Former Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm was projected as an early-to-mid-round selection in the 2020 NFL Draft, but ended up falling all the way to the fifth-round where he was selected by the Buffalo Bills with the No. 167 overall pick.
Draft analysts and Georgia fans were surprised as Fromm remained on the board throughout Saturday including Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, who went on NFL Network to discuss Fromm being drafted by Buffalo.
Smart said:
“I thought all along he’d be a third or a fourth-round pick, and he lasted to the fifth, there’s only one quarterback on the field at a time, and so many teams have filled their need. It was a weird year, things happened in a strange way.”
Kirby is right, it seems that most teams that didn’t have early picks like the Bengals and Dolphins already had options at quarterback.
“I’ve been sitting here holding my breath that he’d get picked,” Smart said. “And now he’s going to cold, cold Buffalo.”
Yeah, Buffalo may be chilly, but if I am Fromm I am happy to go to Buffalo. A team that already has a quality starter in Josh Allen, a promising young coach and a good defense.
Fromm should be able to sit behind Allen for a few seasons to learn the offense and possibly compete for the job in the future.
And as Georgia fans know, Fromm doesn’t shy away from competition.