Some of you may have heard of walk-on quarterback, Sammuel Lamur, on a couple of radio talk shows, message boards, or in a blog post by Austin Meek. The twin brother of camp standout, Emmanuel Lamur, Sammuel comes to Kansas State as JUCO transfer with three years to play two seasons (3x2). Lightly recruited out of high school, Lamur would have gone to UCF had he received a qualifying score on his SAT. However, since he didn't, he found his way to Independence Community College.
During his only season at Independence, Lamur saw action in seven games, went 18-44 (41%), threw for twelve touchdowns, and passed for a total of 206 yards. According to the statistics, he appeared to be the backup quarterback on the roster. According to Lamur (via an interview with Meek), at that time, he was receiving interest from Arkansas and Arizona State. But, for reasons unknown, he didn't finish his JUCO career as a Pirate. Lamur transferred to Joliet Junior College where, again, he was the backup quarterback. During his sophomore season, he was 25-58 (43%) with one passing touchdown.
During this offseason, Sammuel came to Kansas State with his brother. He wasn't a December graduate, so he missed Spring Ball. Also, he finished up his degree requirements on August 3rd, so he missed nearly all of the summer conditioning program.
So, how exactly does a walk-on QB, a career JUCO backup and late arrival, get so much pub? Especially in the midst of the most heated preseason quarterback battle in nearly five years (where he was nothing more than an afterthought)? He doesn't even have an official biography page on the roster yet, but according to some media sources, the coaches are having a hard time justifying giving him a redshirt because he could potentially get playing time now.
Truthfully, I don't have the slightest idea how this makes sense or an answer to either question. The only thing that I can dig up on this guy are rudimentary statistics and a couple of YouTube videos. Watch them for yourself and decide if this is simply a great hoax or an actual possibility, but consider yourself informed - Sammuel Lamur is the new Kansas State message board phenomenon, and you at least have a high level knowledge of who he is.
Videos are after the jump.
sammuel lamur (via darealestqbalive)
Sammuel Lamur #14 JJC (via deuces2wild07)
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A welcome addition to the team...
Considering what he has missed this preseason, it might be better to redshirt…of course, the QB situation next year will be considerably different than this year.
MadCat - September 4, 2009
Oh my God...someone else is awake?
I figured that I was just posting this out into the void.
I agree on the redshirt. Depending on who KSU may sign (Cameron Newton), who they have on the roster (Chris Harper), and who may be a returning starter (Carson Coffman), it may be a good idea for him to redshirt and just absorb as much of the playbook as possible.
Panjandrum - September 4, 2009
I'll have plenty of time for sleep when I'm dead.
:D
MadCat - September 4, 2009
Wouldn't it make more sense
to think he might get immediate playing time somewhere other than quarterback? Sure we’re set at QB but we’re not exactly swimming with talent and size at other positions.
Mrfphy - September 4, 2009
Yes, but the word is that he's a QB...
I thought WR at first, but nope. He’s in the QB race.
Panjandrum - September 4, 2009
Don't forget about Billy Cosh
Or as I like to call him, “our less bisexual, less alcoholic, slightly taller version of Reesing”
BracketCat - September 5, 2009
Hey Pan
Did I read that right – he went 18-44 with 206 yds with 12 touchdowns???
Was he a red-zone quarterback specialist or was that a typo?
mystman995 - September 4, 2009
That's what I got on the site. I have no idea, and I'm still trying to verify it.
Panjandrum - September 4, 2009
If that's true
his QB rating is off the charts!
(In my best Austin Power’s voice) But honestly, who uses a redzone quarterback? I mean really!
mystman995 - September 4, 2009
I saw that too...
Would be neat to see the YAC stats on those completions…he did seem to have a fairly strong arm (not that I’m a very good judge of such things).
MadCat - September 4, 2009
Based on the Joliet video (from last year) two things stick out...
One, he has good pocket presence. You could tell he feels the rush and can move around in the pocket well.
Two, on the completions, he was quick with the release and tended to find the open man by going through his progressions.
Now, again, we only saw the completions, and his completion percentage was subpar, so we saw the good and not the bad. From what I can glean from watching 3+ minutes of footage is that Joliet seemed to run a shotgun spread formation that focused on the passing aspects. They didn’t look like they really used the spread option in this footage at all. Lamur’s rushing statistics would kind of back up this assumption. In the video where he did scramble, he looked pretty good. The footage looked more like a Missouri spread attack where you use the spread in a ball control passing offense. That’s not ideally what Snyder would like to do.
So, he’s kind of already indoctrinated into the spread, but I think what he’d run here would be more suitable to what I would imagine his talents actually are. He’d throw less, run more, and when he did throw, completion percentage wouldn’t be the biggest indicator of success. Yards per attempt would be the focus, and he seems to have the arm to make the deep throws Snyder likes dual threat QB’s to make.
Panjandrum - September 4, 2009
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