In Touchdown Wire’s “way too early” 2021 mock draft, there’s a projected pick near the end of the first round that may come as a surprise to some.
Florida redshirt senior quarterback Kyle Trask, who is coming off his first season as a starter since his freshman year of high school, was one of the top passers in the SEC in 2019. Heading into 2020, he’s receiving some offseason attention.
Touchdown Wire has him being selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at No. 28 overall, the fourth quarterback off the board behind Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, Ohio State’s Justin Fields and North Dakota State’s Trey Lance, all of whom are slated to go in the top 10.
In 12 games in 2019, he threw for 2,941 yards and 25 touchdowns while tossing just seven interceptions. His rating of 156.09 was third in the SEC behind Joe Burrow and Tua Tagovailoa, who were both drafted in the first round in the 2020 draft in April.
Here’s the explanation for Trask’s projection.
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It seems with each passing draft cycle there is a quarterback that rises up boards seemingly out of nowhere. Now, with the advent of #DraftTwitter it is harder and harder to find those players, as year-round draft coverage identifies targets earlier and earlier each draft cycle. Still, no one really saw the rise of Joe Burrow last year, or Mitchell Trubisky from a few years ago.
Could Kyle Trask be that kind of passer? Perhaps. He has the arm talent, pocket movement skills and quick release that coaches want at the position. Trask also shows good manipulation with his eyes and some potential schematic diversity. We know Tom Brady wants to play until he is 45, but Bruce Arians might want to grab the quarterback of the future, and Trask could be that guy.
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