The 2024 NFL quarterback draft class will go down as one of the strongest in history, with Jayden Daniels and Bo Nix guiding their teams to Playoff appearances as rookies and Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, and Michael Penix all showing flashes of special. The 2025 class will have some big shoes to fill, with only Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders considered a guaranteed top-five pick. However, the upside of guys like Texas’s Quinn Ewers and Alabama’s Jalen Milroe will make the draft quite intriguing.
After Alabama’s impressive Week 5 win against Georgia, many considered Milroe a top-five pick as he was showing vast signs of improvement in the passing game on top of already being one of the best athletes in the college game. Unfortunately, the second half of the season wasn’t as good for Milroe’s draft stock as the Tide dropped four total games and at times, he looked pretty lost.
Milroe will have to continue to develop as a passer before the draft, but with his freakish speed some team will be willing to roll the dice in either the first or second round. Milroe accepted an invite to the Reese’s Senior Bowl earlier this month and will again have an opportunity to show his arm off at the NFL combine.
ESPN NFL draft expert Mel Kiper is really high on Milroe entering the draft process as he ranks him as the No. 4 QB in the class behind Sanders, Miami’s Cam Ward and Ole Miss’s Jaxson Dart. Milroe concluded the 2024 season completing 64.3% of his passes for 2,844 yards, 16 TDs and 11 INT as well as 168 carries for 726 yards and 20 TDs. I truly think Milroe is a total wild card at the NFL level, but he is worth the risk.
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