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2 hours ago • By BILL SPELTZ of the Missoulian
Things didn’t work out for Adam Brzeczek at Stanford, but there’s something you should know about the quarterback.
“I’m telling you, he’s a Division I kid.”
So says one of his old high school coaches, Paul Reynolds. The Queen Creek (Ariz.) athletic director knows what it takes as a former Arizona State linebacker who played in the 1997 Rose Bowl. He was so impressed with Brzeczek coming out of high school he urged him to walk on at Stanford rather than accept a scholarship somewhere else.
Brzeczek didn’t need much arm-twisting with Cardinal head coach Jim Harbaugh knocking on his door. Then Harbaugh bolted for the NFL in January 2011 and Brzeczek started feeling like a number in the fall as one of seven Stanford quarterbacks.
He started shopping his talents around when the season was over. One of the schools he contacted was the University of Montana. It was a stroke of luck for the Griz, who found themselves in a pickle this week when starter Jordan Johnson was suspended from the team indefinitely after a rape charge.
Brzeczek, a 6-foot-1 redshirt freshman, will be one of four quarterback candidates when UM fall camp kicks off Tuesday. Reynolds expects him to make a quick impression.
“He can throw a program on his back and make it successful,” Reynolds said. “He’s a great athlete, runs and throws great. And he’s a real smart kid.”
The question is, can Brzeczek thrive in a spread offense? Reynolds and his staff were so certain of that they implemented the spread in 2009 with Brzeczek in mind. Queen Creek switched again to a pro style offense the next year, and again Brzeczek adapted quickly.
Now he must quickly adapt to Missoula, a place where he’s happy to be for several reasons: He no longer wants to stand on the sidelines or pay the money required to attend Stanford.
Plus his ultimate goal is to become a heart surgeon. He believes the University of Montana will prepare him well for medical school.
“I think he’s going to fall in love with the culture and environment up there,” Michael Brzeczek said of his son, who made a visit to Missoula several weeks ago. “We are originally from Chicago, so my son likes the cold weather and the rain and the slop. You don’t get much of that down here in Arizona.”
Adam is not talking to the media this week, likely at the request of his Griz coaches. Talking about himself isn’t so easy anyway, his father says.
Brzeczek did a lot of listening in the fall of 2011. He learned a lot from arguably the best quarterback in the country, Andrew Luck, who was the No. 1 overall pick in April’s NFL Draft.
Brzeczek, meanwhile, has worked hard to improve his stock this summer, bulking up to 200 pounds with a lot of weight training. He’s hoping to recapture the form of his final two years of high school when he piled up 3,650 yards passing while throwing for 38 touchdowns and running for 16.
Brzeczek’s five pounds of added muscle might just come in handy at Washington-Grizzly Stadium this fall.
“I think Montana is lucky to have him honestly,” Reynolds said.
Bill Speltz can be reached at 523-5255 or [email protected].
2 hours ago • By BILL SPELTZ of the Missoulian
Things didn’t work out for Adam Brzeczek at Stanford, but there’s something you should know about the quarterback.
“I’m telling you, he’s a Division I kid.”
So says one of his old high school coaches, Paul Reynolds. The Queen Creek (Ariz.) athletic director knows what it takes as a former Arizona State linebacker who played in the 1997 Rose Bowl. He was so impressed with Brzeczek coming out of high school he urged him to walk on at Stanford rather than accept a scholarship somewhere else.
Brzeczek didn’t need much arm-twisting with Cardinal head coach Jim Harbaugh knocking on his door. Then Harbaugh bolted for the NFL in January 2011 and Brzeczek started feeling like a number in the fall as one of seven Stanford quarterbacks.
He started shopping his talents around when the season was over. One of the schools he contacted was the University of Montana. It was a stroke of luck for the Griz, who found themselves in a pickle this week when starter Jordan Johnson was suspended from the team indefinitely after a rape charge.
Brzeczek, a 6-foot-1 redshirt freshman, will be one of four quarterback candidates when UM fall camp kicks off Tuesday. Reynolds expects him to make a quick impression.
“He can throw a program on his back and make it successful,” Reynolds said. “He’s a great athlete, runs and throws great. And he’s a real smart kid.”
The question is, can Brzeczek thrive in a spread offense? Reynolds and his staff were so certain of that they implemented the spread in 2009 with Brzeczek in mind. Queen Creek switched again to a pro style offense the next year, and again Brzeczek adapted quickly.
Now he must quickly adapt to Missoula, a place where he’s happy to be for several reasons: He no longer wants to stand on the sidelines or pay the money required to attend Stanford.
Plus his ultimate goal is to become a heart surgeon. He believes the University of Montana will prepare him well for medical school.
“I think he’s going to fall in love with the culture and environment up there,” Michael Brzeczek said of his son, who made a visit to Missoula several weeks ago. “We are originally from Chicago, so my son likes the cold weather and the rain and the slop. You don’t get much of that down here in Arizona.”
Adam is not talking to the media this week, likely at the request of his Griz coaches. Talking about himself isn’t so easy anyway, his father says.
Brzeczek did a lot of listening in the fall of 2011. He learned a lot from arguably the best quarterback in the country, Andrew Luck, who was the No. 1 overall pick in April’s NFL Draft.
Brzeczek, meanwhile, has worked hard to improve his stock this summer, bulking up to 200 pounds with a lot of weight training. He’s hoping to recapture the form of his final two years of high school when he piled up 3,650 yards passing while throwing for 38 touchdowns and running for 16.
Brzeczek’s five pounds of added muscle might just come in handy at Washington-Grizzly Stadium this fall.
“I think Montana is lucky to have him honestly,” Reynolds said.
Bill Speltz can be reached at 523-5255 or [email protected].
I cannot wait to hear the chants we come up with for cold games, and this guy. 
