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Texas High School Football Quarterback Raises Questions With Suspicious Throwing Video From Viral Workout

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Bryson Kennedy has been the talk of high school football over the last few days following his failed transfer from Little Rock Central in Arkansas to Duncanville in Texas. However, in doing so, he raised questions about a recent workout video.

Is he doctoring (pun intended) his clients’ workouts? Will McElvain insists his videos accurately reflect “how they throw.” I believe him. Anyone who has watched his clients throw can vouch for it.

If that is true, it is the angle that does craaazy work. Two things can be true at once.

Either Kennedy and his classmates are some of the best high school football prospects in history (they might be) or their workouts make them look even better than reality. I think it is a combination of both.

Who is Bryson Kennedy?

Technically speaking, Kennedy is actually an Arkansas high school football quarterback, not a Texas high school football quarterback. The Class of 2029 recruit started every game for Little Rock Central as a 14-year-old freshman last fall and, at 6-foot-3, 225 pounds, looked like a potential superstar. The Tigers were pretty terrible. Their quarterback was electric.

Kennedy has received scholarship offers from schools all over the country because of his freshman year. Arizona State, Miami, North Carolina, App State, Florida and Oklahoma already showed interest, among others. Nobody wants to miss out on his recruitment. He could be the top signal-caller in his class.

With that in mind, Bryson Kennedy moved from Little Rock to Dallas and enrolled at Duncanville High School in February. The Panthers are one of the most dominant high school programs in Texas. It was an opportunity to play against the best of the best. Another strong year would’ve improved his stock.

However, Kennedy was ruled ineligible by the Duncanville Independent School District because of an awkward podcast goof. He essentially admitted that his family only made the move to the Lone Star State for athletic reasons. That is against the rules so the school district ruled him ineligible. His father was also accused of soliciting other schools prior to his move, which certainly didn’t help his case.

As a result, Kennedy’s family moved back to Little Rock. He will play at Central in the fall.

Does the QB Doctor doctor his high school football workout videos?

This Texas high school football eligibility scandal involving Bryson Kennedy sent me down a rabbit hole. More specifically, I started to watch all of the workout videos posted to his social media profiles.

I found a few of them to be rather suspicious. His throwing motion is too fast. His release is too clean.

Here is a video of Kennedy from before he started working with a private coach:

Here is a video posted by a notable quarterback development coach:

This is another workout video that was posted by Bryson himself:

Notice the difference between the first video and the other two? It is hard not to! The ball zips off his hand. His arm moves so much faster from when he cocks back the ball to when he lets it go.

Part of that has to do with his work with a highly respected quarterbacks coach. Part of it has to do with the angle. It’s a crazy angle.

This trend corresponds with another viral video of Florida high school football quarterback Vince Mosley. Mosley, another Class of 2029 recruit, went extremely viral on social media at the end of April with a video that made him look like the best pure thrower of all-time. That video was also posted by QB Doctor.

What gives? QB Doctor is run by Will McElvain. The former Central Arkansas and Northern Iowa quarterback had a brief stint in the CFL before he started his highly-touted quarterback development program. It is primarily based out of Dallas, Atlanta, Memphis, Little Rock and Oklahoma City.

I reached out to McElvain with a request for comment. I asked him to explain the glaring discrepancies between Kennedy and Mosley’s game tape (and other workout videos) and the videos posted by QB Doctor. Are they edited before they are posted? He gave me the following response:

“The videos I post aren’t edited it’s how they throw. I work with tons of top HS QB and FBS QBs and people who can confirm how the throw the ball, thus why they have the offers they have.”

I fully believe him. I don’t think the videos are edited. Mosley and Kennedy might throw two of the best spirals we have ever seen. But the angle works HEAVILY in their favor!!!