![]() ![]() I watched him in camp and saw some similarities to Cooper Rush. ![]() His offenses led the FBS in points per game (45.5) with him at the helm and he played so well he was invited to the Senior Bowl. He threw nearly 1,000 passes in the last two seasons since his transfer to Western Kentucky after an unsuccessful run at South Florida. If he were more athletic, he likely isn’t waiting until Round 5 to be selected, but there are some “clunky feet” in his game as Brugler pointed out.īut those throws. All of his explosive testing scores - 40-yard dash, broad jump, vertical leap - are all well behind his class and actually behind many of his own offensive linemen. He is very capable of moving in the pocket, but if he scrambles for a first down in a game, something remarkable is happening. He has a profile that matches up with the days where a pocket QB was sought for size, durability, and arm strength, with little regard for movement skills or dual threat capability. Of course, Rudolph was selected in the third round by Pittsburgh and Lauletta landed with the Giants in the fourth, so when White was still available as the Cowboys went on the clock in Round 5 at pick #171, they were pretty excited. ![]() That means, of course, that the top five first-round picks (Mayfield, Darnold, Rosen, Allen, and Jackson) were off by themselves, but every other QB – Mason Rudolph, Luke Falk, and Kyle Lauletta – were ranked behind White. ![]() In fact, our own Dane Brugler had things rated exactly that way in his awesome 2018 Draft Guide. It was not uncommon for 2018 Draft Experts to consider White the sixth-best QB in this draft. Let’s look at Mike White – both at WKU and now through three games with the Cowboys and try to answer the question everybody wants to know, “Is Mike White good enough to unseat Cooper Rush as the backup QB?” My easy explanation is I just ran out of time, but given the events of the rest of Sunday’s atrocious game and what we anticipate will be more of the same on Thursday, allow me to make up for it here today. This week one of our fine readers reminded me that I haven’t spent my customary “Day 3 Intriguing Draft Pick” post evaluating White’s work even though Dalton Schultz and Dorance Armstrong were both given the treatment earlier in the Summer. This spring the Cowboys drafted their sixth quarterback since Troy Aikman’s selection: Western Kentucky’s Mike White. The name at the top is the point of this exercise today. Should you want to see the entire draft list at the QB position since Aikman, that won’t take long either if you reference the Draft Finder function at : One is in the Hall of Fame and the other is Quincy Carter. In the last 30 drafts, which lumps in 1989, the Cowboys have spent two top-100 picks on QBs. Otherwise, you would have to say that is a really high pick to burn on a part-time special teams player who was sent to New England two years later. Of course, Stanback was drafted with the full intention of being converted to a wide receiver, which only went well if you consider six NFL receptions a success. 1 overall in 1989?Ģ001 – #53 Overall – second-rounder Quincy Carter, GeorgiaĢ009 – #101 Overall – fourth-rounder Stephen McGee, Texas A&MĢ007 – #103 Overall – fourth-rounder Isaiah Stanback, Washington In fact, for those who enjoy a look at history, here is a trivia question that you might be able to stump your friends with: Name the three highest-drafted Cowboys quarterbacks since Troy Aikman was taken No. ![]()
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