AUSTIN, Texas — The Elite11 Tour continued Sunday with its Spring 2024 stop in the Lone Star State as Westlake High School in Austin hosted dozens of quarterbacks across three different recruiting classes. A talent-laden event with well-established names and intriguing sleepers alike, Sunday’s Elite11 Austin Regional provided an afternoon of live exposure for 247Sports staff in attendance. Here is the rundown from the 247Sports national scouting team, which highlights three top 2025 performers and two more underclassmen standouts, in addition to ample observations from around the camp.
ALPHA DOG: KEELON RUSSELL (SMU COMMIT)
This weekend will go down as one to remember for Duncanville (Texas) quarterback Keelon Russell, as the SMU commit helped set the No. 2 high school time (3:11.74) in the country in the 4×400 relay Saturday at Rice University in Houston before traveling to Austin on Sunday and stamping his invitation to the Elite11 Finals. Russell earned top honors on the day from multiple 247Sports staffers in attendance in large part due to the exceptional amount of velocity he can generate with a consistently compact release. The strong four-star prospect was not as consistent with ball placement in comparison to his recent Under Armour Dallas performance where he earned “Alpha Dog” honors, but for the vast majority of his throws on the day, Russell put the ball where it needed to be with plenty of zip. One area where Russell separated himself from the rest of the top arms in attendance was drills where he had to quickly redirect and escape the pocket before attacking the intermediate portion of the field on the move. — Hudson Standish, 247Sports national scouting analyst
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— Ty Hawkins (TCU commit): Although he didn’t receive an invitation to the Elite 11 Finals, Hawkins made a serious push for Alpha Dog honors in our eyes and was the most consistent performer throughout the entirety of the three-hour throwing session. The TCU Top247 four-star pledge and San Antonio Johnson standout showcased plenty of arm talent and was one of the few signal-callers in attendance who could consistently keep the ball on a line when throwing against the 15-plus MPH wind. Hawkins is a credentialed multi-sport athlete with infield experience on the baseball diamond, which manifested when he needed to alter his arm slot and release point on the move, along with impressive lower-body explosiveness to quickly generate power on throws. That lower-half twitch likely derives in part from his 45-foot, 7 1/2-inch personal best mark in the triple jump. — Standish
— Adam Schobel (Baylor commit): The Baylor commit and Columbus (Texas) product is an instant eye-catcher, verified at a shade over 6-foot-4.5, 190 pounds, and was a clear top performer on the day due to his metronomic consistency attacking the first two levels of the field. Schobel owns an efficient delivery and has made significant progress maintaining his throwing mechanics on the move, along with more effectively transferring weight from his lower half to add more pace on his throws. One area the small-school TXHSFB standout repeatedly impressed was in traditional drop-back passing drills where he was asked to spray the ball across the intermediate portions of the field. One of the more encouraging aspects of Schobel’s performance was the jump in velocity on the ball compared to previous live evaluations. — Standish
TOP UNDERCLASSMEN
— Peyton Houston: Shreveport (La.) Evangel Christian 2027 quarterback Peyton Houston earned top underclassmen honors from the Elite 11 staff in the accuracy challenge portion of Sunday’s camp and over the past month on the offseason circuit has proven himself as one of the higher-floor young signal callers in the region. Houston hovers around 5-foot-10, 185 pounds, and has a deceptively strong arm compared to his frame, which could be explained by his baseball middle-infield background. The Louisiana native with offers from Texas A&M, Ole Miss, and TCU proved he could attack all three levels of the field with accuracy from the drop, out of the gun, or on the move. — Standish
— Jake Fette: El Paso Del Valle 2026 quarterback Jake Fette has a chance to be the best prospect from the Sun City in the modern recruiting era after putting together a 40-total touchdown sophomore campaign, which led to offers from in-state programs Texas Tech, TCU, and SMU, among others. This was our first in-person exposure to Fette and he responded well after an up-and-down start to Sunday’s camp, building momentum throughout the day before putting together his best stretch of throws when asked to attack the second and third levels on the move. Fette has more than enough arm strength to attack the field vertically to pair nicely with a smooth and consistent throwing motion, which should get quicker over time. — Standish
AROUND THE CAMP …
— Elite11 staff invited three quarterbacks to the prestigious Elite11 Finals this summer in Southern California: aforementioned SMU Top247 four-star commit Keelon Russell, Oklahoma pledge Kevin Sperry, and Texas Top247 four-star commit KJ Lacey. Each of these talented signal callers led his team to a state championship game this past fall: Russell with Duncanville in Texas Class 6A D-I (champ); Sperry with Oklahoma City Carl Albert in Oklahoma Class 5A (champ); and Lacey with Saraland in Alabama Class 6A (runner-up). Sperry has reportedly moved to Denton (Texas) Guyer in recent weeks. — Gabe Brooks, 247Sports national scouting analyst
