2024 Senior Bowl takeaways: Evaluating the talented crop of QBs in attendance; risers and fallers from Day 2

The 2024 Senior Bowl, one of the week’s two collegiate all-star NFL Draft showcases along with the East-West Shrine Bowl, is underway in Mobile, Alabama, and we have you covered with both halves of the “With The First Pick” podcast — CBS Sports NFL Draft analyst Ryan Wilson and former longtime Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman — with boots on the ground. 

Here’s a look at some of their biggest takeaways from Day 2 of observing some of the nation’s best draft prospects go head-to-head. 

An improved QB crop

The 2023 Senior Bowl featured seven quarterbacks: Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker, Fresno State’s Jake Haener, Houston’s Clayton Tune, BYU’s Jaren Hall, TCU’s Max Duggan, Shepherd’s Tyson Bagent and Louisville’s Malik Cunningham. 

Spielman much prefers the 2024 collection of passers that includes the following quarterbacks: Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., Oregon’s Bo Nix, Tulane’s Michael Pratt, South Carolina’s Spencer Rattler, Tennessee’s Joe Milton, Notre Dame’s Sam Hartman and South Alabama’s Carter Bradley.  

“The quarterback group was much better than the quarterback group here last year,” Spielman said on the podcast Wednesday. “There are a lot of guys with some natural talent that I was very impressed with. The receiver group and the DB group also impressed me, as well as some of these offensive linemen. Overall, if you look at the roster and from what I saw today, I thought this was a more talented class than we saw last year.”  

Wilson concurred, calling the class “crisp” through Day 2. 

Penix Jr., the 2023 Heisman Trophy runner-up, who led the Huskies to a national runner-up campaign, winning their first 14 games and the final Pac-12 title before falling to Michigan in the College Football Playoffs National Championship game, impressed with his natural arm talent.

“One of the things that stuck out to me about Michael Penix Jr., even though he had some misses,…

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Author : Garrett Podell

Publish date : 2024-02-01 03:11:03

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