QB guru calls Max Brosmer 'a pro' and hints at changes to Gophers' offense
C.J. Stroud, Justin Fields, Trey Lance, Josh Dobbs, Geno Smith, DeShaun Watson, Jalen Hurts. The list of quarterbacks Quincy Avery has trained goes on and on, and it includes incoming Minnesota Golden Gophers transfer Max Brosmer.
We've written about Avery's views on Brosmer before, but he went into greater details this week in an interview with GopherHole's Nadine Babu. You can watch the full 22-minute interview right here.
"Max Brosmer is not only someone who is super smart, but he is very accurate. He's athletic enough, right? He's not going to blow you away with his athleticism, he can move enough in the pocket. But in terms of NFL-level accuracy, he's up there. He can go through a training session with the best of the best guys in the world, throw for throw with those guys," Avery told Babu. "I think he's blown some of those guys away with just how talented he was for somebody who's playing quarterback at the University of New Hampshire."
Brosmer is coming to Minnesota after lighting up the FCS for 3,449 yards with 29 touchdowns and only six interceptions this season at New Hampshire.
"His talent is really through the roof. I think that he's a pro," Avery said. "And when I say he's a pro, he's a pro in the way that he throws the football, he's a pro in the way that he carries himself, he's a pro in the way that he's able to lead a group of young men in order to get them moving in the right direction. He's someone I'm a big fan of and have been a big fan of for quite some time."
Avery said he started training Brosmer when Brosmer was in seventh grade, and it's apparent that their relationship features frequent enough communication that Avery has some insight into what the Gophers will be doing on offense in 2024.
"I will say it looks like throwing the football more," he said, without getting into too much detail from his conversations with Gophers coaches.
"I think that they made it really apparent their plans for him in that offense and how things could be different from the things that they've run previously," he said. "They haven't really had a quarterback like Max and they have a newer offensive coordinator and I think they might've been hamstrung a little bit by some of the things that they wanted to do and some of the things that they were able and capable of doing. I think Max brings a different element, just in terms of his knowledge of the game, how much he does at the line of scrimmage.
"If you watch one of Max's games at New Hampshire, he's making every check, making every audible. He understands the game at a graduate level and that's what is going to allow him to be really successful and that's what makes him different."
When asked what he thought of the Gophers' offense this season, he wondered out loud if the struggles to throw the ball were on Athan Kaliakmanis, who is leaving the U after entering the transfer portal, or the coaching staff. He said he's talked to the coaching staff and thought "it seemed like they were providing the answers that should allow the quarterback to be successful."
With Brosmer, a more targeted aerial attack seems like a sure thing.
"I think what they plan on doing at this point is something that will fit him. If they were going to be running the same things that they ran last year, it isn't somewhere I'd be like, 'Ah, I feel good about you going there and being able to live out your dreams,'" Avery said. "The staff did a really good job of explaining to [Brosmer] what their plan was and what their plan is and how they plan to use him."
"I hope that they're able to do the things that they told him they were going to do in all those meetings," he added.
