Part of that likely was his unpolished throwing skills. Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente even heaped praise on Patterson after he declared his intention to transfer. In talking with others who've dealt with him, Patterson is universally described as a model citizen and team player. Patterson won the 2018 Watkins Award, given to the nation's top African-American high school senior male student athlete. Patterson graduated with a 4.5 grade-point average (on a scale of 4.0) and says he's crazy about math.Ī staple of all media stories about Patterson when he signed with the Hokies in 2017: The tale of when Patterson and some engineering classmates built an underwater robot from scratch for a competition. This was a young man who had as much happening academically as athletically in high school.
Highly recruited out of Solorio Academy in Chicago, he was offered by Penn State, North Carolina, Northwestern, Illinois, Mississippi State and others before choosing Virginia Tech in large part because of its excellent engineering program (he switched majors and is now pursuing a degree in business). (Patterson's high school recruiting tape:) You're a college quarterback' without them having any college experience." We really like (freshman) Cam Miller and (redshirt freshman) Logan Graetz is showing us some things and Cole will be with us in the fall of 2021, but once Zeb is finished we don't feel it's fair to take one of those young guys and go, 'Here you go. "Zeb is rock-solid as our starter, but our quarterback room gets really young after that. "We feel really good about Zeb Noland being our starting quarterback in the spring and the plan is for him to come back in the fall," NDSU offensive coordinator Tyler Roehl said of the fifth-year senior who transferred from Iowa State before the 2019 season.
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He is enrolled in classes next semester and will arrive in Fargo in early January as a sophomore in football eligibility, thanks to the NCAA giving all athletes a free year because of COVID.Īfter Lance declared early for the NFL Draft, Bison coaches felt they needed to fill his roster spot with an experienced sophomore-to-be. While Cole Payton of Omaha was the prized high school quarterback recruit of this class, Patterson might provide a jolt in the meantime. Patterson was a surprise signing by the Bison this week, a transfer from an Atlantic Coast Conference school that was kept under wraps by both the player and the NDSU coaching staff. That throw should have fans, not to mention Bison quarterbacks coach Randy Hedberg, drooling about possibilities. The 18-yard strike, delivered with perfect touch to the left side of the end zone to Damon Hazelton, was dropped in the exact spot it needed to be, where Hazelton could catch it with one arm while a defender grabbed the other.
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