Quincy Wilson Picks his Final 5 colleges

Heard it’s gonna be Wilkes Barre PA

Texas AM & USC maybe, just considering current state of programs and training groups/coaches. Not ready to go pro yet???? Im ok with that. I predict a very short college career.

I heard it from a friend of his coach that Quincy is going to sign a big NIL deal to attend Maryland and continue to be coached by his high school coach.

Surprised Florida didn't make Quincy's top 5, but the schools he picked all make sense for the reasons mentioned in the video.

Coach Rob gives a good breakdown of the options overall, and he clearly knows his stuff. That said, some of his points were inconsistent. He knocked South Carolina because he thinks they're not going to be in the national title picture, but then he says USC's national championship aspirations could conflict with Quincy's individual goals because he'll be needed to score points, and he concludes by saying UCLA would be the best choice for Quincy because he could focus on his individual goals and them not being in contention for a team title doesn't matter.

Coach Rob also criticized USC for not having an athlete win the individual 400m title in 2025, but he overlooked the fact that USC had the highest individual finish outdoors of the schools on Quincy's list. William Jones of USC finished 2nd, while Texas A&M's Auhmad Robinson was 7th and UCLA's Gabriel Clement II was 8th.

It will be interesting to see where Quincy goes. All the schools have something positive to offer him.

He should go pro.

I imagine turning pro is still under consideration, and I could see him going that route if he runs under 44 this spring/summer.

I could also see him running in the NCAA for one year and then turning pro after that. He seems to have the personality that would enjoy being part of a college team.

I agree. Strike while the iron is hot.

I thought his breakdown was really ignorant. Quincy runs the 400 and 4x4. All schools will have them do that and nothing more. He's never going to score in the NCAA in the 200 and isn't fast enough to be the 4x1 at any NCAA qualifying 4x1 team.

As long as all schools have 1 NCAA caliber 400 runner that will be returning for Quincy's year, that will be good enough. Once Quincy commits to whichever school, the next 10 best 400m runners in the country are going to be calling that coach within 48 hours, and they will have a higher likelihood of signing international 400m runners when they say they have an Olympic gold medalist committed.

A few years ago, NC A&T would be in it; with the Best Supplements !

Solid points. I think the good parts were him identifying the coaches and athletes at each school, which was informative for me because I didn't know about Maryland's coach and I wasn't aware that Andrew Salvodon went to South Carolina (I generally don't follow high school sprinters' college commitments; Quincy is an exception). Perhaps I was being overly kind. As we've both pointed out, there were some major flaws with his analysis.

can someone tell me which high school phenom went straight to the pros, bypass college, and actually made it.

Allyson Felix, Noah Lyles, and Ajeé Wilson come to mind.

Wherever he goes, I hope someone on the coaching staff can salvage Q's terrible running form. Otherwise, we're all going to be frustrated watching Q run a lot of 45 sec races while trying to "swim" his way to victory.

He's going to USC.

Yeah, as soon as I heard Maryland, I assumed that his current coach would simply be taking over the Maryland program. It's gotta be a pretty tempting option, if workable...

I certainly applaud Quincy for pursuing an education. But to waste his talents running in the NCAA system is a mistake. He will regret it.

None that actually qualified and participated in an olympic games already.

Jakob ingebrigtsen.

Noah Lyles!!!!

From what I hear he is also looking at

1.) Faber College

2.) South Harmon Institute of Technology

3.) Coolidge College

4.) Adams College

5.) Monster University