PLAYER PROFILE
Height: 6-0
Weight: 215
College: Oklahoma
Class: Redshirt Senior
SIZE/PHYSICAL TRAITS (4/5)
- Shorter than ideal
- Good bulk on his frame
- Meets hand size threshold (9 1/4″)
ARM STRENGTH/VELOCITY (13.5/15)
- Strong arm that’s capable of making every required NFL throw
- Has shown the ability to hit receivers 55-60 yards downfield in stride
- Can really zip the short and intermediate passes
ACCURACY/BALL PLACEMENT (22.5/25)
- Very good general short-to-intermediate accuracy
- Has decent general deep accuracy, but ball placement could use work — could do a better job of leading receivers on deep patterns
- Very accurate on the move
- Excellent touch passer
- Ball placement tends to dip on drive throws outside the numbers
MECHANICS (4/5)
- Quick release
- Base can get wide on drive throws and/or on throws where he’s forced to move his launch point in the pocket
MENTAL PROCESSING (17/20)
- Very good with pre-snap reads — capable of making own sight adjustments at the line of scrimmage
- Good post-snap field vision — can read the entire field and gets through progressions quickly; generally a sound decision-maker
- Good internal clock
- Can hold the ball too long and take unnecessary sacks — must learn to throw the ball away
- Shows flashes of anticipation, but must become more consistent — usually prefers to see it before he throws it
- Good eye manipulation — uses pump fakes, shoulder fakes and head fakes to open up throwing windows
POCKET PRESENCE (12/15)
- Great pocket awareness
- Solid pocket mobility
- Elusive with good escapability
- Patient in the pocket
- Poised under pressure — keeps his eyes downfield under duress
- Will drift in the pocket occasionally
MOBILITY (3.5/5)
- Solid athlete who can extend plays outside of the pocket
- Not overly fast, but very good at extending plays with quickness, elusiveness, and instincts (ran 4.84 in the 40)
INTANGIBLES (9/10)
- 4-year starter
- 2-time walk-on (at Texas Tech and Oklahoma)
- Extremely productive collegiate career
- Elevated play against better competition (TCU, Ohio State)
- Excellent leadership qualities — beloved by teammates and coaches
- Team captain
- Ultra-competitive nature
- Toughness — mental and physical
- Immaturity — February 2017 arrest: public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and fleeing; crotch-grab incident in game against Kansas
VERDICT
NFL COMPARISON: (less athletic) Russell Wilson
GRADE: 85.50/100.00 — (MID) 1ST ROUND — Good player with Pro Bowl potential
