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The Case For Carson Wentz

On to our next candidate in Carson Wentz, a small-school quarterback from Bismarck, North Dakota who played his college career for his hometown state North Dakota State Bison.

Coming out of high school Wentz wasn’t a big star recruit, who was actually a zero star recruit playing wide receiver and linebacker before switching before his senior year.

Besides Central Michigan, he didn’t receive any offers which led to his decisions to stay in state and play for NDSU.

After red- shirting his first season at North Dakota State in 2011, then backing up Brock Jensen for two seasons, Wentz finally got his chance to start in 2014.

He finished his first season as a starter with a 15-1 record and won the  FCS Championship game against Illinois State.

In that year he threw for 3,111 yards with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions; an impressive season for a first time starter.

But in 2015 he suffered an injury that would cost him more than half his season.

Wentz broke his wrist in Week 6 and missed the following next eight weeks before returning to the National Championship.

Wentz doesn’t have much tape to watch, but based on the ones that he does have, including an impressive week at the Senior Bowl, the small school prospect has teams thinking it may not be the level of competition that was the reason he succeeded in college.

Wentz played in a pro-style offense playing in multiple formations such as shotgun, pistol, and under center. He’s mobile enough to run some read option concepts.

He has an NFL arm that’s capable of making every throw, and excelled at play-action at NDSU.

He’s accurate throwing intermediate and deep passes, He’s a big quarterback standing at 6’5 235 pounds he’s tough and big enough to stand in the pocket and make tough throws.

Wentz does have some concerns, and one of the biggest ones is the level of talent he faced, as he didn’t face any complex defenses and the level of competition wasn’t comparable to the other prospects like Goff.

Wentz needs to better his technique with his footwork and learning how to throw on the bootleg as sometimes he fails to turn his shoulders. He’s also dealt with a certain amount of injuries breaking his wrist in his senior year and also Dealing with arm and shoulder injuries in high school while playing baseball.

Wentz does have some concerns, and he’s not a sure thing, but his potential is undeniable. He has the prototype build for a quarterback, and watching him play you see a star in the making.

With the right coaching and patience he can become that franchise quarterback.

Next: The Decision