Alabama QB Jalen Milroe Has The HIGHEST Ceiling In The 2025 NFL Draft

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Joe DeLeone and Ryan Roberts break down 2025 NFL Draft prospect from Alabama football, Jalen Milroe. Tune in for a full Jalen Milroe Scouting Report

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00:00Jalen Milrow is the true third best quarterback in this class.

00:04Here's why.

00:08Apparently the NFL loves Jalen Milrow as the possible third

00:12quarterback selected.

00:14Why does he separate himself from Jackson Dart and many others?

00:18Well, I think love might be a little bit too strong, but I do

00:21still think that there is a lot of people around the NFL that

00:24are fascinated by Jalen Milrow and the talent that he brings

00:27to the table.

00:27And I think when you compare that specifically to other

00:29quarterbacks, Joe, that will obviously do during this video.

00:32But then in future videos, it's the arm strength, it's the

00:35athleticism, like it's just a different tier of just overall

00:39physical tools.

00:40Is he there as a passer?

00:41Is he going to be ready to play in 2025?

00:44The answer to both those questions is probably no, but

00:47when you compare it to Jackson Dart, who's a fine athlete, but

00:50has just average to below average arm strength and some

00:52other quarterbacks that have deficiencies, if we're talking

00:55about a kid to gamble on somewhere in the second round, I

00:58do believe that the NFL likes Jalen Milrow and those tools

01:00enough to be able to, to be able to pull the trigger on him

01:04sometime early in the top 50.

01:06Right.

01:06We talk about, when we look at the upside here with him, you

01:09could see somebody who could be a plus starter in the NFL.

01:12Now the percentage of him actually succeeding and becoming

01:14a plus starter, that's a separate conversation.

01:17It's going to require a lot of work.

01:19We'll talk about his weaknesses in a second, but where the

01:22excitement comes from, this is a big athlete, a guy that can

01:25move and is fast despite being listed at over 220 pounds.

01:30He picks up, picks up speed in a hurry, and he's also

01:33got a pretty strong arm.

01:35The problem that we look at when we look at his tape, the

01:37decision-making is brutal.

01:38The decision-making is all over the place.

01:41He has had three different offensive coordinators in three

01:44different years, two different head coaches.

01:46I feel for Jalen Milrow, but he was really hamstrung by the

01:50circumstance of what he went through.

01:52That's why I give him a little bit more grace than somebody

01:54like Jackson Dart, because if the tools can be unlocked and

01:57there's patience with him and he goes somewhere in the second

02:00or third round, there's a possibility he could pan out

02:02and actually start for a team.

02:04Well, I think neither one of us are jockeying for him to be a

02:06first-round pick, right?

02:07We're jockeying for people to understand that there is still

02:11developmental upside with a Jalen Milrow.

02:13He's still a younger quarterback.

02:14He's just a fourth-year player coming out and he left a

02:17fifth-year on the table.

02:18And there was moments the last two years we saw in

02:212023 under Tommy Reese.

02:23He showed a lot of improvements down the stretch of the season.

02:252024, Kaelin DeBoer, things started out in a really good

02:28spot, but then he kind of fizzled down the end, but the

02:30rest of the team also fizzled down the end.

02:33There are obvious deficiencies on the table, but if you are

02:36going to a situation where you could be patient and you have a

02:39good developmental plan for Jalen Milrow, there is still

02:41talent there to utilize and to harness.

02:44Yeah, the talent is certainly there.

02:46And I think that when he was coming out as a recruit, we all

02:50saw the talent of what he could be.

02:51There's a reason why Nick Saban was willing to invest in

02:54him as a possible starter, despite Bill O'Brien telling

02:57him he wasn't a quarterback.

02:59This was a four-star recruit per 247 sports.

03:02He was the 14th ranked quarterback in the class and the

03:0518th overall prospect in the state of Texas.

03:09What else is there to know about Jalen Milrow's background?

03:12Yeah, I mean, like you said, he was a dual-thread kid coming

03:14out of Tompkins High School in the state of Texas, but there

03:17was a lot of excitement around him going to Alabama.

03:19He didn't play a ton.

03:21His first couple of years, and then he had the opportunity

03:23as a Richard sophomore to be able to fight for that starting

03:26job along with the likes of Tyler Buckner, Ty Simpson.

