Thats good for a team that had previously gone to only two bowl games in theprecedingeight years. (Mustain) came out of Springdale, hes a 5-star Parade this, Parade that, and Casey Dick, my starting quarterback was hurt at the time. In the very least, I think hes gone in the next two seasons. If he's ever in the area, he usually gives me a heads up or tell me about someone he's scouting in the Phoenix area. Nearly. I highly expect him to take another job soon. Dec 25, 2005 at 3:00 am. 158. r/rolltide. As of 2023, Mitch Mustain's net worth is $100,000 - $1M. January 4, 2013. Was he in the wrong to complain about his coach and set himself up for disaster? Texas was running hot with Vince Young and Austin has a draw all its own. Now, he has positioned himself to be at the right place, but at the wrong time. But you need to consider how they will affect you if you choose them. -- A couple of times each week, to get away from it all, Mitch Mustain heads to his town's tiny airport. Years before he rewrote the record books for the Razorbacks, Ryan Mallett was just a fan trying to get into Arkansas football games for free. 1 quarterback in the class of 2026, Kane Archer, who appears to be the all-time youngest Arkansan recruit. Transaction. As a freshman all those years ago, Mitch Mustain went 8-0 at Arkansas and was one of the key figures in some of the controversy that enveloped first-year college coach Gus Malzahn and head coach Houston Nutt as the 2006 season wore on. For the longest time Nutt called the offense. Q: When was the last time you talked to coach Malzahn and how would you describe your relationship with him? Q: You mentioned having the opportunity to coach and deciding against it. As you see in the above Tweet, Michigan isnt shy about marketing the fact that Tom Brady, whom many agree is the greatest quarterback of all time (besides Terry Bradshaw), was a Wolverine. FAYETTEVILLE -- Former Springdale High prodigy, Arkansas and Southern Cal quarterback Mitch Mustain attended the Fayetteville premier of "The Identity Theft of Mitch Mustain" documentary Thursday evening. In 2005, Mitch Mustain was the top high school quarterback in American; the first ever consensus Gatorade, Parade, and USA Today Player of the year. Hope is not a strategy, but it's a very poor one I chose hoping that this would come together when the reality was that the promises that were made never should have been made and really couldn't have been made in good faith. Mitch Mustain documentary Football Insider Board LDhog March 22, 2020, 1:17am #1 The Identity Theft of Mitch Mustain has been hashed around in the past on this board but I've not viewed it. By the summer of 2005 I had narrowed my choices to Arkansas, Texas, and Notre Dame. So I said, You know, maybe its time for me to go. I was there 10 years and thats when I went to Ole Miss. On the other hand, USC has its disadvantages for someone in his position. The latest from the Flyer, straight to your inbox. And it matters that hes already benefiting from plenty of high-level football camps and training from professional quarterbacks like Lamar Jackson. That sort of thing acted as a catalyst and it got ugly from there. But that played absolutely no part of me not deciding to go to Arkansas, Mallett told Mattingly. There was a lot of tension that I think had been brewing for quite some time. My decision to leave was also the best decision for my career type move., I mean, thats what it comes down to. Pending. Some of Mallets high school highlights are simply jaw-dropping: As Mallett recalls, Michigan started recruiting him in the winter of his ninth-grade year, when Michigan played Texas in the Rose Bowl. 1 Quarterback for His Age, Gives First Interview, After Rocky Road with Exhibitionist Ex, Ryan Mallett Takes Another Shot at NFL, What to Know about Myles Rowser, Arkansas Footballs Top-Ranked Commit of the Sam Pittman Era. He began his college career with eight consecutive victories. We have estimated Mitch Mustain's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets. Mitch. Arkansas top-rated commit is from Michigan: Stay up to date with notices of the latest features, 15 Years After Getting Ryan Mallett, Michigan Offers Arkansas Next Great Quarterback, as the No. He also ran for 141 yards and . My astute readers will also point out that Im not Catholic, alas. @MitchMustain 3h 3 hours ago More Mitch Mustain Retweeted Carter Hicks Frankly if Arkansas never won another game I would sleep just fine. "We all just wanted to work and get better and fight for a common goal." Mustain became a household name in Arkansas before he ever took a snap in a varsity football game . About $600 thousand worth. There were quite a few older guys who I think were very happy Malzahn was there as they shared stories of previous seasons and what