Alabama QB Jalen Milroe's draft stock predicted to make

Alabama QB Jalen Milroe’s draft stock predicted to make major jump under one condition following Senior Bowl image

Jalen Milroe’s poor accuracy essentially made his draft stock take a nosedive at the worst time: ahead of the 2025 NFL draft. Despite the challenge, the QB has enough going for him to be drafted well.

Milroe was a mixed bag this season, still a work in progress in certain aspects that were exactly the ones on display in Mobile. Yet, his steadily improving performance in Senior Bowl practices and a few terrific games in the season make a strong case for him.

CBS Sports’ John Tatly stressed that these goods of Milroe promises a strong performance in the NFL Combine.

“Of course a quarterback struggling in Senior Bowl practices doesn’t prevent him from potentially being drafted highly and/or having success in the NFL,” Tatly writes.

“It’s a tough situation to walk into with players you’ve mostly never played with before plus new coaches and verbiage. There are players who can excel in that scenario while others like Milroe may fare better in other environments. Milroe will almost assuredly have a terrific 40-yard dash time at the NFL Combine and have teams drooling over his athleticism, as they did over the inconsistent Anthony Richardson out of Florida two years ago.

“With Milroe, it comes down to what you want to focus on. Do you like that he’s a terrific runner or are you concerned he leans on it too much and it might not be sustainable in the NFL? How worried are you that his hand size (smaller than 8 3/4) plays a role in his accuracy and fumble issues (24 in 27 starts)?

“Is he the next Jalen Hurts — or Malik Willis?”

There is a strong chance that the QB doesn’t perform well in the NFL Combine. But the scouts will be clear of one thing, Milroe’s learning mindset, before calling the shot.

“I learn so much from my losses, more than my wins, so my losses are when I’m at my best. I just to improve, try to grind and try to compete,” Milroe said summarizing his lessons from NFL coaches at Senior Bowl practices.