Alabama QB Jalen Milroe compared to Lamar Jackson as a player 'you break some rules for' in NFL Draft
The only thing predictable about the 2025 NFL Draft is that it's sure to leave our jaws on the ground. We have no idea where the top quarterbacks will land, or even the order they'll fall. With hours counting down, some of the NFL's top insiders have spilled what they know. Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe […]
The only thing predictable about the 2025 NFL Draft is that it's sure to leave our jaws on the ground. We have no idea where the top quarterbacks will land, or even the order they'll fall. With hours counting down, some of the NFL's top insiders have spilled what they know.
Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe will be at the center of intrigue. While he's been projected to land in the middle of the second round in most user mocks, Milroe's physical traits have evaluators wondering whether he'll be selected late in the first round.
This week's latest buzz is that teams are unanimously viewing Milroe as a Day 2 prospect, but that he's worth a big swing much earlier.
“[General managers] will do deals with themselves for a big-armed athlete,” one executive told Charles Robinson of Yahoo. “You break some rules for those players. Especially if there’s a need at the position, or even if there’s a future need. Look at Lamar [Jackson] when the [Baltimore] Ravens took him with the last pick [in the 2018 draft’s first round]. I’m not saying Milroe is Lamar Jackson — not at all — but I’m sure there are people still kicking themselves for not taking a gamble on the overall talent rather than the finished product.”
Robinson went on to report that he overwhelmingly heard feedback that Milroe is a late second-to early third-round talent.
Our staff recently made the case for and against taking Milroe early. Here was my snippet.
If you're going to swing on a quarterback in this class, it's Jalen Milroe. There's a high chance he doesn't work out, or that his second team gets more out of him if the initial staff doesn't properly handle his development. Still, it's worth risking a top 40 pick on someone who will immediately have one of the strongest arms and better rushing abilities in the NFL.
Getting Milroe into a more structured offense and limiting his responsibilities is the path to success. Much like we saw with Josh Allen and Jalen Hurts, Milroe needs guardrails with calculated points of freedom so he can learn and improve. You have to risk it to get the biscuit sometimes, and Milroe is that dice roll for greatness.