they experienced between (Roy) Wittke, (Mike) Markuson and Nutt. We do firefighter and strategic training for captains and. Q: When you look back, what do you wish you would have done out of high school? If you've talked him or watched him, he's all ball, all the time. And to the shock of everyone, Nutt was hired as the Head Coach at Ole Miss just FOUR days after the LSU game. Then you have four of us walk in with coach Malzahn. In stints at Arkansas and Southern Cal, Mustain combined for a 54.7 completion . From then on, that Michigan football coach pursued Mallett. That's what I want to do. Listen to the entire Mallett interview here: The Arkansas football program hasnt yet offered Kane Archer, but if he keeps improving at this rate, it seems likely the Hogs will offer at some point. I told Matt it would've been nice to have him, but there wouldn't have been anything groundbreaking. (Kane Archer is now doing the same against out-of-state competition by playing for the Kansas City Outlaws youth football team.). He threw for a career-best 338 yards and three touchdowns in the season-opening 52-7 blowout win over the Virginia Cavaliers on August 30, 2008. While Arkansas was struggling, and by no objective measure one of the better teams I could consider, it was the home team and I wanted to love the program and be a part of it. But I did. If youre merely focused on making it to the league, then there is a persuasive argument that the large school/major conference mentality is not only unnecessary but even counter-productive to many transfers. The 2007 season was supposed to be awesome. And as the Trojans moved from Mark Sanchez to Matt Barkley, Mustain could never punch through the glass ceiling, and finished his USC career with 52 completions in 89 attempts, three touchdowns and three interceptions. Barkley is their prized possession that will be there for 2-3 years and needs to be groomed. But Nutt did quick work todispelthe non-believers. I wish Nutt, Malzahn, and Beck Campbell would have done interviews. But whatever may seem my fate, history will record a different walk for me. Every day that he could, he wrote or texted or called me from then on when it was recruiting period, not dead period, and all that good stuff.. US$3.99 US$12.99 . Sporting Life Arkansas. Mitchell Stewart Mustain (born February 27, 1988) is a former professional football player. Not too long ago he was known as the most decorated quarterback in high school history and a must for any college football program in the nation. 2007-2023 Wonderstate Media, LLC. I think it'll stand fine for what it is. "It sucks. (Producer) Matt (Wolfe) and I spent a couple months discussing what he had in mind for the film. Thats good for a middle-of-the-road team. June 18, 2012. Its time for another stroll downArkansas Razorbacks Footballmemory lane. When all said and done, it turns out the real star of the Springdale Five was actually head coach Gus Malzahn, not his players. His competition is greater here; being older puts him at a disadvantage, along with not being a USC recruit which results in less focus from the coaches. https://t.co/WRXYwqxsLG. And to have that expectation and hope that it was, was foolish. I wouldn't change that. Meanwhile, relationships inside the halls and, just as important, in the media, began to turn cold and hostile and wholly riddled with inaccuracies and assumptions. And in those ten, long years at Arkansas, Houston Nutt only went 42-38 in SEC play. Kannapolis Intimidators released RHP Mitch Mustain. That Mustain, regardless of what actually happened in those tumultuous years in Fayetteville or will happen in the future, has been strongly defined one way or the other by nearly everyone in Arkansas and around the country whos ever heard some piece of his story. All rights reserved. But that, too, didnt last long and Arkansas was back to being the predictable offense. On Wednesday, Powerade announced a new partnership with the Memphis Grizzlies star Morant, who will serve as the face of their rebranded product. He doesnt come across as angry, bitter, or regretful. Archer is a nearly 61 172-pound Greenwood, Ark. Already, he throws with the velocity of high schoolers: Cali work at 3DQB.. C/O 2026 @3dqb_youth @CoachReyes_ @DannyWest247 @Adam__Archer @Archer88Cash @GWoodDogPound @PrepRedzoneOK pic.twitter.com/qRnQWC7jLY. Q: I'd think you'd get tired of rehashing it. As much as I love my teammates there, I didnt see myself even probably getting on the field that next year with that offense they brought in, he said. Take it where you want. "I feel like this is the best place to learn that. Good, but nothing like the greatness he would achieve later as the Razorbacks quarterback. I had been to the Arkansas camp for eight years, so Ive done all those drills. Since I quit playing April I think's about the happiest I've been. But there was a very clear divide. And they were quite defensive. It appears that things are taking shape in Oxford. Professional football and baseball player who joined the San Antonio Talons in the Arena Football League in 2014. Are these reasons within your control in your current situation, or is there a systemic problem that you cannot see a way around? All rights reserved. Hopefully he disappeared to be on the straight and narrow. What is Mitch Mustain doing now? Mustain: I was hesitant. Please read our Terms of Use or contact us. The following is a Q&A with Mustain including questions from an audience session and from an interview with NWA Media following the screening. