He fractured his leg last November that ended his season & all but ended the Noles' shot of getting into the CFP. He said he should be good to go prior to training camps opening this summer. Before going down, he was having an impressive season & still ended up fifth in the Heisman voting. While I definitely watch too much college football in the eyes of the better half, I think he's a pretty good QB.
That said, my track record is spotty when it comes to translating college QBs to the pros: I thought Joey Harrington was going to end up in Canton. I also thought Matt Ryan would be out of the league in 3 years. On the flip side, I remember being flabbergasted in the moment that TB12 lasted until the 199th pick in '00 because I watched a shit ton of Michigan games when he was the QB/that '00 Orange Bowl & thought he'd be at least be a solid NFL QB. I wish gambling had been legal @ the time & I would have put overs on everything related to him, Haha.
I get the negatives on Travis: he's small & has legit medical flags, much like Hooker last draft. He's also 24 this spring, which can be construed as a negative, even though Eli was 23 when we got him.
Most mocks have him going in the 3rd or later, but if we don't move up from six @ draft a QB/don't draft a QB @ 6/trade back into the 1st for one...if we still have the pick @ 70, I'd take a flyer on him. But that's me. What say you?
I do not know why, but I do like him better than Rattler and Milton.
In Ncaa stats he is 5th in active career leaders in passing yards per attempt with 8.49 yards. A dual threat, Travis is 10th in active career leaders in total yards for players with 4,000 yards passing and 1000 yards rushing. Travis was second among top nine quarterbacks in the following career stats: rushing TDs per game (0.63), gain per rush (4.7 yards), points per game (3.92) and total TDs scored per game (0.653). Travis was third among the top nine quarterbacks in rushing yards per game (39.8).
Two of Travis’s best performances came when one of FSU’s top receivers, Johnny Wilson, missed both games due to injury. The Seminoles’ other star receiver, Keon Coleman, sat out against Pitt. Even with those and other receiver injuries, Travis responded with his two most prolific games of the season. He passed for a season-high 359 yards against the Demon Deacons, then broke that mark by throwing for 360 at Pitt. His first six completions at Pitt went to six different receivers.
He is on ahead of schedule recovery wise to do some drills before the draft. The Jets are having him in for a visit.
I have cooled on my PFF grading lately but here is the draft quarterbacks career grades. Travis was fifth.
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I would be interested, but as a flyer much later in the draft. I’ve been drafting him in the mock sims in the 6th round every time. Don’t know if he really last that long.
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This is true, but I wonder if this isn't something that can be coached?