Quarterback 

Central Michigan

6-3 228

40 time: 4.66

Draft board overall prospect rank: #166

Draft board overall quarterback rank: #13

Overall rating: 57*

1/30/10: I really didn’t like him going into this game, but he proved to me that his arm is a lot stronger than I lot and a lot more accurate on deep balls than I thought. He had a lot of nice deep throws, which surprised me because he comes from an offense that focuses on short throws. His footwork was still bad and he messed up a few easy throws, but he has some potential in the 4th or 5th round.

7/29/09: Some self proclaimed “experts” are calling LeFevour a sleeper prospect. Mel Kiper, who I have a ton of respect for, is calling LeFevour a prospect on the level of Tebow and Bradford. I’m going to be controversial. I wouldn’t use any more than a 7^th round pick on LeFevour and that’s only if I had absolutely no other depth needs. He’ll probably go in the mid rounds, 3^rd to 5^th, but if I were picking there, he wouldn’t be on my radar unless I ran a team that used a college style offense. LeFevour is getting noticed by scouts as a player who can run and throw with great touch. However, all I see is a spread offense quarterback, playing in the MAC, who has a weak arm. He put up very average stats last season where it counts, YPA, 7.4. YPA is the most effective statistic, and this has been proven, in determining whether or not a player has a good pro future. He has a poor YPA, for a pro prospect, against average competition, in a very simple offense that teams simply don’t use in the pros. He has a very weak arm, good accuracy on short passes, but a weak arm. His footwork is awful. I say about almost every quarterback that I scout that a quarterback’s footwork needs work. Well, this guy’s is just plain awful. He has little to no experience playing under center and in a pocket. He’s Alex Smith 2.0 at best. He is mobile and good at throwing, or at least checking down, on the run, but there aren’t very many quarterbacks who can make a living out of that. Scouts like his speed. However, his 40 is going to be in the mid 4.7s and he averaged 3.5 yards per carry last season, as a quarterback, playing from the spread. He runs far more than necessary, in fact, it looks like his first instinct is to run, which is bad for a quarterback. Running should only be a 2^nd option. You don’t see guys like Ben Roethlisberger taking off with the ball, without making reads , moving way outside of the pocket, scrambling unnecessarily, and throwing without planting his feet. Big Ben, and Florida’s Tim Tebow who I like, take the snap, make the read, and then make the decision to move with the ball or plow forward when it’s the right decision. LeFevour doesn’t do that. He’s also injury prone on top of all of this. Now, this isn’t to say that I hate him. I was in a bit of a bad mood while writing this which may make it seem like I think this guy is garbage. I might give him an invite to training camp as a 4^th quarterback, which is more than a can say about the majority of the players in college football. He could fit as a backup in a gimmick system or maybe play some sort of wildcat, though I’m not sure he’s fast enough. He has good touch on short throws, but overall I see him as a huge project, like the kind of project that will have offensive coordinators pulling their hair out. Unless you want a bald offensive coordinator, NFL teams should stay away from him. He may have a future in the UFL or CFL though.

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