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy. Orlando Sentinel. In 2005, Mitch Mustain was the most decorated high school football player in all of America. Hope is one of the only things Mustain has at this point. Coach @CoachDrinkwitz from Alma Arkansas has some good Arkansas connections!! For a non-starter with NFL aspirations, USC is the best place to be in todays college football world based on the amount of national attention the program gets. The Kansas City Royals announced on Wednesday that they have agreed to sign outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to, You can unsubscribe anytime. Once Dick was named starter, the offense changed. PREVIEW: Hogs travel to Knoxville looking for Q1 win, RECAP: Hogs Comeback Attempt FallsShort in Tuscaloosa, RECAP: Nick Smith Jr. Right after graduating (from Oklahoma State), Nutt began his coaching career. The film even features quick clips from locals around what is presumably the Fayetteville area giving their varied opinions on the quarterback. Who is Mitch Mustain? Named the first ever consensus. A rumor circulated online right before this time that Houston Nutt, then Arkansas coach, wanted to switch Mallett from quarterback to tight end while recruiting him the summer before his junior year. After throwing for an Arkansas state record 3,817 yards in 2005, Mustain was named the USA Today Parade magazine national player of the year, AHEAD of . He better not get hurt before a season. So it got blown up to a way bigger deal than it was.. The Seahawks have had a winning season in 10 of the last 11 years. That job came with benefits. Net Worth in 2021. Coaches pushing their own agendas at the expense of their players. Fast forward 15 years, and history may be repeating itself. Weis hitched his wagon to Clausen when he decided against pursuing Mitch Mustain in 2006 (with Zach Frazer and Demetrius Jones in the fold) and starting Clausen as soon as he was healthy enough to . Mustain has one last shot at pro football. If you want to be a great player on a great team and challenge for the title each season, you need to find the programs that are working for that. It piqued my curiosity. Join. It was December 10, 1997 that Houston Nutt was named head coach at Arkansas, succeeding Danny Ford. To the public, Mitch Mustain is much like a one-hit wonder band. Read the column in full here. It would have been a boxed answer, which is fine. Matt Cassel is an outlier. After footing the bill for the spring semester in Fayetteville, I joined Damian at USC. Thats barely over a .500 winning percentage. Power, corruption, deceit, influence, ambition. We got to go sit on the grassy knoll [on the north side] and I used to try and catch the field goals, Mallett said in a Hog Pod interview with Bo Mattingly. Last January, we shared an ambiguous trailer for a documentary about former Arkansas and USC quarterback Mitch Mustain. Recruited by Arkansas, Mustain played well enough as a true freshman to see the Razorbacks go 8-0 in the games he started. It was then that Broyles, and the fans, suggested change. "I can certainly look back on my childhood now grown up and think certainly there was a path from the time I was four or five years old . This article isnt the denouement. In the end, Mallett chose to join Jim Pace and Zach Adami as the best Arkansans to ever play for the Wolverines. Arkansas football fans hope Sam Pittman will still be their coach in five years, but a lot can change between now and then. Thats what Nutt is good at. USC quarterback Mitch Mustain has had a tough time breaking into the Trojans lineup since transferring from Arkansas in 2007. Springdale quarterback Mitch Mustain looks to pass during the Class AAAAA state championship game against West Memphis on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. And I think it showed on the field, which was unfortunate because we had the best running back trio that had maybe existed in a long time, if ever. Where could you have coached? By Mitch Mustain | @MitchMustain Editor's Note: Mitch Mustain is a former Gatorade, Parade, and USA Today