03:29And he was able to win that job out, even though he was

03:31probably by some viewed as a little bit of the wild card

03:35in that race.

03:36So we have now seen the production take upticks at times.

03:40We've seen a lot of great moments.

03:41This is a young man that no matter what class you dub him

03:44into from an athleticism perspective is about as good as

03:48we've seen come out in several years, which is why he was

03:51a top 100 recruit coming out of Tompkins by multiple platforms

03:54and is why Alabama Nick Saban took a chance on him back

03:58in that recruiting class.

03:59It's really funny when we go back and we're looking at his

04:02tape now of when he was a recruit and the talking points

04:06on him then and the talking points on him now were high

04:09ceiling.

04:10He just needs some work and he's taking steps forward.

04:12He's improved.

04:13He's physically gotten stronger.

04:16He's added the build that he needs to be an NFL quarterback.

04:20But for some reason, though, over that period of time, the

04:23decision making just still never fully got there.

04:26The reason why I just brought up a second ago could be the

04:28driving force of having so many different offensive coordinators,

04:31especially not having one that didn't really believe in him.

04:34But that has always been the biggest talking point with him

04:37as a former recruit.

04:38And then now as a draft prospect is not having the instinct

04:43to be a playmaker consistently.

04:46Right.

04:47Well, and that's the that's the boomer bus quality to Jalen

04:51Milrow, right?

04:52The boom is strong arm athlete.

04:55There's a lot of upside there.

04:56But the bus factor is quite simply, Joe, at some point you

04:59have to say we keep talking about upside.

05:02Sometimes it's got to actualize into on field consistent

05:05production, right?

05:06We've seen it in spurts, but it has not been consistent.

05:09There might honestly, in the end, there might just be a lack

05:12of understanding of playing the quarterback position at

05:16a high level.

05:16This might just be a great athlete and great talent playing

05:19the quarterback position.

05:21We don't know that for sure yet because he hasn't gotten the

05:24NFL coaching up until this point.

05:26But if we're talking about this, we're having the same

05:29conversation within the next two years or so.

05:31That's probably not a good sign that he ends up.

05:34He's not going to end up hitting his ceiling.

05:36Now we had to dig a little bit deep for talking pro comp for

05:40Jalen Milrow.

05:41We were trying to come up with someone current.

05:42I keep pitching you on Jalen Hurts, and you have shot me

05:45down 100 times out of 10.

05:48You like Aaron Brooks out of Virginia, who played for the

05:52Saints for a period of time and had a little bit of success.

05:55203 pounds coming out of college.

05:58He was listed around six foot four, so he's a little bit

06:01bigger and leaner.

06:02But why do you see that comparison?

06:04And why do you feel comfortable with that?

06:06Because they were both tremendous athletes.

06:09Aaron Brooks actually was the because he wasn't was.

06:12He is the cousin of Allen Iverson, and he comes from that

06:15lineage of the state of Virginia, where he played high

06:17school football.

06:18And he is an incredible athlete, and he was an incredible

06:21athlete.

06:22And during his time with the Saints, he would make some

06:24ungodly throws.

06:25I remember during the quarterback challenge days.

06:27Joe, he went.

06:28Oh, my God.

06:28Yes, he, of course, won like 75 yards, bro.

06:30Like he had one of the strongest arms in the NFL during that

06:34time.

06:34He was a tremendous athlete.

06:35He used to make some magic happen, but there was

06:38inconsistencies.

06:39The accuracy was spotty.

06:40The decision making was spotty.

06:42It's the same with Jalen Milrow.

06:43All the strengths that Aaron Brooks had as a football player.

06:46Jalen Milrow also has his running ability, his ability to

06:49throw the football with high velocity.

06:51But the inconsistencies are what scares you, and the

06:54inconsistencies are what could potentially hold someone like

06:57Jalen Milrow back like it did with Aaron Brooks when he

06:59played for the Saints.

07:00Hopefully, Jalen Milrow can pan out.

07:02At the very least, he can be a contributing backup on a

07:05roster.

07:06Folks, let us know below.

07:07What team do you want to see draft Jalen Milrow?

07:10Hit that like button and subscribe, and we'll talk to you

07:12later.

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