Now that the 2022 Draft is over that means it’s time to start talking about next year’s draft, right? The 2022 NFL Draft coming and going without the Seattle Seahawks adding a quarterback to the roster makes it very clear the team views the 2023 offseason as the time to find one, assuming they don’t view Drew Lock as the future.
The first is that he is only 6 feet tall, despite the fact we have seen multiple shorter quarterbacks be very successful in recent memory including the likes Drew Brees, Kyler Murray, and another guy I think Seahawks fans know pretty well in Russell Wilson.
Although, when looking past those two drawbacks it is easy to fall in love with the player, despite his age he can work through his progressions, he is a great leader and has fantastic arm talent.
Like Young, one of the biggest drawbacks with Stroud is he is coming out of Ohio State, where Ryan Day is able to make life very easy for his quarterbacks.
The lack of NFL success for recent first round Ohio State quarterbacks in the late Dwayne Haskins and current Bears starter Justin Fields s but with his overall arm talent, he does not need to be elusive as a runner to become an elite quarterback in the NFL.
Levis was eligible to come out of the draft this year as he is going into his fifth year of college football and was viewed as a top ten QB prospect in most camps, but he decided to return to Kentucky.
It is difficult to envision Levis jumping ahead of Young or Stroud in the 2023 draft but his big arm and rushing ability will keep him in contention to be one of the first quarterbacks off the board in next year’s draft.
He finished the year with 2,246 passing yards and threw for only nine touchdowns paired with 10 interceptions and had a passer rating of 43.2 good for 97th in the country.
I’m not comparing the two in terms of talent, but if you look at Josh Allen coming out of Wyoming he had some very significant concerns with his accuracy, mechanics and decision making, but because of the rare physical traits he brought with him to the table the Bills fell in love and made him a top ten pick.