National High School Player of the Year who was widely considered to be the top quarterback prospect in the 2006 recruiting class while playing for now-Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn at Springdale (AR) High School. The Texas coaches were already familiar with Mallett through his high school coach. It just never got synced up. Even Aaron Corp who is younger then Mustain and is also a USC recruit is also valued more by Carroll and his staff. Hell take a team of kids that arent supposed to do well, and turn them into winners. I've got things laid out ahead of me that I really enjoy. Mustain can also look to guys who did have great success in college like Matt Leinart and Vince Young and see that college success does not always translate to NFL success. Several of our long-term packages cost less than $15 per day, including our popular sponsorship program. When he was in fifth grade, his family moved to Texarkana where his late father, James Mallett*, coached. The 6'3" senior completed 190 of 270 passes for an Arkansas Class 5A single-season record 3,817 yards with 47 touchdowns and only six interceptions. As much as some fans (and Wally Hall) questioned Nutts decision-making, why would he not want to see the No. ago. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright 2023, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. These are the places to which Mitch Mustain should look to for inspiration in order to get back to where he was just 3 short years ago. The Rebels finished 9-4, 2nd in the SEC West and beat whipped the high-flyin Texas Tech Raiders in the Cotton Bowl. The Wolverines were on Archer because Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh was familiar with Kane from the national youth football circuit, according to Best of Arkansas Sports Tommy Tabler (Tablers interview with Kane Archer is forthcoming on this site). Guys like Tom Brady who was not highly recruited, did end up at a football factory school, warmed the bench for 2 years and then had to compete for his job in against highly recruited Drew Henson, went on to be a sixth round draft pick and we know the rest. With Malzahn came the highly recruited QB Mitch Mustain and WR Damian Williams. This lead to Williams transferring to USC, Malzahn not getting an extension and leaving for Tulsa, which was followed by Mustain opting to transfer as well, too which Nutt did not object. And when they think they dont have anything left to give, hell somehow find more inside of them. There has been a lot written or said about what happened during my time in Fayetteville, AR, and after, but little if anything at all about what the actual transfer experience is: how it happens, the considerations that are and should be given to it, the expectations versus the reality, the unanticipated changes and challenges, and even the stigma associated with it. The former No. I thought, certainly better than . Second, consider your goals, and how your current program and transfer program factor into that. I wish we could have Houston (Nutt) and Gus (Malzahn) in it. Arkansas' Ben Cleveland clutches a touchdown pass from Mitch Mustain during the second overtime of the Razorbacks' 24-23 victory over Alabama on Sept. 23, 2006 at Reynolds Razorback Stadium in . Some kids, as Mustain describes USC quarterback Matt Barkley, have their future figured out when theyre small kids. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright 2023, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Last year they averaged just under . The Bulldogs went on to lose 30-21 in the semifinal game. Greenwood's Kane Archer has the makings of Arkansas' next 5-star quarterback. In the past decade, weve seen a 13-year-old quarterback (David Sills) pledge to USC and wind up as a wide receiver. If youve been a fan of the Razorbacks at least once in the past 10 years, you should know the name Houston Nutt. Mustain would start just one game during his final three years at USC, where he backed up a pair of future pros in Mark Sanchez and Matt Barkley. Mustain was replaced by Casey Dick, and after being 8-1, the Razorbacks finished the season with a 10-4 record, three straight losses (including) a bowl game loss, and a Heisman Trophy runner-up in Darren McFadden. native who is ranked by most youth football recruiting outlets as the No. I hope it's well-received. And if not, Im prepared to go to the next level.. He currently resides in Fayetteville. Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Of course, one of the most difficult things for any person to do is to make an objective analysis of their situation and determine what factors are in their control and then to see how changes will affect their standing. I didn't want it to be direct. This time, we're going to look a little beyond a Razorback player. Mitch Mustain was a phenom. We reached out and tried to make it happen. The chances arent great that Jim Harbaugh, on the hot seat five years into his Michigan football coaching tenure, will still be there in 2026. I saw the film Saturday night and here's what I took away from it. To acheive this, weve developed affordable and effective advertising options for any budget. Things couldnt be better for Nutt, could they? As you can see in the video clip below, he has the kind of physical frame even in junior high that should grow into the kind of 63, dual-threat quarterback with 10+ hands that major colleges seek. You see, Arkansas Football was hurting real bad at that point. Houston Nutt is a good coach and will succeed in most places. When his head coach Lloyd Carr retired, Michigan brought in Rich Rodriguez to replace him. He played. On Friday, the Michigan football program offered a scholarship to Kane Archer, a 13-year-old who has already shown potential to one day join Mallett and Mitch Mustain as the state's only five-star quarterbacks in the modern era. Again, you can read the full column here. No, instead, he was searching for a job because he resigned three days after the victory at LSU. So when Houston came in and mentioned a national championship in his first press conference, some of us believed and others were rolling their eyes. I obviously didn't want it to be exploitative. Nutt cited experience as the primary reason, however this is obviously . The chances of Arkansas offensive coordinator Kendal Briles still being in the same position in half a decade appear very small. With Alabama basketball's 10th conference win on Saturday, they now have 34 SEC wins over the last 3 seasons. Mitch Mustain was a highly decorated high school football player and heralded as Football's Future. I know Mel Kiper says in. While I loved USC, the fact is that my path to a league roster would have been much more likely as a record-setting, three-year starter at Tulsa than as a perennial backup in Los Angeles. The story involves most of all the worst parts of college sports. Sure there were stories of some affair with a reporter. Rain, possibly heavy, will likely play a role in the contest. After we wrapped up our bowl game in Orlando, FL, on New Years Day, Malzahn left for Tulsa and I had to decide what was next. He was tough, but loved his athletes and encouraged them to be their best on and off the field, his obituary states. In hindsight, the decline of that years team and my subsequent departure aren't very surprising, though our relative success that season made it more shocking and difficult to understand for many. 121. He will also have to ride on his High School accolades and keep up the hard work at USC practices in order to show NFL scouts that although he is not the starter there, it is not for lack of talent or effort. and who he now wants to be. For all it was worth, I dont believe Nutt to be a bad guy. What is the worst-case scenario, and can you live with that? And it never really matched up. The documentary, "The Identity Theft of Mitch Mustain," was supposed to . Read the column in full here. Mustain transferred to USC after that 2006 season after offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn Mustain's high school coach -- departed for the Tulsa staff, and the road that led him to his role as the offensive coordinator of the national champion Auburn Tigers. Mustain also played college football at Southern California (USC). Springdale quarterback Mitch Mustain looks to pass during the Class AAAAA state championship game against West Memphis on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Of course, institutions are not static, and the realities within programs change constantly and rapidly. There are no fewer than a half-dozen of my familys names, dating to the early 1940s, on the myriad sidewalks around the campus which record the graduates. He taught them and his children to be leaders not followers., Being a devoted family man, Jim was happiest when he was surrounded by his children, grandchildren, and all of his nieces and nephews., Jims boisterous, loud laugh was one you dont forget. I heard an interesting radio interview with Mitch Mustain a couple of days ago, regarding Kiffin. In that sense Mustain picked the best place to go. Mustain decided to stay at USC because in a pro-style offense, he thought he'd be more attractive to NFL teams. Although he was a diehard Arkansas football fan, he chose not to attend Arkansas because of the drama surrounding the program in 2006-07. Much like Pryor, Mitch Mustain was a hotly . Named the first ever consensus Gatorade, Parade, and USA Today Player of the Year, Mustain grabbed the spotlight from future NFL players such as Tim Tebow and Matthew Stafford. The season quickly got off track with