Hewlett wants him to “do the work early,” meaning he should rotate his back hip more into the throw so that he doesn’t have to rely on his arm so much. You’re not creating torque, so you compensate by moving faster up top.”īecause his front foot wasn’t stable, Richardson was unable to rotate his hips into the throw. You’ve got nothing to dig into in the ground. Imagine trying to punch someone in a pair of shoes on ice. “It’s hard to see, but the foot actually twists. “See how the front foot moves,” Hewlett said. “I think that was just part of his process: figuring out who he was as a thrower, identifying two to three really focused areas that he can cue himself and dig into and then move from there.” Front-foot stability/over-rotation “There’s definitely misses on film, and I don’t think anyone’s in denial - including him - about that,” Hewlett said. Hewlett broke down the mechanical issues in each clip, and we talked about how he and Richardson are correcting those issues. In preparation for a film session with Hewlett, I selected clips that represent Richardson’s most common types of misses. Hewlett works with the Quarterback Collective, which partners with several NFL coaches, including Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay, and helps college quarterbacks prepare for the draft with 6 Points and Tork Sports. He has been working with Will Hewlett, who is regarded as one of the best private quarterback coaches in the country, to fine-tune his mechanics. Richardson has no illusions about what he needs to improve on. Richardson’s problems begin with his feet, an issue that is more easily correctable than re-sequencing his entire throwing motion. Still, Richardson’s film features clear misses by him, and when they happened, they often were ugly.įortunately for Richardson, unlike other long-levered, bigger quarterbacks, his accuracy issues won’t require a massive relearning of mechanics (like what Josh Allen experienced coming from Wyoming).
The scheme didn’t involve a ton of easy bubble screens but instead featured deeper play-action shot plays, and the Gators didn’t have receivers who got open deep or tracked passes well. In his first season as a starter in college, Richardson completed 53.8 percent of his passes, but the Florida offense and receivers played a role in that alarming figure.
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