30 quarterback prospects Insidethepylon.com

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Brad Kaaya – Miami

Similar to Watson, Kaaya took over a Miami Hurricanes team early on as a freshman, and has never let go of the starting job. Kaaya won the starting role in fall camp as a freshman and completed 59% of his passes in 2014, throwing for 3,198 yards and 26 touchdowns against 12 interceptions. While Miami struggled as a team in 2015, Kaaya improved on most of those numbers, completing 61% of his throws for 3,238 yards, with 16 TDs and 6 INTs. With the offensive-minded Mark Richt taking over as head coach, Kaaya is in a position to boost both Miami’s hopes, and his own draft position.

Mitch Leidner – Minnesota

One of the more experienced quarterbacks in this group, Leidner enters his senior year at Minnesota having played in 35 games, with 29 starts. As a junior he started all 13 games and completed 60% of his passes for 2,701 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 11 interceptions. While he looks the part of your prototypical dropback quarterback, listed at 6’4” 236 pounds, he is a threat with both his arm and his legs. His 23 career rushing touchdowns are the second-most in school history as a quarterback. When operating in the passing game, he has the arm strength to challenge all levels of the field, and shows good touch on the deep ball. While some early mock drafts have him as a first-round selection, I believe he has a long way to go before being considered that high. But he is definitely worth watching as this season progresses

 

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Pat Mahomes – Texas Tech

The Texas Tech passer is already earning praise as perhaps the top quarterback in this class. Mahomes has put up very impressive numbers in the Red Raiders’ offense, throwing for 4,653 yards and 36 touchdowns, against 15 interceptions in 2015. He has a very powerful arm and, at times, shows the timing and anticipation necessary to thrive in an NFL offense. Mahomes can also look off defenders, whether by design on packaged plays or when operating from the pocket. He gets the ball out very quickly, and is adept at adjusting either his arm angle or his throwing motion as the situation requires. Mahomes also throws very well on the move. But he will need to improve on his footwork in the pocket, as his drop backs are often not crisp – having been cut short. In addition, there is a fear that he gets tagged with the “system QB” label, given the number of packaged plays, screens, and the spread attack that Texas Tech runs. But another solid year of production will go a long way toward justifying the early hype.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Watson looks like the top of the draft guy. Kaaya could be right behind him

Kelly, Mahomes, Leinder and possibly Falk and Mayfield could be guys in that late 1st early 2nd convo

 

[waving monkey]

either go big or stay home

 

[Aven8]

Tyrone Swoopes on the list.

 

[Cowboyz88]

Admittedly I'm biased as a Tech grad, but IMO, Mahomes is the best Tech QB ever (already).

I'd be ecstatic to have him in silver and blue.

 

[DFWJC]

Wait till you see Lamar Jackson. (Louisville)
But he'll be too young still for the 2017 draft.

 

[rockj7]

I want the kid from UCLA even if we have to trade our first in 17 for someone's first in 18. 2 first rounders In 18 should be enough amo too move up to get him.

 

[DFWJC]

I want the kid from UCLA even if we have to trade our first in 17 for someone's first in 18. 2 first rounders In 18 should be enough amo too move up to get him.

Watch him get taken late 1st round. (I have no idea, so just kidding)
It just seems there are several QBs each year that some are willing to sell the farm for and they end up going way later than top 5.

 

[rockj7]

Watch him get taken late 1st round. (I have no idea, so just kidding)
It just seems there are several QBs each year that some are willing to sell the farm for and they end up going way later than top 5.

Except this year when they went 1 and 2 lol I know what your saying though DFWJC

 

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Montana redshirt senior QB Brady Gustafson will be compared to Carson Wentz throughout the draft process.

Along with his ideal 6-foot-7, 230-pound frame, Gustafson boasts "an effortless throwing motion" and is "athletic enough to maneuver around the pocket," per Sobleski. Gustafson was lightly recruited and was buried on the depth chart for his first three years on campus. Montana HC Bob Stitt's arrival changed his fortunes rapidly. "He’s got the physical tools, and he's quicker and faster than people realize," Stitts said. "He can also run a little bit and cover some ground. ... He can make all of the throws, too." Like Wentz, Gustafson, who suffered a broken leg on September 19, missed much of his season. Upon his return, Gustafson completed 58.9 percent of his passes for 619 yards and a 5/1 TD/INT rate over his last two games. "He's raw, but the tools, attitude and approach are present to develop into an early-round possibility after a strong senior campaign," Sobleski wrote.