early losses, and the only saving grace of the year was beating then #1 LSU in Baton Rouge. But the game eventually became a job, and Mitch struggles to balance who he was and . In 2006, one of the few 5-star caliber quarterbacks that the state of Arkansas has produced committed to play for the Michigan Wolverines. See: Woods, Tiger. ", But he never got the chance to talk to those GMs and coaches in an official capacity; Mustain didn't get an invite to the scouting combine, which may have had something to do with the fact that he was arrested in early February for suspicion of selling prescription drugs. All day. So it's just a matter of running that track. Why do you want out? Q: How does it feel to be free of the pressure? Every great player has it. A: Gus had contacted me at Auburn about being a (grad assistant) there a couple times over the last two or three years. We'd go get from him what we needed to be working on that day and then we'd get something thrown in from Danny (Nutt) and Houston. Thinking way back to Nutts first press conference at Arkansas, he mentioned the words national championship. Those are big words to mutter, especially coming into such a dismal situation like he did. Even if it wasn't me. He played high school football and baseball at Springdale High School in Springdale, Arkansas. If that wasnt shocking enough, Nutt also walked out $3.2 million dollars richer due to a buy-out clause in his contract. Its all very Game of Thrones, with the Broyles Center taking place of the Iron Throne and everybody forgetting that the point of high-level college football is the crystal football. Despite having the golden child Matt Jones on the team, the Razorbacks went 9-13 and the rumblings were growing loud for change. But, if you ask me, I think this stint at Ole Miss is just a blip for Nutt. What made you decide to put yourself out there in this way and re-visit these times? After going 9-13 in his first two years, his third and fourth years at Murray State were good ones his team went 11-1 in 1995 and 11-2 in 1996. While I wont argue here that I would have been better to drop the game despite all the things I wanted to do outside of it fate has its own intrigue I will make a few points of advice to would-be transfers. Mitchell Stewart Mustain is a former professional football player who played high school football and baseball at Springdale High School in Springdale, Arkansas. The difference will lead to drastically different choices. Thank you Coach!! Weve also seen a 14-year-old quarterback (Tate Martell) commit to Washington and kill it in the high school, but then bounce around like a pinball on the collegiate transfer market. SECRant.com is an independent website and is not affiliated with the Southeastern Conference. Another QB Gus Malzahn faked to develop beyond anything other than a HUNH loser. Sanchez beat redshirt freshman Aaron Corp and Arkansas transfer Mitch Mustain for the honors. So I'm trying to explain this one to them and they're trying to explain the other stuff. he exclaims, citing the important role sports can have in teaching teamwork and organization and so on and so forth. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. He only threw another 89 passes in the rest of his college career at USC. From 1981-1992, Nutt had various assistant coaching gigs, but it was 1993 when Murray State hired him as their head coach. Salary in 2020. I remember standing out there, me and Robert (Johnson) and Casey (Dick) and (Darren McFadden) trying to figure out what in the world we were doing. These are guys who had to battle for attention based on the fact that their schools did not get national attention. Arkansas eventually hired Gus Malzahn, who coached Mustain at Springdale High School in Arkansas, as their offensive coordinator. The first time they've reached that mark since Wimp Sanderson resigned in 1992. I wanted to put it behind me. Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. Mitch Mustain transferred to USC, joining high school teammate Damian Williams, where he sat out the 2007 season and was third on the depth chart in 2008. The quarterback certainly never expected that five total seasons in two of the NCAA's biggest and most successful programs would lead him to a pro career in Canada instead of the NFL, but that's where things stand now. 1 high school prospect is attempting to stick with the Hamilton (Ontario) Tiger-Cats, with whom he recently signed a contract. Houston Nutt was a quarterback that liked to drop-back in the pocket and throw it. The PGA Tour has made some changes to designated events. Mustain should look to guys who did not have it easy in college, and/or went to schools that were not considered Football Factories, who then went on to succeed. 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