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Big Ben was a WR up until his senior year of HS. 

The coaches son was the starting QB. 

Obviously, recruiting has changed in 40+ years.  There is a lot of money involved in being a top HS QB and if it means you need to move to another school to showcase it, you move.

The Catholic HSs in Cincy would routinely "poach" good players from public schools.  They'd give them "scholarships", seriously.

Valdosta in south GA used to find good junior high players around and have someone offer the father a better job in the Valdosta district.  They have some great teams.

Since the whole point of this was assigning additional potential fumbles to option teams, I guess it should only apply to those who ran the option A LOT.  GA Tech, with Joe Hamilton ran the option several times a game, as did Maryland under Freigden, but the percentage of overall plays that were option was limited.  Probably something like 15-20% max.  



Those types of teams shouldn't have the additional fumbles issue.  

I think that list of teams just focused on the HC and if he was an "option guy".  Looking at Holtz at ND, they were an option team with Rice at QB, but opened up the offense a lot with Mirer under center.  

Tennessee's QB was the #1 dual thread QB in 2016, but he's just running a normal offense at UT.  I know that's not what you asked for, but no one knows HS stats and what offense each HS runs.  But if a kid is considered dual-threat, his HS offense must incorporate enough QB runs to identify the player as such.
In 2015, both Joe Borrow (LSU now) and Sam Darnold (USC) were dual-threat QBs ranked ahead of Lamar Jackson (UL).  Darnold wound up a 1st round draft pick due to his arm, not his legs. 
I could pretend to know what offense San Clemente HS ran in 2013-14, but I'm not going to do that.



The discussion was how many HS teams run the option and you seem to think those HS programs should be(?) or are (always?) avoided by QB recruits with  a big arm.  I simply disagree.  Yes, IMG Academy and similar schools recruit recruits, and I find it kind of gross, but they're in the extreme minority.

Darnold’s high school ran a spread that highlighted his mobility.

There aren't a ton of HS teams with very good passers running pure option because pure option teams tend to be doing more with less.

The option on that level is best because it’s a couple ticks above going all in on simplicity and execution. If you have a good QB, in theory you can do more, but most HS offenses have to trend more run because to get a actually good passing offenses you need that QB, guys who can catch consistently and a line that can pass block a lick. And all three is a harder bargain. So you either recruit that, or you just sort of build piecemeal.

The sport is littered with teams trying to run offenses more complicated than they can execute, but the ones that can be complicated, usually by dint of talent, have an edge because you need to be athletic as hell to cover for the face most HS defenders will have a hell of a time getting in the way of a well-thrown ball.

(UW had a four-star pro style QB run the veer. His team was so good, it wasn’t changing. Also worth noting, pro style offenses often depress passing numbers anyway)

Justin Fields might be the answer to my question.  He ran nearly as often as he passed in HS, 127 pass attempts and 109 runs as a senior.
  279-191 as a junior.

So, there.