Yesterday I wrote an article about Greg Paulus trying out with the Green Bay Packers. Paulus a former quarterback in high school is now weighing his options for a future in football.
Duke football coach David Cutcliffe has offered Paulus a tryout on the Duke football team. However the tryout is at wide receiver not quarterback. Duke's coach doesn't feel he could compete to start at quarterback since he hasn't played there in so long.
"We talked but there is no way he'd be able to compete to play for us at the quarterback position," Cutcliffe said during an Atlantic Coast Conference call. "It's just so difficult without playing quarterback for such a long time."
NCAA eligibility rules state athletes generally must sit out a year if they transfer from one school to another. Athletes are allowed to red shirt for medical or other reasons they are allowed 10 semesters of eligibility. Paulus was never a red shirt at Duke as an undergraduate transfer so he would be eligible to play football at another school.
It was confirmed that Paulus visited Ann Arbor on Tuesday. He spoke with Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez about playing this season with the Wolverines. Paulus also watched the Michigan practice. Duke's football coach said Paulus would have a better shot playing quarterback in a spread offense like Michigan since he ran the spread in high school.
"To play at the NFL level he might have to add 30 pounds," Christian Brothers football coach Joe Casamento told ESPN's Joe Schad on Wednesday. "He could always throw it accurately and he's a smart winner and a leader, but where now is the arm strength?"
Casamento also spoke about Paulus playing at Michigan.
"I'm not sure the Michigan offense suits him," Casamento said. "We ran a spread, but a spread to pass. He might take some pounding in that offense. I understand Greg is keeping his options open, but I still believe basketball is his passion. When he chose basketball, he told me that one day he'd like to be a basketball coach."
Paulus said he had no regrets of choosing basketball over football when choosing to play at Duke.
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