

His redshirt freshman tape will be thrown out in about eight months' time.

Of course, it’s easy to sit and deliver from the pocket when one has the caliber of receiving corps Stroud did. Stroud had a ridiculous first half performance: 29-31, 393 pass yards and 6 touchdowns ? /C1row39Vz6 Stroud broke the pocket on only 48 of his 466 dropbacks last year, compared to 87 for Young.Ĭ.J. He has the size, the compact release and the ability to operate from the pocket that NFL teams are looking for. Stroud ticks far more of the prototype boxes at the quarterback position than Bryce Young. Stroud, Ohio State (RS Sophomore | 6-3, 218 pounds) 1 overall pick at his size, Young certainly can do the same.īryce Young, starting point guard for /H3oxOuBPHLĢ. I’ll put stock in that far more than I will his substandard height-weight measurables. That’s inspired play on the biggest stage against the best competition. On 109 dropbacks against Georgia last season, Young finished with the following stats: PFF Passing Grade I feel so confident in this ranking because we’ve already seen Young perform well against the closest thing to an NFL defense that’s existed in college football over the past decade. Throw it a little behind so you don’t run your receiver into a collision from the safety. This is rope over the middle from Bryce Young. In fact, he trailed only Kenny Pickett in PFF passing grade (93.8) and only Bailey Zappe in total passing yards (2,642) on throws between the numbers last season. And unlike most quarterbacks of smaller stature, Young has no problem working over the middle of the field.

Young does the unteachable little things at the quarterback position better than anyone in this draft class. If there's one word to describe why Young is QB1 at the moment despite his size being below almost every NFL threshold, it's this: gamer. Bryce Young, Alabama (Junior | 6-0, 194 pounds) As things stand, it’s a two-horse race at the top with a myriad of talented signal-callers looking to play their way into that mix. And that will likely be true in regard to both top-end talent and depth. Yes, the 2023 quarterback class is going to be better than the 2022 group.
