Sports Illustrated - USA (2020-04)

APRIL 2020 73

JORDAN LOVE

UTAH STATE (6’ 4", 225 POUNDS)

A polarizing prospect, Love has

a blend of arm strength and

athleticism to match anyone’s.

But a new coaching staff and

struggling supporting cast led to

a rocky 2019. “A year ago, I liked

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an NFC team. “Quick release, strong

arm, athletic. But there are a lot

of little things at quarterback. It’s

decision-making, calls at the line,

processing quicker, not forcing the

ball. There’s a lot of his game that

needs to be cleaned up....I’m not

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Adds an AFC quarterbacks coach:

“There are some things you can’t

coach. He makes off-platform

throws, throws off his back foot.

He’s got the arm talent to do it.”

DRAFT RANGE: Pick 5 to 30

JACOB EASON

WASHINGTON (6' 6", 230 POUNDS)

Once one of the most highly

regarded recruits in the nation,

Eason transferred to Washington

after losing his starting job to

Jake Fromm at Georgia. “He looks

and feels like the traditional pocket

passer,” says an AFC quarterbacks

coach. “He doesn’t have great

feel [in the pocket], doesn’t have

great movement. He’s got dead

feet. But he can rip throws....His

most impressive plays are when the

pocket’s clean. When he’s protected,

he can do it. But these types of

guys are great when you get them

in shorts, then you get them in

preseason and you say,

‘He’s regressing.’ Well, he’s not,

it’s a different game....It feels

like he has a stiff game.”

DRAFT RANGE: Pick 16 to 50

JAKE FROMM

GEORGIA (6' 2", 220 POUNDS)

Despite average arm strength and

athleticism, Fromm leapfrogged

the incumbent Eason to earn the

starting job as a true freshman, and

later held off the No. 1 recruit, local

high school legend Justin Fields.

“Beating out Eason and Fields

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outworked both of them. He could

handle the volume of the offense.

[ Teammates] loved him. Probably

as good a quarterback makeup as

I’ve seen since Andrew Luck....He’ll

be somewhere between a really

good backup and a good, average

starter. I don’t think he can get

to you to the Super Bowl, but I

wouldn’t be surprised if he winds

up there somehow.”

DRAFT RANGE: Pick 25 to 90

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