Joe Burrow | QB | LSU

Height | 6-4

Weight | 216

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Career Stats

Strengths

Burrow has had as good of a 2019 season as any player in the nation.

Breaking out after an incredible primetime performance on the road against Texas in Week 2, the LSU quarterback has continued playing at an elite level the whole year. He is an extremely accurate thrower who times his passes perfectly and throws with a sharp sense of anticipation. He can throw a precise deep ball and has good touch on nearly every one of his throws.

Burrow excels at a lot of the little things, which is exactly what a lot of prospects struggle with coming out of college. He has admirable pocket presence, as he can maneuver defenders well in the pocket, and his accuracy is relatively unfazed by incoming pass rushers. He has shown that he can calmly go through his progressions, look past his first read and make the intelligent throw. Burrow’s upper-body mechanics are just about perfect, as he throws with a quick and crisp throwing motion and has a high enough release.

Weaknesses

As impressive as Burrow’s 2019 campaign has been, he only has one year of quality tape. His 2018 season was simply not very good, as his accuracy and decision-making were much worse than they have been this year. He will need to convince NFL teams that he isn’t just a flash in the pan.

Burrow doesn’t have premier physical tools that some of the other top quarterback prospects in this class have. His arm is passable, but he doesn’t have a cannon like someone like Jacob Eason or Justin Herbert has. He also doesn’t offer much in terms of athleticism, as his lateral agility is mediocre and his breakaway speed as a scrambler isn’t anything to call home about. Teams who are more interested in toolsy quarterbacks might be hesitant to pick Burrow over other prospects.

Bottom Line

Nobody has improved their draft stock over the course of the 2019 season quite like Joe Burrow has. With his pinpoint accuracy, impressive decision-making and superb poise, he has all of the makings of a long-term starter in the NFL. A legitimate argument could be made that he should be the first overall pick in 2020.

Projection: Top 3