He doubled his interception total in six fewer games, but he still completed 70.2% of his passes for 2,100 yards and 22 touchdowns. Perhaps, as a result, it looked like Fields was trying to win the Heisman, the B1G Championship and three years of National Championships with every snap. However, the 2020 season was a jumbled mess for a number of different reasons. He threw at least two touchdowns in every game of the 14-game season except one. He completed 67.2% of his passes for 3,273 yards and 41 touchdowns (and rarely played four quarters every week). Furthermore, he accounted for 41 passing touchdowns to just three interceptions. In 2019, he accounted for 51 (!!) touchdowns in his first year in Ryan Day's offense. He was unbelievably proficient and productive.
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NFL teams will appreciate his ability to win vertically more than anything else, but he ran a full route tree in Alabama's offensive scheme and did that better than any other receiver in the country in 2020 There's little question that he made perhaps as many clutch catches as any receiver in college football and should go down as not only one of the greatest players in the history of the game, but as one of the top three overall draft prospects in this year's draft class.Īfter transferring from his home state school, the University of Georgia, Fields stepped behind center for the Buckeyes in 2019 and everything changed for him and the Buckeyes' national championship opportunities. He snatches the ball out of the air with a strong pair of hands, yet he's physical enough to take a pounding when he does work on the inside. Beyond the speed, though, he's ultra-tough and runs any inside route runner when needed. He's an excellent route runner with the speed to take the top off the defense. After this season, though, there's little question that Smith is on par with Chase as the two best receivers in this stout receiver draft class. He was completely dominant and stepped into a bit of a star receiver void in 2020 as LSU's JaMarr Chase opted out of the season due to COVID concerns. As such, he became the first receiver since Desmond Howard won the Heisman in 1991 to win the Heisman Trohpy. In the shortened 2020 season, Smith went OFF every single week, snaring 117 receptions for 1,856 yards and 23 touchdowns. He was on a Heisman pace in that season until he suffered a concussion against Georgia in the World's Largest Cocktail Party in Jacksonville (prior to said concussion, he had two catches for 59 yards and a touchdown in the first half). In 2020, he was even better, although in a bit fewer games - 43 receptions for 770 yards (17.9 ypc) and 12 touchdowns in just eight games. Those were the second-most for a Florida tight end since 1996 and the third highest total in the country. He finished 2019 with 54 receptions for 649 yards and five touchdowns. Furthermore, he's an excellent runner after the catch. He align as the sole receiver to one side or the other and dominate on slant routes and the sort. He's a headache in the passing game because of all the different spots on the field he'll align and the routes that he'll run overs and crossers are effective because he has the speed to get across the formation. Once out in space, though, he's a handful for any defense.
That said, I didn't see him make a ton of catches on bad balls from his quarterback. He's a definite threat down the seam or in deeper intermediate areas of the field and his hands improved throughout the 2020 season. I love his processing and his toughness and know this is a guy that his teammates will rally behind from the time he sets foot in his NFL locker room.
His deep ball accuracy will need to develop throughout the early part of his career, but I trust there are going to be throws that Lawrence will complete that others won't even attempt in the near future. He fits the ball into a cover two hole with success. He throws an EXCELLENT back shoulder ball and his placement is spot on nearly 100% of the time (now, he had a couple of absolute dudes that made those catches the past two years as well). I'd rather see him get rid of the football to avoid taking hits and punishment, but he knows at his size he can hold up against that pressure and take the hits to deliver a touchdown.
Lawrence's interception rate was as low as any first round prospect in a long time, throwing just 17 interceptions in three full years as a starter (40 games). Deshaun typically went looking for the deep ball constantly in his NFL career, but Lawrence is a shade quicker making that decision at this point.
He will hold the ball a bit longer in the pocket and take a pounding because he can and wants to hit a big play, but he's not quite as proficient at holding it as Deshaun Watson was early in his career. In other words, he has an absolute cannon for a right arm. His throwing velocity is as high as any quarterback I've studied for quite some time.
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