3. KJ Costello will be a THING in the 2021 NFL Draft
I’m going to ballpark my lifetime giant NFL pro prospect quarterback calls at a robust .384.
For every Jordan Love Will Be A 1st Round Pick declaration, there’s a whiff on DeShone Kizer.
For every Colin Kaepernick Can Be A Dangerous NFL Starter type of analysis, there’s a misfire on the thought that Dak Prescott was going to be Tim Tebow at the next level.
Every time I puff my chest out on the calls that Lamar Jackson would be awesome and Johnny Manziel absolutely wouldn’t, some friend will cheerfully point out that I went hard on the idea that Danny Wuerffel would win as many Super Bowls as Peyton Manning – which was more about thinking Manning wouldn’t win anything big than Wuerffel being great, but there’s no redeeming that one.
I’m sticking with my core belief that it was absolutely ridiculous that Baker Mayfield and Joe Burrow each went No. 1 overall.
And here’s my big one for 2020, which I was in on from the moment the marriage of right coach-right player transfer was complete.
Forget (potentially) stupid. I’m going full-on, batspit-crazy, QAnon-level whack job off-the-rails
KJ Costello is going to be this year’s superstar high-riser in the NFL Draft world.
He won’t go ahead of Trevor Lawrence or Justin Fields, and the guy first has to secure the gig at Mississippi State, but he’s 6-5 and 225 with the Stanford-smarts, big deep arm, and the tools to put up astronomical numbers in the Mike Leach system.
At least as a head coach, Leach will have his most talented NFL-caliber quarterback ever – and yes, that includes Gardner Minshew.
The SEC defenses Leach’s offense will roll against are far better than the Pac-12 and Big 12 versions it dealt with, but this is going to work. Expect high-tempo, full-throttle, throw, throw, throw with Costello leading the SEC in passing on the way to being the No. 8ish or so pick.