JALEN MILROE
That was the message coming out of Jalen Milroe’s first conference call with Seahawks media after being drafted No. 92 overall. The quarterback out of Alabama was asked if he thinks he is the best quarterback in the draft and if he had a message to teams who passed on him, Milroe responded with a short but simple response that didn’t need an explanation.
In his two years at Alabama, Milroe passed for 2,844 yards and 16 touchdowns while completing 64.3 percent of his passes. And Milroe also showed an ability to use his legs, rushing for a team-leading 726 yards and 20 rushing touchdowns. And despite that message for teams who passed on him, he didn’t let where he was drafted bother him.
“No matter where I was drafted, I still have to come in and prove myself and earn the trust and respect of guys in the locker room. So it wasn’t a necessity to hear my name called early on or later on. It didn’t really matter to me. It was more to hear my name called because I know that team is all on me and they saw something in me that other teams didn’t. It was all about opportunity. It didn’t really matter when I was selected.”
Although the Seahawks currently have four quarterbacks on the roster in Sam Darnold, Drew Lock, Sam Howell and Jaren Hall, Milroe knows what he brings will be an asset to Seattle.
“There’s nothing I can’t do on the football field. Are there things I can improve on? Absolutely. But there’s nothing I can do on the football field. I’ve thrown every type of touchdown, stepped up in the pocket, thrown on the run, gone through my progressions, I’ve thrown a checkdown that scored, I’ve used my legs. When looking, pick and choose what you want on the field, I can do it. I say that humbly, not over-arrogant, it’s just more knowing what I bring to the table and knowing that it’s a different dynamic on the football field that I know I’m going to utilize in the NFL.”
The Seahawks head into the final day on the Draft with five picks, a fourth-round pick (137), two fifth-round picks (172, 175) and two seventh-round picks (223, 234).
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