Former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Jamie Newman has gone undrafted in the 2021 NFL draft. Newman transferred to the University of Georgia from Wake Forest following the 2019 college football season.
Newman came to Georgia and practiced, but he opted out of the 2020 college football season due to COVID-19 concerns and to prepare for the 2021 NFL draft. Newman’s decision left Georgia without an established starting quarterback.
The Dawgs opened the season with D’Wan Mathis as the starting quarterback. Georgia quickly turned to Stetson Bennett, and then started JT Daniels when he became healthy.
Now, Newman will try to find a home as an undrafted free agent. He will get to pick his destination, which will be beneficial, but this is not what Newman envisioned when he opted out to prepare for the NFL draft.
Newman participated in the 2021 Senior Bowl, but he was not particularly impressive in the NFL scouting event. Newman will have to try to improve his game and faces a difficult path to playing time in the always competitive NFL.
Since Newman went undrafted, many folks will further question his decision to opt-out. Newman was not a finished product at Wake Forest and it is apparent that NFL scouts did not like what they saw in his 2019 tape.
Georgia fans should wish the best for Newman. He came into an unfortunate set of circumstances that he could not have anticipated. After all, he did not know there would be a global pandemic when he decided to transfer to Georgia.
Newman is signing with the Philadelphia Eagles per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero:
Former Wake Forest and Georgia QB Jamie Newman is signing with the #Eagles, per source.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) May 1, 2021
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