Few Washtenaw County high school football fans have had an opportunity to see the area’s most highly recruited quarterback in action, but Saline High School senior Joe Boisture is in the national spotlight this week.

Boisture, who transferred from Goodrich to Saline during the 2008-09 school year, is one of three Michigan players taking part in the prestigious 2009 EA Sports Elite 11 quarterback camp.

The 6-foot-6, 200-pound senior passed for 1,700 yards and 13 touchdowns while leading Goodrich to a 10-1 record last season. He and the rest of the participants at the Elite 11 camp were selected from more than 1,000 quarterbacks evaluated at 12 Nike Football Training Camps and seven EA Sports Elite 11 regional camps.

In his evaluation of the players at the camp, ESPN national recruiting director Tom Luginbill has this to say about Boisture, who recently switched his college choice from Boston College to Michigan State:

“It's unlikely that anyone will ever say Joe Boisture can't make every throw. He possesses your prototypical pocket-passer's arm and is capable of placing the ball just about anywhere needed. For him, it is all about feet. The Michigan State commit is going to be in an offense in which he is protected by a firm run game, enabling him to become a quality play-action guy that gets rid of the ball on time with accuracy. Improving his ability to move within the pocket will only enhance his value.”

Luginbill says the other two Michigan participants - University of Michigan recruit Devin Gardner of Inkster and Penn State recruit Robert Bolden of Orchard Lake St. Mary’s - looked nearly identical during the first two days of the three-day camp.

“They are the same in height, weight, frame, athleticism, arm strength, dual-threat capabilities - you name it and they are probably alike in it. It is hard to tell the two apart. Bolden surprised a bit with how compact, quick and capable he was of getting rid of the ball. At times, the ball jumps off his hand with tremendous zip and power. Gardner is mechanically more like Vince Young with a bit of a three-quarter release, but he has the same ‘pop’ out of his arm as Bolden. As the week wears on, these two will likely see a big jump in overall, consistent accuracy.”

Besides being fellow Elite 11 invitees and Big Ten recruits, Boisture and Gardner have one more thing in common: They’ll both take the field against Pioneer High School in the first three weeks of the upcoming football season.