If Detmer can show the development of a QB that has been talked about based on his NFL career, then that should bode well for getting guys like McKee. If Tanner blows up and is on NFL draft boards at the end of the season either for this year or the following year, I think that is very important as well.
Kids like McKee will want to see a path to the NFL at the position the play. It's part of why the U has such a deep pipeline of DTs and DEs....they get them to the NFL.