Quarterback

Delaware

6-3 225

Draft board overall prospect rank: #153

Draft board overall quarterback rank: #9

Overall rating: 58 (5^th round)

40 time: 4.87

3/27/11: When Joe Paterno picked Darryl Clark at Penn State to start and, in response, Devlin transferred to Division 1-AA Delaware, hoping that he could follow in Joe Flacco’s footsteps to the NFL as a first round pick. The heavily sought after high school prospect had many similarities to Flacco, including the strong arm.

He had a solid 2009 campaign and a stronger 2010, throwing a mere 3 picks to 22 touchdowns and threw 15 touchdowns in his last 6 games, leading Delaware to 2^nd place in Division-AA. He struggled a bit earlier in the season, but a broken wrist was responsible for that. The important thing to note with the wrist was that he only missed 2 weeks with it, showing his toughness.

However, the offseason has not been kind to Devlin. Once viewed as a potential 2^nd round pick, Devlin sucked in the East-West shrine game and wasn’t invited to the Senior Bowl. He stunk up his Pro Day, showing up 30 minutes late and then throwing so inaccurately that several scouts left midway. He appears to have major mechanical problems in his delivery and is a longterm project of a day 3 prospect. He has a strong arm, but as we’ve seen so many times before, that alone won’t do it for you in the NFL.

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