Football: The Woodlands quarterback Schmid puts rev in Highlanders’ engine

Hunter Madore is the starting center for The Woodlands Highlanders, the guy who gets the ball on Eric Schmid’s hands on every offensive play.

The Woodlands’ offensive line poses with The Courier’s Player of the Week, quarterback Eric Schmid (foreground). From left, Justin Robbennolt, Cole Kennedy, Hunter Madore, Zack Summers and Matt Common.
The Woodlands’ offensive line poses with The Courier’s Player of the Week, quarterback Eric Schmid (foreground). From left, Justin Robbennolt, Cole Kennedy, Hunter Madore, Zack Summers and Matt Common.

Calling the signals, communicating with the sideline and huddle presence are a big part of any quarterback’s job — whether it’s at the high school level, the Big 12 and the SEC and certainly the Super Bowl

But it’s Schmid’s intangibles, his ability to recognize a weakness in the defense and exploit it, that makes the 6-foot-1, 170-pound quarterback so dangerous in the Highlanders’ offense. click here for complete story