Steven Threet

Steven Charles Threet (born January 2, 1989) is a former American football quarterback who played for both Michigan and Arizona State.

He was the starting quarterback for the Arizona State Sun Devils.

He threw for 4,824 yards and 49 touchdowns as a high school player in Adrian, Michigan, and was ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 9 quarterback prospect in the nation in the Class of 2006.

In August 2006, Detroit Free Press sports writer Chris Silva wrote that Threet "has the brains of a Steven Q. Urkel and an arm of a young Peyton Manning. He can audible at the line of scrimmage, like NFL star Peyton Manning, and absorb a playbook faster than Urkel could memorize physics formulas. Threet had Ivy League schools such as Harvard and Princeton clamoring over his smarts and skills."

Threet had offers from several major schools, including Wisconsin, Stanford, Illinois, North Carolina State, Indiana, Cincinnati and Georgia Tech.

Threet committed to Georgia Tech in July 2006 and enrolled early in January 2007.

His high school coach recalled, "He fell in love with the recruiters and the position coaches at Georgia Tech."

Soon after Threet arrived at Georgia Tech, both of the coaches who had recruited him took jobs elsewhere.

Threet committed to Georgia Tech and enrolled early there in January 2007.

After the coaches who had recruited him left the program, Threet announced in July 2007 that he was transferring to the University of Michigan under head coach Lloyd Carr.

After sitting out the 2007 season under NCAA transfer rules, the redshirt freshman Threet would go on to start at quarterback in eight of Michigan's 12 games.

Later that same year, Threet transferred to Arizona State University, citing the incompatibility of his playing style as a traditional pro style dropback passer with the spread offense of Rodriguez.

During spring practice in April 2007, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that "Threet appeared to take the lead over Calvin Booker for the No. 2 quarterback spot," completing 7 of 11 passes for 51 yards and a touchdown while working with the No. 1 offense.

In July 2007 Threet announced he would transfer to the University of Michigan.

While Lloyd Carr was still head coach at Michigan, he had also recruited five-star quarterback Ryan Mallett.

Threet called his former high school coach and left a message saying, "Coach, I'm going to go back to Michigan, and I'm going to beat [Ryan] Mallett out for that starting job."

In a July 2007 interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Threet explained his decision: "The biggest thing is that the two coaches that recruited me took jobs at other schools, and that happened after I got there. People have been asking if it was homesickness, or classes were too hard, or if it was all the competition at Tech. It was not any of those at all. I had a 3.76 grade-point my first semester, and the competition (at Michigan) is as good or better."

Threet had been ineligible after his transfer from Georgia Tech.

During the 2007 season, the majority of the snaps were taken by senior Chad Henne.

However, Henne was sidelined by injury enough that Mallett received a considerable amount of playing time, appearing in 11 games (to Henne's 10) and attempting 141 passes (to Henne's 278).

Carr was replaced before the 2008 season by Rich Rodriguez.

Carr, who had recruited both Mallett, and a year later, Threet, was set to retire as head coach, and Rodriguez was brought in to begin as head coach for the 2008 season.

Mallett believed Rodriguez's offense to be unsuitable for a pocket passer, and therefore transferred to Arkansas.

That made Michigan's quarterback job was up for grabs.

Threet would battle to become the team's starting quarterback along with former walk-on redshirt sophomore, Nick Sheridan, and redshirt sophomore, David Cone.

First-year Michigan head coach, Rich Rodriguez, tabbed Sheridan the Michigan starting quarterback to begin the 2008 season.

Threet, although, saw action in Michigan's season opener against Utah, entering the game as a substitute and closing the 25–10 deficit before eventually losing, 25–23.

He recorded 132 yards on 14-32 passing along with one touchdown and zero interceptions.

Threet was slated for his first career start at Michigan in the following game against Miami (Ohio), although Sheridan would also see playing time.

On the first offensive play for Michigan, Threet completed a screen pass to Martavious Odoms that was good for 50 yards.

After sitting out the 2009 season, Threet had two years of eligibility remaining with Arizona State.

During the 2010 season Threet completed 208 of 336 passes for 2,553 yards, 18 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.

He passed for a career-high 391 yards and three touchdowns against Northern Arizona in September 2010.

On August 30, 2010, Arizona State head coach, Dennis Erickson, announced that Threet would be the starting quarterback for the coming season.

Threet was born in Adrian, Michigan, and graduated from Adrian High School.

During his senior year in high school, he accumulated 1,896 passing yards and threw 20 touchdown passes.

He also had had 1,528 passing yards and 19 touchdowns as a junior.

In all, he threw for 4,824 yards and 49 touchdowns in three seasons at Adrian High School.

As a high school senior, Threet was four-star prospect and the No. 9 quarterback prospect nationally according to Rivals.com.

He was also named to The Detroit News Division II All-State first team.