Best to jump on the hype train when the getting’s good. IIRC he was advised to return to school by the NFL advisory panel. He’ll get a nice signing bonus, be a developmental QB and who knows? There’s always one or two Brad Childress types that might take him higher based on nothing more than physical potential - strong armed, taller QB. His stats very much remind me Tarvaris Jackson coming out of school. On that draft:
The day after the draft, Childress was quoted by the St. Paul Pioneer Press as saying: "I think you judge quarterbacks a little bit differently...When you see what you want at the quarterback position, you need to go get it. And that's exactly what I see with Tarvaris Jackson is a guy that's a piece of clay, that has all the skills in terms of, No. 1, what's he look like throwing the football?...He's got a great throwing motion; he's athletic. He has all those things that we're looking for, and he's wired right. That's important for a quarterback. I think he's a flatline guy. I think he's a sponge. You're talking about a guy that never had a coach there as a quarterback coach. So what can he do with coaching?"[9]
