"He knew our road records against teams, who the top 10 high school quarterback prospects were and where they might be going," Cutcliffe said.
Doug Williams was considered to be the closest thing to a can't-miss quarterback prospect available in the draft.
The top three quarterback prospects are so different in their abilities, teams must carefully evaluate which one best suits their system.
As the 149th player chosen, he was only the second true quarterback prospect picked.
Despite being a highly-recruited quarterback prospect, at least one major program wanted the 6' 5" 225 lb.
He was ranked as one of the top quarterback prospects in Florida coming out of high school.
This year, Price said, three leading quarterback prospects have called Washington State.
'We are talking about perhaps the greatest quarterback prospect in history,' he replied steadily.
Rivals.com assessed him as the 27th-ranked pro-style quarterback prospect in the nation and the 20th-ranked player in the state of Virginia.
A scout once compared the excitement of watching a top quarterback prospect to the day that he got married.