 

[ghst187]

That was a heckuva game. The Montana kid def has some talent, he needs to work on his accuracy a bit but I could def see him being on our radar.
Btw, when did musburger start doing small school games?

 

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Clemson's Deshaun Watson leads top CFB QBs to watch in 2016


1. Deshaun Watson, Clemson

2. Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma

3. Chad Kelly, Ole Miss

4. Josh Rosen, UCLA

5. Luke Falk, Washington State

6. J.T. Barrett, Ohio State

7. Brad Kaaya, Miami (Fla.)

8. Pat Mahomes, Texas Tech

9. Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State

10. Greg Ward, Jr., Houston

 

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First Look: Scouting Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly

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Game tape watched: Florida (Oct. 3, 2015), Texas A&M (Oct. 24, 2015), LSU (Nov. 21, 2015)

Chad Kelly, senior QB, Ole Miss


Height, weight: 6-foot-2, 224 pounds (school measurements)

2015 statistics: 298-of-458 (65.1 percent) for 4,042 yards, 31 touchdowns and 13 interceptions

What I liked: Kelly has ideal size, arm strength and toughness. He is a big, sturdy pocket passer with a huge arm. He generates a lot of torque from his lower half and has the velocity on his throws to fit balls into very tight windows down the field. He flashes the ability to make "wow" throws deep down the field (see deep ball vs. Texas A&M). Kelly shows tremendous courage to stay in the pocket until the last second and absorb big hits from defenders. He is also extremely competitive. He is used on designed quarterback runs and he consistently lowers his shoulder to fight for extra yards. The effort he showed in making a tackle after throwing an interception against Florida last season was a play that will endear him to his teammates.

Biggest takeaway: Kelly has an unquenchable thirst for the big play. He loves to attack down the field and that leads to big plays as well as turnovers. I'd love to see him dial it back just a little bit and show more concern for the football. I love his competitiveness and grit, but there's a lot of growth that needs to take place in his decision making. He has a lot of similarities to Jay Cutler: big arm, aggressive nature, above-average athlete. However, I thought Cutler showed more poise under pressure when he was at Vanderbilt.

 

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Brad Kaaya QB / Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes
Height: 6-3/ Weight: 210/ 40-yard dash: 4.84/ Class: Junior/ High School: Chaminade College Prep HS (Los Angeles, Calif.)

He traveled across the country to sign with then-head coach Al Golden and Miami in part because of a relative lack of interest from others. Kaaya silenced his critics shortly thereafter, however, winning the starting role as a true freshman and taking home ACC Rookie of the Year honors with 2,962 passing yards and 25 touchdowns. The 25 scores tied Dorsey (and Bernie Kosar) for the fourth-most touchdowns ever thrown in a single season by a Miami quarterback.
Kaaya's interceptions dropped from 12 to five as a sophomore but so did his touchdowns (26 to 16) with explosive playmakers Duke Johnson and Philip Dorsett taking their talents to the NFL. He was nevertheless named third-team All-ACC, completing 61.2 percent of his passes and leading the conference with an average of 274.5 passing yards a game while missing one game (Duke) due to a concussion.

 

[Denim Chicken]

First Look: Scouting Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly

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Game tape watched: Florida (Oct. 3, 2015), Texas A&M (Oct. 24, 2015), LSU (Nov. 21, 2015)

Chad Kelly, senior QB, Ole Miss


Height, weight: 6-foot-2, 224 pounds (school measurements)

2015 statistics: 298-of-458 (65.1 percent) for 4,042 yards, 31 touchdowns and 13 interceptions
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This is our guy

 

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Brad Kaaya – Miami

Similar to Watson, Kaaya took over a Miami Hurricanes team early on as a freshman, and has never let go of the starting job. Kaaya won the starting role in fall camp as a freshman and completed 59% of his passes in 2014, throwing for 3,198 yards and 26 touchdowns against 12 interceptions. While Miami struggled as a team in 2015, Kaaya improved on most of those numbers, completing 61% of his throws for 3,238 yards, with 16 TDs and 6 INTs. With the offensive-minded Mark Richt taking over as head coach, Kaaya is in a position to boost both Miami’s hopes, and his own draft position.

Mitch Leidner – Minnesota

One of the more experienced quarterbacks in this group, Leidner enters his senior year at Minnesota having played in 35 games, with 29 starts. As a junior he started all 13 games and completed 60% of his passes for 2,701 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 11 interceptions. While he looks the part of your prototypical dropback quarterback, listed at 6’4” 236 pounds, he is a threat with both his arm and his legs. His 23 career rushing touchdowns are the second-most in school history as a quarterback. When operating in the passing game, he has the arm strength to challenge all levels of the field, and shows good touch on the deep ball. While some early mock drafts have him as a first-round selection, I believe he has a long way to go before being considered that high. But he is definitely worth watching as this season progresses

Hope the Cowboys can get a good one next year !!!