— Kansas pledge David McComb of Edmond (Okla.) Memorial earned top combine honors with a 97.77 testing score. McComb represented one of only two QBs to eclipse the coveted 90-point testing threshold for quarterbacks, joining Iowa Colony (Texas) 2027 prospect Carson White (91.05). McComb reached the 4.7s and the 4.3s in the 40 and shuttle, respectively, quite impressive for a QB who measured 6-foot-3, 208 pounds. McComb also flashed athleticism during passing drills, generating encouraging velocity, particularly on rollout reps throwing with his body. We considered McComb just outside that top three of our 2025 top performers listed above as he had a strong day that got better as it progressed. Given his physical tools and obvious athleticism, McComb possesses ample developmental upside, perhaps more than we previously recognized. — Brooks
— McComb was not the only 2025 QB from the state of Oklahoma who caught our attention repeatedly during Sunday’s event. Tulsa (Okla.) Union’s Shaker Reisig, a Utah commit, produced one of the more consistent performances thanks to accuracy across numerous drills and what different stations required. Reisig’s accuracay translated to multiple levels accompanied by varying velocities as needed. He and McComb joined peers such as Russell, Schobel, and Hawkins at excelling during a late drill involving rush avoidance in the pocket preceding quick delivery. Accuracy is not surprising coming from Reisig, who has completed an exceptionally high percentage of his attempts (75.8 percent on 483 throws) across the past two seasons, when he’s accumulated a 52-9 TD-INT ratio and a strong INT rate of 1-in-53.7 throws. — Brooks
— “Panini Accuracy Challenge” honors went to Coppell (Texas) QB Edward Griffin and the aforementioned Peyton Houston in the 2025 and underclassmen categories, respectively. Griffin caught our attention during other drills as well thanks to his efficiency of movement and placement in short-to-intermediate throws. Griffin has landed a handful of FBS offers following a highly productive junior campaign that saw him throw for more than 3,100 yards with a sterling 41-3 TD-INT ratio. — Brooks
— Cayden Keeth, a 2025 prospect from San Antonio Southside, showed on-the-move competency in multiple rollout drills, as well as a fairly smooth, natural delivery that fostered accuracy and above average zip. Keeth appeared to own a plus frame that should raise his long-term ceiling. He threw for 1,450 yards, 18 TDs, and 5 INTs in 10 games this past fall and could see his stock rise this offseason. — Brooks
— Fort Bend (Texas) Ridge Point’s Austin Carlisle notched a top five testing performance, which came as no surprise considering what we knew about him entering Sunday’s camp. In the past two seasons, Carlisle threw for 5,200-plus yards and accounted for 70-plus touchdowns — 53 passing, 19 rushing — thanks in part to his multi-sport athleticism, which includes a recent wind-aided 10.85-second 100-meter time, per MileSplit. Carlisle’s athleticism on the field and in a combine setting reflect a receiver or running back, but make no mistake, he can rip it, and he did plenty Sunday, when he showed out in his velocity and ball placement in rollout drills. Carlisle also displayed some touch nuance when needed. — Brooks
— Speaking of athleticism, Chris Jimerson Jr. from North Crowley (Texas) assembled one of the top testing performances in the morning (87.75 score for fourth place) before flashing velocity and throw-on-the-run athleticism in the afternoon session. While Jimerson is undersized, he shows some impressive passing ability coupled with his strong track athleticism and could represent an intriguing prospect for plenty of FBS programs as a playmaking spread trigger man. — Brooks
— Forney (Texas) 2026 QB Nelson Peterson Jr. assembled a promising sophomore season this past fall at nearby Sunnyvale (Texas). He caught our eye with field-stretching ability at the recent Under Armour Dallas Regional, but may have looked even better as a pure passer at Sunday’s Elite11 event. That belief centered around improved short-to-intermediate passing ability compared to his solid UA Dallas outing. — Brooks
— Romin Seymour — now at Fort Bend Ridge Point after playing freshman and sophomore seasons at nearby Manvel (Texas) — put together some good reps at the RPO glance station. He’s still growing into his huge frame, and the urgency of pulling and ripping in that drill played to his strengths: getting the ball out ASAP with velocity. — Brooks
— A similarly-built 2025 QB, Lancaster (Texas) High’s Carter Jones showed an elastic arm that generated ample velocity over the middle of the field and to the boundary across multiple drills. A 6-foot-3, 190-pounder, Jones throws with an elongated motion, but still generates zip and showed some promising accuracy Sunday. — Brooks
— A few more noteworthy underclassmen who deserve mention include Melissa (Texas) 2026 QB Noah Schuback, Bastrop (Texas) 2027 prospect Weston Nielsen, and Hutto (Texas) 2026 QB Kaden Stefek. The red-zone scramble drill, which asked QBs to roll right and rip it to the front pylon, showcased Schuback and Nielsen. Schuback is a recent move-in to Melissa from Alabama power Hoover High. Nielsen looks technically advanced compared to many of the younger QBs in attendance and provided consistently smooth deliveries. Stefek looked good on the hoof and showed encouraging accuracy in multiple drills. He appears poised to take over at Hutto after the graduation of Texas Tech 2024 Top247 four-star QB signee Will Hammond. — Brooks
— More notable mentions must go to a trio of 2025 signal callers in Edinburg (Texas) Vela’s Myles Lopez, Galena Park (Texas) North Shore’s Kaleb Bailey, and Austin (Texas) Anderson’s Max Gerlich. We thought Lopez got better and better throughout the day, while Bailey remained a consistent presence regardless of what each drilled asked. Gerlich, who already owns several offers, showed deft short-to-intermediate work, including noteworthy reps in the aforementioned pocket rush-avoidance drill later in the day. — Brooks
