ESPN analyst argues that Jalen Milroe's 2025 NFL Draft future isn't so hard to predict based on recent trend
There's not much that Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe hasn't been called at this point of the 2025 NFL Draft cycle. Since declaring for the draft, Milroe's endured a process that hasn't crescendoed until recently. If anything, he's struggled to produce the momentum many of his fans hoped. However, with days remaining until the 2025 NFL […]
There's not much that Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe hasn't been called at this point of the 2025 NFL Draft cycle. Since declaring for the draft, Milroe's endured a process that hasn't crescendoed until recently. If anything, he's struggled to produce the momentum many of his fans hoped.
However, with days remaining until the 2025 NFL Draft gets underway, Milroe appears trending upward. He was invited to the draft in Green Bay, which bodes well for him. Being one of the 17 players present usually means the league expects his name to be called on Day 1.
ESPN analyst Peter Schrager agrees. He laid out why Milroe is one of the top five draft wildcards in terms of how volataile his stock is.
"Milroe was invited to the draft by the NFL to be there in person. And Jalen Milroe said, 'Yeah, I'll be there.' Jalen Milroe is not being mocked as a first round quarterback anywhere, but someone knows something to invite him to the green room to sit there and watch the draft."
Schrager then, as usual, had to brag about his conversations with league personnel. He explained what he was told as far as getting the most out of Milroe in the NFL.
"I talked to someone in an NFL front office and said, if you put this guy in a package in his first year and you let him run wild but you also let him learn an offense, he could be a first round pick."
It's a bit of an obvious argument to make about Milroe making the cut of 17 initial in-person draft boding well for him, but his visits also tell the same story. It wouldn't be surprising for Milroe to be considered by Pittsburgh at No. 21 or for the Browns or Giants to trade back into the end of the first round to secure the Alabama star.
