A point guard in the pocket: Carmel QB showed enough in debut for D-I offers to pile up

Carmel’s Anthony Coellner (5) runs the ball during Lawrence Central vs Carmel IHSAA high school football, Oct 13, 2023; Indianapolis, IN, USA; at Lawrence Central High School.

CARMEL — There are not a lot of cases of a sophomore quarterback coming into Class 6A football as a first-year starter and lighting the world on fire.

Anthony Coellner knew that going into his sophomore year at Carmel. After winning the job, Coellner showed plenty of promise in his first season.

“I feel like that first year was kind of an experience year,” he said. “… I was basically adjusting to how fast the defenders are, how big they are. Now going into year two, I’m going to be a lot more relaxed and know what I’m doing in the pocket and all of that.”

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The 6-2, 195-pound Coellner grew up playing basketball and football. As a freshman, he played on the junior varsity basketball team and saw a little action on varsity in three games. He played on a 15U Grand Park Premier team that won the Under Armour national championship in July 2023 with players like Plainfield’s Noah Smith and Noblesville’s Baron Walker.

“I have a little basketball background and I feel like it translates on the (football) field,” Coellner said. “Being a point guard and getting the ball to all of your wide receivers and being able to make twitchy moves in the pocket. I feel like it all correlates. I grew up playing basketball and football my whole life, but I was kind of heavy on basketball.”

Coellner decided to “put the basketball down” going into his sophomore year and focus on football. With 2022 starter Jackson Kazmierczak and backup Cameron Carmichael gone to graduation, the…

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Publish date : 2024-05-16 08:31:13

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