2010 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Jarrett Brown

Strengths:

Good height and outstanding bulk

Highly athletic with great speed

Throws a smooth ball – tight spiral

More accurate than you’d think

Great arm strength – throws with outstanding velocity

Puts nice touch on the ball when he has to

Comfortable throwing on the run

Very elusive in the pocket

Impressive physical skill set

Weaknesses:

Release could be more compact – slight windup but nothing overly detrimental

Very shaky footwork

Lacks experience – one-year starter

Can’t read coverage

Comes from zone-read spread offense

Inconsistent decision-maker

Lacks an understanding and maturity of the passing game

Raw prospect and needs a couple years of development

Summary: Jarrett Brown is the ultimate developmental quarterback. He possesses the prototypical physical tools you want in a quarterback, but he lacks basic understandings of a pro-style system. In a quarterback class lacking depth, some team is going to draft Brown anywhere from the late second round to the early fourth round, and try to develop him into a starting quarterback. I think he is a third-round talent, but I wouldn’t draft him as a franchise quarterback – he needs serious development on the bench.

Player Comparison: Tarvaris Jackson. Jackson has been a developmental quarterback in Minnesota with elite physical gifts. I think Brown is more accurate, so his career could pan out differently than Jackson’s.

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