Watkins: Cowboys sign quarterback Aaron Corp

[Cowboysrule122]

By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com



The Dallas Cowboys signed quarterback Aaron Corp on Tuesday. :jerry2

Corp joins Tony Romo, Kyle Orton and Nick Stephens on the roster.

The Cowboys signed Corp as a camp body, but if he can make an impression, perhaps he can earn a spot on the 53-man roster.

Corp signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Richmond following the 2012 NFL draft. He was released in the spring of May 2012 and remained out of football until re-signing with Buffalo in February. The Bills released him again on April 29.

Corp played at USC in 2007 and redshirted. He was USC's third quarterback in 2008, appearing in five games, before winning the starting job in the spring of 2009. Corp cracked the top of his left fibula in fall camp that year and Matt Barkley won the starting job. Corp transferred to Richmond in 2010 and started the first five games before suffering a season-ending knee injury.

In 2011, Corp threw for 2,682 yards and 17 touchdowns. He set an NCAA FCS single-game record for completion percentage, completing 91.2 percent of his throws (31-of-34) against Towson State.

 

[ZeroClub]

Poor guy. Those injuries in college really screwed up his college career. He must have had loads of potential coming out of high school.

 

[cmd34(work)]

He did.

Great physical tools. For a long time, he was supposed to be the "next" USC QB. He won the job, got hurt, and Barkley never gave the job back. He had zero confidence after that. He started one game when Barkley was hurt and played awful. A game later he got put in for mop-up duty and the Coliseum crowd booed him mercilessly.

What also sucks for him is he transferred to a FCS school so that he could play right away. Had he waited (literally) a week later to transfer, the NCAA sanctions came down and he could have transferred anywhere he wanted to play right away.

He's an ideal 3rd quarterback type who can sit and learn.

 

[ZeroClub]

Geeze ... the part about waiting an extra week ... that's really unfortunate too.

Well, maybe his luck will start to change now.

 

[MetalHead]

Can he play RT?

 

[MetalHead]

He did.

Great physical tools. For a long time, he was supposed to be the "next" USC QB.

The USC QBs suck ass.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

lol right? So that would make him mediocre in the pros.

Or maybe not finding success at USC helps him more than it does hurt him.

 

[cmd34(work)]

Peyton Manning is the next Heath Shuler. All quarterbacks from the same colleges are exactly the same.

Sucky or not, there is currently 6 former USC quareterbacks on NFL rosters. They may not be living up to the hype but they seem to be successfully getting kids to the next level.

 

[Cowboysrule122]

He did.

Great physical tools. For a long time, he was supposed to be the "next" USC QB. He won the job, got hurt, and Barkley never gave the job back. He had zero confidence after that. He started one game when Barkley was hurt and played awful. A game later he got put in for mop-up duty and the Coliseum crowd booed him mercilessly.

What also sucks for him is he transferred to a FCS school so that he could play right away. Had he waited (literally) a week later to transfer, the NCAA sanctions came down and he could have transferred anywhere he wanted to play right away.

He's an ideal 3rd quarterback type who can sit and learn.

I was waiting for your reply....