Halliday, signed by former head coach Paul Wulff, is not the typical Leach quarterback. The lanky 6-foot-4, 198-pounder has a live arm and loves to show it off. He attacked the Scarlet Knights with the typical in-breaking routes Leach has made famous. Halliday also showed very good accuracy on both intermediate and deep out-breaking routes, consistently throwing before his receivers turned. Halliday also showed deft touch on verticals down the sideline and when dropping passes over the defenders with their backs turned to him.