QB Prospect #1: Jamarcus Russell
1) Jamarcus Russell
LSU
Height 6-4
Weight 227
40-time 4.85
Junior
Strengths: Has great size. Strongest arm in college football. Great natural athlete. Powerful. Enough mobility to avoid pressure. Throws well on run. Good leader. Has improved every season.
Weaknesses: Doesn’t have great throwing mechanics. Not great in accuracy. Has good speed, but not great. Numbers may be inflated due to the system he played in.
Analysis: He has tremendous upside, but he is also a risk at being a tremendous bust too. He isn’t the safest possible choice, but he has the strongest arm in the entire draft and has improved tremendously during his college career. He did struggle against the best defenses that he played, which is a concern. Still due to his potential, it is impossible not to rank him number 1 in this years quarterback class.
CAREER STATS (LSU)
Year- GP - Comp - Att - Yds - Comp % - TD - INT
2003- Redshirted
2004- 11 – 73 – 144 – 1,053 – 50.7 % – 9 – 4
2005- 12- 188 – 311 – 2,443 – 60.5% – 15 – 9
2006- 13- 232 – 342 – 3,129 – 67.8% – 28 – 8
Overall Rating: 95 out of 100
