There are all manner of metrics by which a transcendent quarterback is defined. A strong and accurate arm … A knack for knowing just what to do with your legs and when to use them … The ability to lead the team to victory under even the most challenging circumstances … 

Those certainly factor into the mix.

But while Comanche coach Joaquin Escobar puts checks in all those boxes when he assesses his signal caller, Jayden Welch, he notes that there’s something else about his special senior that resonates above the tangibles.