2022 NFL draft: One quarterback in every round for the Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles organization fancies itself as something of a quarterback factory, and with Howie Roseman drafting a quarterback every other year since taking over in Philadelphia, the 2022 selection process offers another opportunity for development.
The Eagles have Gardner Minshew as the primary backup to Jalen Hurts, and Reid Sinnett is a promising developmental prospect as well.
If Philadelphia stands pat with Minshew and views Sinnett as a player to develop, then this month’s draft could be centered on surrounding Hurts and Jonathan Gannon with the proper pieces for improvement.
The HBCU Legacy Bowl kicks off this Saturday at 3:00 P.M., but much like with the Senior Bowl, the practices are much more important than the game itself. We briefly discussed a few HBCU prospects to monitor from the HBCU combine and the Legacy Bowl and their practices give us a much larger taste of the talent.
I appreciate any game that provides a closer look to smaller school guys and there are a few prospects that would look good in Cleveland. Full disclosure, I am not in New Orleans, but I wanted to highlight the three names that have been most highly celebrated for their efforts so far this week. Two of these names are familiar faces, but the third will surprise:
Talent comes into the NFL from all over. @joshkeatley16 takes a look at five HBCU players coming into the league this year who the Browns could target:
Last Saturday marked the very first Historically Black Colleges and Universities Combine. The NFL has been trying to provide an opportunity for smaller school prospects to gain more exposure and this combine provided a larger stage for some HBCU prospects to shine.
The Cleveland Browns were on-site to evaluate the 39 prospects who competed and although a few intriguing HBCU players were left off the invite list there was still plenty of interesting talent to dive into.
There have been numerous stars who have played at an HBCU with the most notable being Jerry Rice from Mississippi Valley State and maybe Cleveland can snag the next star. Here are five HBCU prospects the Browns need to take a deeper look at.
The 2022 NFL draft class is a wide-open race at quarterback, and Alabama A&M’s Aqeel Glass deserves more attention
The first few weeks of the 2021 college football season has left more questions than answers about this year’s quarterback class.
The biggest names have been inconsistent at best, with the likes of Oklahoma’s Spencer Rattler, North Carolina’s Sam Howell and others failing to live up to the preseason hype of being potential No. 1 overall picks.
This year’s wide-open race has left the door open for anyone to emerge, and that being the case, NFL teams and fans alike would be wise to turn their attention to Alabama A&M’s Aqeel Glass.
Back in June, Glass was named the Spring 2021 Black College Football Player of the Year, earning him the Deacon Jones Trophy after leading the Bulldogs to a 5-0 record and their first SWAC title in 15 years. He also took home conference player of the year honors.
Listed at 6-5, 215 pounds, Glass obviously has the prototypical frame of an NFL quarterback. He’s also got the arm talent, instincts and intelligence to go with it.
Glass’ impressive performance against Jackson State back in April was a prime example of everything that makes him a promising NFL prospect:
Watch that game, and you’ll see Glass make every play an NFL quarterback needs to make. He can fire bullet passes into tight windows, put the right amount of touch on throws to every level of the field, drive the deep ball downfield (both inside and outside the numbers), beat both zone and man coverage with sound decision-making and consistent accuracy, and show patience and poise under pressure, particularly when screens are developing and unblocked rushers are bearing down on him.
He may not be the fastest quarterback in the class, but his mobility was also on display in that game, proving he won’t just be a statue in the pocket at the next level.
Glass earned the starting job as a freshman, and he’s still holding it down as a grad student. He’ll have a track record of starting experience that will be unrivaled in the class, with plenty of proven success to go along with it.
This lackluster quarterback class is begging for someone to emerge and declare themselves the most compelling prospect of the year. While many will remain focused on the bigger names from powerhouse FBS programs, Glass will keep doing what he’s always done for the Bulldogs, and could end up making one NFL team extremely happy when they land him next April.
