autzen Stadium in Eugene on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks, from left, Tim Rattay, Ken Dorsey and Brandon Doman throw throughout apply on the 49ers’ coaching camp in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, July 30, 2004. Paul Sakuma, Related Press
New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson reacts towards the Jacksonville Jaguars Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. Adam Starvation, Related Press
BYU’s Brandon Doman labored out for a handful of groups previous to the 2002 NFL draft, together with the San Francisco 49ers. The choice quarterback had simply gone 14-2 because the Cougars starter and figured to be someplace between the eighth and tenth quarterback chosen within the draft.
“It is advisable to have the best alternatives, the best moments and you must capitalize on them. I had these in faculty however within the NFL it simply didn’t materialize.” — former BYU and NFL quarterback Brandon Doman
Doman was a 49ers fan, however San Francisco already had 4 quarterbacks. He was anticipating to go to Inexperienced Bay, the place the Packers wanted a backup for Brett Favre.
“I had a terrific exercise with them (SF) and had a terrific rapport with the employees, however there was no indication. I had no perception that they have been going to take a quarterback,” Doman instructed the Y’s Guys earlier this week. “However the Packers, I knew they have been going to take a man and I had a terrific exercise with them as effectively.”
Because the fifth spherical progressed, Doman turned anxious. He bought off the sofa and went into the kitchen. Moments later, a roar got here from the household room.
“My entire household simply erupts, cheering, screaming,” Doman mentioned. “I assumed, ‘Good joke!’ I wouldn’t put that previous my household to try this to me. ‘OK,’ I mentioned, ‘That’s humorous!’”
The incoming name on his cellphone was no joke and he answered it.
“It was fast. It was, ‘Hey Brandon, that is Steve Mariucci,” Doman recalled. “I used to be hyperventilating. I used to be so excited. I can’t keep in mind something mentioned, apart from, ‘We imagine in you. We expect you're a nice match.’”
Doman ran again into the household room to see his title come throughout the tv display screen.
“The very subsequent factor you do is begin pondering, ‘How a lot did I simply make?” he mentioned. “Then you definitely begin trying that up. What’s my signing bonus? You simply aren’t pondering very clearly.”
The transient conversations that adopted the top coach included common supervisor Terry Donahue, offensive coordinator Greg Knapp and quarterbacks coach and former BYU assistant Ted Tollner.
San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks, from left, Tim Rattay, Ken Dorsey and Brandon Doman throw throughout apply on the 49ers’ coaching camp in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, July 30, 2004.
Paul Sakuma, Related Press
Then got here the largest name of all — Steve Younger.
“He mentioned, ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t imagine you're popping out right here!’” Doman mentioned. “He was actually cool. He began speaking to me in regards to the West Coast offense. I mentioned, ‘Steve, you're talking a international language to me proper now.’ Nothing appeared actual. It felt like I used to be in a dream the entire time.”
Doman’s NFL stint was simply lengthy sufficient to develop into an skilled in regards to the course of, however brief sufficient to lengthy for extra.
“It is advisable to have the best alternatives, the best moments and you must capitalize on them,” he mentioned. “I had these in faculty however within the NFL it simply didn’t materialize. Your life shortly goes in a special path and it was a short-lived window. For me, it was three years, and it was over.”
Doman on Corridor
BYU quarterback Jaren Corridor is in an identical spot as Doman forward of this week’s draft, the place a handful of quarterbacks are anticipated to be taken earlier than him.
“In my view, he's a primary three-round man,” Doman mentioned. “However crucial factor for him isn’t when he goes within the draft, however who picks him and what alternative is there. Who's the quarterback? Who does he get to be taught from? There are such a lot of variables to achieve success.”
Corridor put up spectacular numbers towards extra Energy 5 defenses than every other BYU quarterback. Doman believes his skill to suppose, run and throw is what units him aside.
“There are such a lot of good coaches and so many good offenses,” he mentioned. “The sport has modified, and it suits him completely. I want I used to be popping out now due to the adjustments which have occurred that match my character and taking part in type extra at present than again then. Jaren suits fantastically into what groups are doing.”
His recommendation for Corridor: “Be ferocious. Trust. Don’t query how good you're and don’t query your talents,” Doman mentioned. “Compete like loopy and have an expectation to be the easiest as a result of they don’t care. Everyone is there to get a paycheck and you need to have a ferocious mindset or they'll eat you alive and eliminate you shortly.”
Doman on Wilson
Zach Wilson is getting into his third season with the Jets and if he needs to last more than Doman, he might wish to heed his counsel. New York’s commerce this week to amass veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers could possibly be a godsend for Wilson.
“It will dictate his profession for positive,” Doman mentioned. “Everyone was able to run Steve Younger out of Tampa Bay. They thought he was a product of the system at BYU and was by no means going to be an NFL man. The 49ers picked him up and he bought to sit down behind Joe Montana.”
When Montana’s run ended, a greater ready Younger took over and he turned a Tremendous Bowl champion. Rodgers involves the Jets along with his personal Tremendous Bowl ring and a treasure trove of data for a youthful quarterback to digest.
“This has the potential to be the best factor that occurred to Zach Wilson, to look at this man do what he does and be taught as a lot as he can from him,” Doman mentioned. “He must regain the locker room the most effective he can and that’s going to come back from his work ethic and his humility.
“By bringing Aaron in it provides the Jets a double win. It provides them an opportunity to win instantly, and so they can get a extremely proficient younger quarterback ready to play when Aaron is completed, and I’m positive that’s the thought course of right here.”
New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson reacts towards the Jacksonville Jaguars Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J.
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Dave McCann is a contributor to the Deseret Information and is the studio host for “BYU Sports activities Nation Sport Day,” “The Publish Sport Present,” “After Additional Evaluate,” and play-by-play announcer for BYUtv. He's additionally co-host of “Y’s Guys” at ysguys.com.