Jacksonville Fl- It was a quarterback showcase Friday night off the St. John’s river as visitng First Coast took on Bishop Kenny. For First Coast, Senior quarterback Rodney Tisdale Jr a Western Kentucky commit would leads his Buccaneers against James Resar an Iowa commit. Both quarterbacks, are 2022-2023 Duval Sports Prime Time Players. The showdown between two 2022 playoff teams on the rise, quickly turned into a quarterback showcase, as both Resar and Tisdale showed everyone why they are two of the best quarterbacks in the nation.
Resar struck first, showing incredible poise and command of the offense, he drove down the field hitting Kaleb Lampkins for an explosive 32-yard pass connection.
Just a few plays later Resar would pump fake to freeze the defender and toss a beautiful pass down the righ sideline for a touchdown to wide receiver JP Donovan for the game’s first score.
Tisdale would take the field and immediately show why scouts love the signal caller. He connected with several receivers gaining a first down.
However, a 4th and 5 pass was dropped, turning the ball over to Bishop Kenny near mid-field. This would be a sign of things to come for First Coast.
It didn’t take long for the 247 Sports 4-star quarterback to make First coast pay for gambling. James Resar found Lampkins again, this time for a 35-yard fly-pattern. The James Resar to Kaleb Lampkins connection is going to be serious this year.
Like all great quarterbacks confidence is key, and Rodney Tisdale Jr exhibited poise and confidence on First Coast ensuing drive. Trailing 15-0, he lead his team down the field with a steady dose of rocket fuel from his arm.
The drive culminated with a touchdown pass from Tisdale to Thomas Jackson who out-raced two defenders down the right sidleline for the score. It also looks like Tisdale and Jackson will have a special connection this year.
Tisdale would convert a 2-point conversion on a run, just as Resar did earlier in the game to bring the score to 15-8 heading into the second quarter. After one quarter both quarterbacks showed their arm strength, accuracy, pocket presence, and athleticisim. And though they have different physicalframes, they showed similarity in their football frame of mind.
The second quarter and second half highlighted however, showed the glaring difference in both teams. First Coast was a talented team, but was plauged with execution errors. Including several dropped passes, missed blocking assignments, blown coverage and poor tackling.
Bishop Kenny would make them pay. Resar tossed his third touchdown of the half this time to Payton Burnett giving the Crusaders a 22-8 advantage in the seond quarter.
After a sack by linebacker Kolbe Sexton haulted the First Coast drive, Bishop Kenny would keep the pedal to the floor on, but this time on special teams.
Jonah Kallivayalil blocked a punt resulting in a safety, to give Kenny a commanding 24-8 lead. Bishop has always been a well coached team. Head coach Tim Krouse and his staff dialed up a big pass plays, blitzes and stunts to keep First Coast guessing.
Just before halftime, James Resar showed why he is the most athletically gifted quarterback in Northeast Florida. Not only can he fly (running a 10.67 in the 100m), but he also has agility. Following the pulling block of FAU commit Ethan Profitt, Resar kept the ball on a designed run off left tackle and cut on a dime in-stride to the end-zone for a touchdown.
In the second half, Tisdale would toss two touchdowns, one to wide receiver Jordan Anderson, and one to wide receiver Adron Walker. Tisdale ended the evening with three touchdown passes in his season debut.
James Resar would toss another touchdown in the second half to wide recevier Kaleb Lampkins who finished with two touchdown catches.
Resar finished with four touchdown passes, and a touchdown run in his season debut. Leading Bishop Kenny to a 38-20 victory over First Coast.
