CLEVELAND, Ohio NFL Network’s Mike Mayock ranked North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz No. 1 in his quarterback rankings Wednesday ahead of Cal’s Jared Goff and Memphis’ Paxton Lynch.
Wentz, who met with Browns coach Hue Jackson at the Senior Bowl two weeks ago, shot to the top of Mayock’s list despite that fact he’s from an FCS school.
The rest of the quarterbacks are as follows: 2. Goff 3. Lynch 4. Connor Cook of Michigan State 5. Dak Prescott of Mississippi State. 4 overall pick) at the college all star classic.
The Browns have the No. 2 pick and are looking hard at all the top quarterback prospects. 2 if he were the Browns. Of course, if Wentz keeps gaining momentum, someone could trade with Tennessee and take him at No. 1.
Executive Vice President Sashi Brown said “it would be shocking” for the Browns to trade up to No.1, and if that if pro bowl jerseys they moved at all, it would more likely be down.
“If the Browns take Carson Wentz at No. 2 they’d be set for 15 years,” the personnel executive said. “He’s the best quarterback in the draft. If I were picking at No. 2, I’d take him. It will solve all of their problems and they’ll get this team turned around.”
Wentz also enjoyed his chat with Jackson and Brown in Mobile, Alabama, site of the Senior Bowl.
Scouts at the Senior Bowl marveled at Wentz’ size (6 5, 233) and other physical attributes. He’s got a cannon arm, his footwork is wholesale jerseys excellent and he played in a pro style offense in college, meaning he’s not the projection most spread quarterbacks are. In 23 starts at North Dakota State, he threw 42 touchdown passes, rushed for 12 more and threw 14 picks.
But Wentz isn’t the only top prospect Jackson has met with over the past two weeks.
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At the Super Bowl, he talked to Lynch (6 7, 245) at a party hosted by Lynch’s agent Leigh Steinberg. Jackson also received the Humanitarian Award given to a head coach at Aaron Hernandez Jerseys the event. “He’s a tall young man. He looks like Man Mountain Dean standing up there. But what a nice kid, a personable kid with great parents.
Jackson is also eager to meet Goff, whom he’s heard a lot about from friends at Cal, where he was once offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
“I have never met Jared, but I’m sure that will happen at some point soon,” Jackson said. “There are some things I’ve heard and some things that I know. Again, I coached at Cal, so I do know quite a few people that are still there and again the guy’s been a sensational player at Cal. But just like all the rest of the guys in this process, we’ll evaluate them all and see how it turns out.”
Jackson was grateful to get a jump on the quarterback meetings before the NFL combine in Indianapolis in two weeks.
“Not too bad,” Jackson said of the two meetings. “It gives us a good start.”
Mayock’s other rankings are as follows, including two Ohio State Buckeyes at the top of their positions: running back Ezekiel Elliott and edge rusher Joey Bosa:
