North Carolina’s Mitch Trubisky could be the first quarterback off the board and possibly the first player drafted in April. Sometimes, elite QB prospects like him forego drills at the combine, but he’ll be throwing for scouts in Indianapolis, his father tells Mark Podolski of the News Herald.
Trubisky will participate in most of the drills offered at the combine, including the 40-yard dash. However, he will not do the bench press. Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II has a similar gameplan and will not attempt to bench 225 pounds as many times as possible (via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com). Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson told The Associated Press that he plans to do “everything” when it comes to combine drills (link via The Associated Press). Ditto for Cal’s Davis Webb (via Dalton Johnson of CSNBayArea.com). Overall, it sounds like most of this year’s top quarterbacks will be full or near full participants in the Underwear Olympics.
Trubisky’s biggest test might not be in the drills, but in the measurements portion of the combine. His high school coach told the News Herald that he is a legit 6’2″, but there are rumors that he is actually under 6’1″. That may not sound like a big deal, but only two QBs at 6’1″ and under (Johnny Manziel and Rex Grossman) have been selected in the first round in the last 15 years.
Sweet. Not a diva like Watson
How do you call Watson a diva? He said he would do ALL the drills. Trubisky is doing some. Ignorant post
Oops my bad that was the senior bowl wasn’t it? Wait and see elway/Eli Manning jr will demand he won’t go to browns . Some “injury” will keep him out of combine.
If I was a young qb, I’d go to the browns. They’re finally starting to put together a competent front office.
Plus, the QB position is pretty much a wide open competition…..though I still think Kessler did a decent job considering.
Why would the browns want a qb 1st overall this year at all