 

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After that, it could go in one of many directions. Baker Mayfield has gotten some first-round buzz after his fourth-place finish in last year’s Heisman voting. Chad Kelly has the physical tools for the conversation, while Pat Mahomes and Luke Falk have the eye-popping numbers in their pass-happy spread offenses. Even lesser known Big 10 passers like C.J. Beathard and Mitch Leidner have their supporters and so does Davis Webb who transferred to Cal to replace No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff.

With many mock drafts labeling Watson and Kaaya as the No. 1 and No. 2 quarterbacks, the other seven quarterbacks mentioned have all been spotted at the back end of round one or somewhere in round two of reputable analysts projections.

Which brings us to Rudolph, who sometimes gets left out of those forward-thinking predictions. It isn’t surprising, coming from a spread scheme in the offense-dominated Big 12 his raw totals are a little underwhelming, throwing for 3,770 yards and 21 touchdowns with nine interceptions on the season. He completed better than 62 percent of his passes, but he lost snaps to a senior quarterback, particularly in the red zone.

It may seem odd for a quarterback so adept at throwing deep to have questions over his arm strength, but those long throws require just as much finesse as they do power in the arm. Well-placed passes can go for big plays even if they don’t travel 60 yards in the air at high speeds. Watching quarterbacks hit deep crosses down the middle of the field and send the ball to the sidelines on a rope are better indicators of what separates the great arms from above average ones at the NFL level. Rudolph does have the arm strength to drive the ball deep over the middle of the field, although it isn’t quite Aaron Rodgers or Jay Cutler in terms of the way the ball spins.

Rudolph can get the ball there, but the football floats a little more than someone with an elite arm talent, and while in this instance, he shows great anticipation, there isn’t a tight window he needs to navigate. Had he tried to split defenders, he may have put a little more heat on the ball, but ultimately it would be surprising for him not to give most of his arm strength to such a deep throw traveling nearly 30 yards on a crossing route

 

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Montana redshirt senior QB Brady Gustafson will be compared to Carson Wentz throughout the draft process.

Along with his ideal 6-foot-7, 230-pound frame, Gustafson boasts "an effortless throwing motion" and is "athletic enough to maneuver around the pocket," per Sobleski. Gustafson was lightly recruited and was buried on the depth chart for his first three years on campus. Montana HC Bob Stitt's arrival changed his fortunes rapidly. "He’s got the physical tools, and he's quicker and faster than people realize," Stitts said. "He can also run a little bit and cover some ground. ... He can make all of the throws, too." Like Wentz, Gustafson, who suffered a broken leg on September 19, missed much of his season. Upon his return, Gustafson completed 58.9 percent of his passes for 619 yards and a 5/1 TD/INT rate over his last two games. "He's raw, but the tools, attitude and approach are present to develop into an early-round possibility after a strong senior campaign," Sobleski wrote.

Looks like a solid prospect.

He won't shoot up boards because he doesn't have it all like Wentz does but he can sling it..

His footwork needs work, he does nothing under center, his release is quick but low like Rivers.


A couple of positives is that he doesn't play in a 1 read offense like Deshaun Watson does and he's got a cannon.

 

[sbark]

Montana redshirt senior QB Brady Gustafson will be compared to Carson Wentz throughout the draft process.

Along with his ideal 6-foot-7, 230-pound frame, Gustafson boasts "an effortless throwing motion" and is "athletic enough to maneuver around the pocket," per Sobleski. Gustafson was lightly recruited and was buried on the depth chart for his first three years on campus. Montana HC Bob Stitt's arrival changed his fortunes rapidly. "He’s got the physical tools, and he's quicker and faster than people realize," Stitts said. "He can also run a little bit and cover some ground. ... He can make all of the throws, too." Like Wentz, Gustafson, who suffered a broken leg on September 19, missed much of his season. Upon his return, Gustafson completed 58.9 percent of his passes for 619 yards and a 5/1 TD/INT rate over his last two games. "He's raw, but the tools, attitude and approach are present to develop into an early-round possibility after a strong senior campaign," Sobleski wrote.

Now grab a you tube of the NDSU vrs. Montana game in the playoffs........reduced him to throwing pick 6's in the flats..........got aways to go, but has time to do it--jury is out