FCIAC Football Blog

New Canaan got quite a surprise today when Turner Baty, a senior quarterback who has a few Division I offers, enrolled at the school today.

Baty is the 56th-ranked quarterback in the Class of 2010, according to ESPN. Baty passed for 1,800 yards at Menlo-Atherton High School in Northern California last season, and transferred this year to St. Thomas Aquinis in Miami, which is the No. 1-ranked team in the nation. Baty did appear in St. Thomas Aquinis’s only game of the season on August 29, in a game played on national television.

According to several Websites, Baty has an offer from Stanford, and is receiving considerable interest from Tennessee, Ole Miss and Miami.

Baty, son of former NFL tight end Greg Baty, was not in a football uniform tonight when New Canaan took on Mount St. Michael of New York in its final scrimmage of the preseason.

Willie Ouelette, the senior captain for the Rams, took all the snaps today, and threw a pair of touchdown passes. Ouelette also threw an interception.

Of course the transfer of Baty to New Canaan puts a lot of pressure on head coach Lou Marinelli. Do you play the D-1 recruit who just moved to town and will have a scholarship no matter what happens this season? Or do you stick with Ouelette, the captain who took the bull by the horns and guided your team through passing leagues, spring football and summer camp?

Plus, Baty is a pro-set quarterback, and New Canaan runs the spread. Not a whole heck of a lot of difference, except that Baty has been taking snaps from under center, not from the shotgun formation.

Stay tuned, folks, things just got a bit interesting.

And now for some video of Baty.

Baty last season received a Player of the Week program similar to our. And here’s video of Baty receiving his award:

Here we have Baty’s junior-season highlight reel:

A look at some of Baty’s footwork (he’s the one in the blue cap):

And Baty again in the cap: