Quarterback/Running Back

West Virginia

6-3 224

40 time: 4.54

Draft board overall prospect rank: #142

Draft board quarterback rank: #10

Overall Rating: 61*

2/28/10: 40 times don’t matter a ton to quarterbacks, but a 4.54 will get you noticed, especially when you’re someone who may have to play another position at the NFL level. He’s a project, but he has upside at multiple positions including quarterback and running back. 

            As a mobile West Virginia quarterback, Jarrett Brown is going to draw a lot of comparisons to Pat White, former Mountaineer now of the Miami Dolphins after being drafted by them in the 2^nd round in 2009. However, besides being mobile and playing for the Mountaineers, they have very little in common. Brown has a more prototypical running back’s body and could probably make a Michael Robinson type switch to the position if necessary. Brown is also a better athlete, though White has better straight line speed and agility in the open field. Brown has the better arm, but he’s also a lot more raw of a thrower. We saw it in the Senior Bowl. He made some great throws and flashed a strong arm, but he also flashed many mental errors and a very raw grasp of the quarterback position. He has a higher upside than White, but he’s going to be a huge project. His stats in his one year as a starter at West Virginia, after taking over for White, were extremely pedestrian, especially in comparison to the Heisman candidate he took over for. He completed 63.2% of his passes and averaged just 7.2 YPA while throwing 9 picks to 11 touchdowns. The physical skills are there, sturdy frame, good agility, good speed, powerful arm, for him to be a future impact player at a number of positions including quarterback and running back and maybe kick returner, but right now, he’s nothing but a high project that could be a huge headache for offensive coordinators in the NFL. Very raw, very unproven, doesn’t have the position quite figured out between the ears, but the potential is there. He’s going to find it hard to get drafted on day 2 (rounds 2-3) and will probably slip to either the 4^th or 5^th round and, as is the case with any mid round prospect quarterback, there’s always the possibility that he just keeps slipping down to the 6^th or 7^th or even out of the draft because in the late rounds, its all a matter of taste because of how many potential mid round quarterbacks prospects there are, so while I believe he’s a 5^th round prospect and I’m giving him a 5^th round grade, I would not be completely surprised to see him go in the 6^th or 7^th or not at all.

NFL Comparison: Tarvaris Jackson

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