It
is NFL Draft time once again and like always I’ve left myself with just enough
time to make a complete fool of myself0. The draft is coming to me this year
and I’m looking forward to going for the first time since I went to Chicago in
2011. I’ll try to stick to a schedule again this year for these pieces like I
did last year with Quarterbacks today, the skill positions Sunday (RB/WR/TE),
Offensive line (OT/G/C) Monday, Front 7 (INT/Edge/OBLB) Tuesday, and DBs (CB/S)
on Wednesday, a Big Board Thursday morning and a mock draft before I head to
Green Bay for the draft. Without further ado, we start where we do every year with
Quarterbacks. This year’s draft class is a bit of a pick your poison draft and too
be hones it’s not nearly as interesting as last year’s draft. That said as
always there were some guys who surprised me which is why we do this whole
thing in the first place
Player (Class
(as listed by the college)) | Team (Conference) | Height, Weight | Attempts
(Comp %) - Adjusted Yards per Attempt | Prod | Role (Gr)
Roles
& Grades – Starter (S) 8.0-7.1,
Expected Starter (ES) 7.0-6.1, Potential Starter (PS) 6.0-4.1,
Backup (B) 4-3.1, and Undrafted Free Agent (UDFA) 3.0-2.1
Cam
Ward (Sr) | Miami (FL) (ACC) | 6’ 1 5/8”, 219
lbs. | 305 (67.18%) – 15.58 | 8.048 | ES (6.2)
Shedeur
Sanders (Sr) | Colorado (BXII) | 6’ 1 1/2”, 212
lbs. | 353 (74.00%) – 12.46 | 6.695 | ES (6.1)
Ward
and
Sanders have been the top-2 quarterbacks in this draft since the start
of the season and with good reason they are both experience quarterbacks who,
while not being prolific runners, have good enough athleticism and very good
production. Ward edges out Sanders on athleticism, production, and arm strength,
and both have footwork that could use cleaning up that causes accuracy issues
and a bit of power loss which hurts Sanders just a bit more. I undersold
Sanders’ athleticism a bit, but his biggest strength is his football IQ which
helps him in tight windows and anticipation which helps offset his good enough
but not great arm.
Jalen
Milroe (RSJr) | Alabama (SEC) | 6’ 1 7/8”, 217
lbs. | 205 (64.26%) – 12.96 | 6.068 | PS (6.0)
Jaxson
Dart (Sr) | Ole Miss (SEC) | 6’ 2 1/4”, 223
lbs. | 276 (69.35%) – 16.55 | 8.607 | PS (5.9)
Quinn
Ewers (Jr) | Texas (BXII) | 6’ 2 1/8”, 214 lbs.
| 293 (65.84%) – 12.05 | 5.530 | PS (5.9)
My
second tier involves a project, the biggest draft riser of the past month, and a
player I’ll plant a bit of a flag on while also acknowledging there are some
noticeable flaws. Milroe is… Anthony Richardson-esque and much like Richardson
I was surprised I liked him as much as I did. Milroe has a beautiful deep ball
and understanding for moving defenders to create space for a pass, he’s an easy
athlete, in a big frame, who needs to work on his consistency at the short and
intermediate levels but his completion percentage north of 64% is much better
than Richardson in his year at Florida. Dart reminds of Nix last year with a
bit more leaning on scheme in my opinion and slightly less flash plays that
make you think, “Oh, I get why we’re getting excited!”. Lastly is Ewers,
who dealt with a shoulder injury for much of the year. The Michigan game early
in the year showed so much promise and is the guy we thought he was going to be
coming out of high school. He doesn’t have a cannon, and his decision-making still
has room for improvement but he did enough early in the year to make me think had
he not hurt his shoulder he’d have had a truly standout year.
Dillon
Gabriel (Sr) | Oregon (B1G) | 5’ 11 1/8”, 205
lbs. | 308 (73.16%) – 12.54 | 7.209 | PS (5.7)
Tyler
Shough (RSSr) | Louisville (ACC) | 6’ 4 7/8”, 219
lbs. | 244 (62.72%) – 13.81 | 6.286 | PS (5.7)
Will
Howard (Grad) | Ohio State (B1G) | 6’ 4 1/4”, 236
lbs. | 309 (73.05%) – 13.71 | 7.394 | PS (5.5)
Cam
Miller (Sr) | North Dakota State (FCS) | 6’ 0
7/8”, 215 lbs. | 258 (73.50%) – 14.37 | 8.721 | PS (5.5)
Riley
Leonard (Sr) | Notre Dame (IND) | 6’ 3 3/4”, 216
lbs. | 269 (66.75%) – 10.80 | 5.568 | PS (5.4)
I
think this part of the QBs is relatively boring, high floor guys who get the
job done but don’t quite excite me. That said, I’ll start with Miller
who was one of the few guys who’s ball seemed to get on receivers quickly outside
the numbers, he didn’t look out of place against Colorado early in the season and
he was very productive for one of the best FCS teams in the country. Back at
the top of the tier Gabriel is solid and ultra productive if a bit on
the older side (24), and shorter side, but good pocket management would just
like to see him get more on his deep balls. Speaking of older prospects, Shough
will be 26 early in the season but he is a favorite of many who write about the
draft. I didn’t not like him, he’s a smooth thrower, does a good job staying of
playing in rhythm, and using varied arm slots, but he likes to drop his throwing
motion while on the move, has a weird habit of squaring his body to pressure
instead of getting skinnier and creating a smaller target at the point of
attack which means he doesn’t avoid pressure as well as I’d like for someone who
moves well enough in space. Howard failed to excite me. He did a very
good job of utilizing a great amount of talent, got the ball to guys in space
but his outside ball floats a bit more than I’d like and he chooses some inopportune
times to force balls into dangerous situations. Leonard is just fun to
watch pinball around, I think of him as a bowling ball version of Chase Daniels
with a bit more upside, he’s smart, tough, and seems to be a great leader, I may
be a bit too high on him but in a group full of bland he’s fun.
