The writing was on the wall as soon as Luke Fahey got an offer from Ohio State. Cash Herrera visited Bloomington after decommitting from Iowa and the Hoosiers now have their quarterback for the 2026 class. Herrera is a native of La Jolla, California and he is 6'3" and 207 pounds.
He was considered by recruiting analysts to be a "late bloomer" at the position but stood out at an Elite 11 Regional Camp in California. He's not the biggest kid but I do like his frame and 6'3" is plenty big for a quarterback in this system. Herrera is not a "scrambler" but he certainly has good enough mobility to escape the pocket and make a play with his legs when he needs to or to move around the pocket to get a better angle on a throw. One of the things every recruiting analyst that I read about him said was that he seemed to understand how to play the position and could process his reads quickly, progressing through his options quickly and then had the ability to make good on-time throws with anticipation of where the receiver was going, not just where he was at that exact second. In the films I saw, it did not appear that Herrera was playing behind a very good offensive line but he was tough and hung in the pocket to make good throws despite knowing he was going to take a hit.
We were told a national Rivals/On3 writer is writing up the commitment story for this but I wanted to add some thoughts and the story will presumably be posted to the site when it is ready.
He was considered by recruiting analysts to be a "late bloomer" at the position but stood out at an Elite 11 Regional Camp in California. He's not the biggest kid but I do like his frame and 6'3" is plenty big for a quarterback in this system. Herrera is not a "scrambler" but he certainly has good enough mobility to escape the pocket and make a play with his legs when he needs to or to move around the pocket to get a better angle on a throw. One of the things every recruiting analyst that I read about him said was that he seemed to understand how to play the position and could process his reads quickly, progressing through his options quickly and then had the ability to make good on-time throws with anticipation of where the receiver was going, not just where he was at that exact second. In the films I saw, it did not appear that Herrera was playing behind a very good offensive line but he was tough and hung in the pocket to make good throws despite knowing he was going to take a hit.
We were told a national Rivals/On3 writer is writing up the commitment story for this but I wanted to add some thoughts and the story will presumably be posted to the site when it is ready.
