Quinten Dormady from Boerne, Texas has committed to play for the University of Tennessee.KNOXVILLE -- Quinten Dormady grew up a fan of the Green Bay Packers and began playing quarterback while he was in middle school.
Put two and two together, and you can probably figure out which quarterback the 2015 Tennessee commitment enjoyed to watch as he began a playing career of his own.
Just don't expect Dormady to attempt many Brett Favre impressions as he finishes his senior season at Boerne High School in Texas and begins his career with the Volunteers.
"I wouldn't say that I'm really anything like him," Dormady told the Times Free Press last week before throwing for 327 yards and two touchdowns and running for a third score in Boerne's win Friday night.
"He was a guy that with as much success as he had -- on the field, not necessarily off the field -- that it's definitely someone you want to play like just because of the success he had."
The 6-foot-4, 210-pound Dormady, who committed to Tennessee in June, is having success of his own during his senior season. The Greyhounds, coached by his father, Mike, are 7-2 this season largely thanks to the arms and legs of the four-star prospect. Dormady has thrown for more than 2,600 yards with 30 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.
All this came after he missed his junior season after suffering a shoulder injury the previous spring while playing baseball, and Dormady said he entered his final high school season eager to prove his successful sophomore year -- he threw for more than 3,000 yards and tossed 27 touchdown passes -- was no fluke.
"There was a definitely a little bit of that," Dormady said. "I was going to Dr. (James) Andrews (for surgery) and mapped out that I would be fine. It was just going to take some time. There's always going to be those people that are worried and doubt you, but I knew that I'd be fine and it'd just take some time.
"I think that I've had a pretty good senior year thus far."
He's not the only Tennessee quarterback commitment who can say that.
In Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jauan Jennings is having a big season himself as he's led Blackman to a No. 1 seed in the Class 6A playoffs, which begin Friday. During the regular season, the 6-4, 186-pound Jennings has completed better than 61 percent of his passes for 1,746 yards and 16 touchdown passes. He's added 684 yards and 15 touchdowns on 98 carries.
The emergence of Josh Dobbs the past two games -- the sophomore accounted for 734 yards of offense against Alabama and South Carolina -- has changed the outlook at quarterback after it appeared to be a question mark beyond 2014, once then-starter Justin Worley was out of eligibility.
After this season, the Vols, who have started three quarterbacks in both of Butch Jones's seasons as coach, will add Dormady and Jennings, who's classified as an athlete, into the mix with Dobbs and Nathan Peterman.
Tennessee also has an early commitment from Austin Kendall, a highly touted junior out of the Charlotte area.
Dormady, who committed to Tennessee over scholarship offers from Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, TCU and others, said he plans to take his official visit to Knoxville in early December and enroll in January.
What he called a "family-type atmosphere," along with his relationship with Jones and offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian helped Dormady feel that Tennessee was the place for him.
"I just felt at home there," he said. "That's kind of how I am. I'm a family kind of guy, so I felt like I really fit in there."
He saw his first game at Neyland Stadium in October when he made an unofficial visit for the Vols' loss to Florida.
"Once I figured out that I was committed there and obviously knew I was going to get to a game, that's when everyone starts talking," he said. "'There's nothing like it,' and all that kind of stuff, and it definitely lived up to that and more. It was an incredible atmosphere, and I enjoyed every bit of it.
"I can't wait to be suiting up in that and be a part of the program on the player side of it rather than the spectator side. I enjoyed every bit of that visit. It was a blast to get to be a part of that atmosphere with the checkerboard around the stadium and all that, so it was pretty sweet."
Of course, it also showed Dormady just how big the fan support and expectations are at Tennessee, but he's confident he'll be able to handle the spotlight of being a quarterback at a big-time program.
"There's definitely some pressure that comes with it, but I think that comes with every position with how the fans are and how into the program that they are," he said. "They want Tennessee to succeed and rightfully so. There's definitely some pressure, but I think the kids that are there, the players that are there, have lived up to it.
"I think that I'll be the same."
Contact Patrick Brown at pbrown@timesfreepress.com.