When prospective colleges call to inquire about Etiwanda High School’s 5-foot-10 quarterback, Eagles head coach Steve Bryce makes sure to slip the name Jeremiah Masoli into each conversation.
“Same height,” Bryce said. “Of course Masoli is 220 pounds and Angel is about 185.”
Despite the weight disparity between the Oregon QB and his own, Santiago’s efforts have landed him scholarship offers from Army, Idaho State and Cal Poly SLO with an offer from Northwestern potentially coming soon. Idaho State, in the process of a conversion to the same spread offense in which Santiago piled up 9,500 yards and 65 TDs as a three-year starter at Etiwanda, wants him to play quarterback. Army is offering him as an athlete.
I haven’t spoken to Santiago lately but I can’t imagine him passing up an offer to play quarterback in college. I was afraid he wouldn’t get a single offer to play QB and if scouts were afraid of offering him at a positon they’d never seen him play, that could have left a great, great high school player out in the cold. Now Santiago is not only going to play college football, but he has options.