The
Rest
|
Player |
Cl |
Tm |
Conf |
Ht |
Wt |
ATT |
AY/A |
Cmp% |
Prod |
Role |
Gr |
|
Max Brosmer |
1 |
MINN |
B1G |
74 |
225 |
268 |
10.84 |
66.50% |
5.237 |
PS |
5.2 |
|
Kurtis Rourke |
RSSr+ |
IND |
B1G |
76.25 |
220 |
222 |
15.21 |
69.38% |
7.868 |
PS |
5.1 |
|
Kyle McCord |
Sr |
SYR |
ACC |
75 |
218 |
391 |
12.52 |
66.05% |
5.833 |
PS |
5.1 |
|
Seth Henigan |
Sr |
MEM |
AAC |
75 |
215 |
309 |
12.02 |
64.78% |
5.905 |
PS |
5.0 |
|
Brady Cook |
Grad |
MIZZ |
SEC |
74.125 |
214 |
201 |
13.22 |
62.62% |
6.469 |
PS |
4.9 |
|
Ben Wooldridge |
RSSr |
ULL |
SBC |
74.375 |
214 |
192 |
13.08 |
65.98% |
6.359 |
PS |
4.7 |
|
Hajj-Malik Williams |
Sr |
UNLV |
MWC |
72.125 |
208 |
150 |
13.88 |
59.52% |
6.313 |
PS |
4.6 |
|
Taylor Elgersman |
Sr |
Laurier |
CAN |
76.375 |
216 |
293 |
15.13 |
73.80% |
8.407 |
PS |
4.5 |
|
Tyler Huff |
Sr |
JVST |
CUSA |
72 |
210 |
178 |
14.03 |
60.75% |
6.279 |
PS |
4.4 |
|
Hunter Dekkers |
RSSo |
IAWe |
CC |
73.875 |
207 |
288 |
13.80 |
64.14% |
6.276 |
PS |
4.2 |
|
Payton Thorne |
Sr |
AUB |
SEC |
73.625 |
207 |
199 |
13.63 |
62.78% |
6.109 |
PS |
4.2 |
|
Connor Bazelak |
Sr |
BGSU |
MAC |
74.25 |
223 |
269 |
11.77 |
66.92% |
5.646 |
B |
4.0 |
|
C.J. Ogbonna |
Sr |
BUFF |
MAC |
73.625 |
220 |
190 |
13.28 |
56.55% |
5.643 |
B |
3.8 |
|
Will Rogers |
Sr |
WASH |
B1G |
74 |
207 |
220 |
10.97 |
70.74% |
5.233 |
B |
3.6 |
|
Hayden Wolff |
RSSr |
WMU |
MAC |
76.625 |
235 |
208 |
11.52 |
66.67% |
5.193 |
B |
3.4 |
|
Brett Gabbert |
6th |
MiOH |
MAC |
71.5 |
200 |
217 |
13.05 |
57.26% |
5.154 |
B |
3.3 |
|
Ethan Garbers |
RSSr |
UCLA |
B1G |
74.375 |
207 |
235 |
10.98 |
64.74% |
5.004 |
B |
2.7 |
|
Hank Bachmeier |
RSSr |
WAKE |
ACC |
73.25 |
208 |
224 |
10.95 |
62.75% |
4.819 |
B |
3.1 |
|
Garrett Greene |
Sr |
WVU |
BXII |
70.75 |
195 |
189 |
10.84 |
60.00% |
4.805 |
UDFA |
2.9 |
|
Jordan McCloud |
RSSr |
TXSt |
CUSA |
72 |
205 |
273 |
8.54 |
70.00% |
4.674 |
UDFA |
2.8 |
|
Spencer Petras |
Grad |
USU |
MWC |
77 |
234 |
214 |
10.04 |
65.44% |
4.620 |
UDFA |
2.7 |
|
Cole Snyder |
Sr |
EMU |
MAC |
73.75 |
211 |
240 |
10.70 |
59.70% |
4.576 |
UDFA |
2.7 |
|
Taisun Phommachanh |
RSSr |
MASS |
IND |
76 |
220 |
132 |
11.17 |
56.41% |
4.480 |
UDFA |
2.5 |
|
Alan Bowman |
RSSr |
OKSt |
BXII |
74 |
220 |
204 |
10.74 |
60.00% |
4.295 |
UDFA |
2.4 |
|
Brayden Schager |
Sr |
HAW |
MWC |
74 |
216 |
233 |
10.18 |
57.82% |
4.195 |
UDFA |
2.2 |
|
Hudson Card |
Sr |
PUR |
B1G |
74.375 |
200 |
144 |
10.41 |
58.06% |
4.083 |
UDFA |
2.1 |
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