Not many teams have 4-star QB commits, but both Arizona schools do

Arizona scored a major victory Friday when four-star local QB Braxton Burmeister recommitted to the Arizona Wildcats. Burmeister has excellent athleticism and is a great fit for Rich Rodriguez' offense. SB Nation's Arizona Site AZ Desert Swarm describes him well.

He threw 74 touchdowns in three seasons as the varsity quarterback to just 25 interceptions. He also averaged just over 200 passing yards a game to go along with about 60 rushing yards a game. This is a solid read-option quarterback for Rich Rodriguez.

Now the Wildcats and Sun Devils both have four-star QB commits, as ASU recently grabbed Ryan Kelley, who decommitted from Oregon. Things are good in sunny Arizona right now.

Chatter

There were few commitments this week, but lots of chatter about future commitments on social media, texts and DMs.

One star who did commit was four-star safety Derrick Tucker to Texas A&M. This is some much-needed good news for an Aggies program that has had some public turmoil in the wake of coach Aaron Moorehead's misguided subtweets last week after the Tate Martell decommitment.

Is Texas soon to add three-star guard Will Farrar, of Richmond? I think so.

It sounds like South Carolina is making progress with some in-state star upperclassmen. If the wins come, I think South Carolina can sustain some of what Steve Spurrier built.

Four-star LB Will Ignont, originally from Alabama but now attending the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. has made a silent commitment to a school. Alabama folks seem to believe he'll be publicly committing to the Tide sometime in the near future, and Georgia and Auburn insiders have little to no confidence, so the tea leaves are clearly reading Crimson. Silent commitments are pretty useless if the player discusses them.

Vanderbilt currently has zero players committed for the 2017 or 2018 classes. They are 2-14 in the SEC under coach Derek Mason. Speaking of Vanderbilt, Mike Farrell of Rivals argues that James Franklin walked into a tougher situation at Penn State than he did at Vanderbilt.

You could argue that Frankin walked into a situation at Penn State even worse than the one at Vanderbilt. The 2016 season won't be what he is judged on, but 2017 and 2018 loom large. The impatience of the fan base lacks some perspective and the ghosts of Joe Paterno and Sandusky haunt his efforts.

I would not argue that. Vanderbilt had zero history of success and while I think Franklin received perhaps a bit too much credit for what happened there -- only twice did he beat an SEC team with a winning record and Vanderbilt's defense usually carried Franklin's offense -- the Vanderbilt situation is still tougher.

Should undrafted players be allowed to return to school? I think so, but it would create huge headaches. Is there a good solution?