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ESPN NFL Insider Mike Sando went to Orlando, Florida, to watch Jon Gruden's QB Camp taping with Colorado State quarterback Garrett Grayson. Sando has written, in Gruden's voice, Gruden's biggest takeaways from the interview and throwing sessions.
You can see Gruden's episode with Grayson Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN.
1. Mental quickness within a pro-style mindset is what separates Grayson from the others.
This guy has had a vast amount of training and is further along than most guys I've met in the last 3-4 years because of Steve Fairchild and the staff Jim McElwain had at Colorado State. Grayson has had a different type of training, being with two different guys who have been in the NFL. He is very quick mentally, and he just knows what I'm talking about. We covered four hours of film in an hour. You can cover a week's worth of football in a day with him.
Grayson has great recall. As soon as a play came up on the tape we watched together, he knew what it was. He could remember every single aspect of the play. The game-winner against Boston College, he found his fifth option on a route they had never even run before. That is a dead route. He threw the dead route on the biggest play in Colorado State history. He just has unbelievable recall, a photographic mind. That is impressive. He is obviously wired into this stuff pretty good. I like him a lot.
2. His arm isn't going to blow you away.
Grayson does not try to overpower you with the ball. You can tell he is more interested in location. He did not spin it great at our workout, but these were not great balls, either. Overall, he is pretty accurate. He did great in the key drill. I just think he is what you are looking for. Quick-minded as can be. Can kill a play, no problem. Opposite, ringo, lucky, laser, razor -- he makes all the calls. And he runs 4.7 and has 10½-inch hands and can play in bad weather. He is a great kid, too.
3. Grayson's draft stock could be a lot higher than people realize.
A team with an offense that wants to do a lot of things is going to like Grayson. I'm not talking about a zone-read, dive-option offense. I'm talking about a team that wants to do what New England is doing in preparing Jimmy Garoppolo after taking him early in the 2014 second round. I could see this guy going in the second round -- easily. I would be shocked if he isn't taken that early. I could even see him sneaking into the first round when you look at a lot of the teams that need quarterbacks.
His stock will be rising, especially after he had a great pro day. He didn't run in Indianapolis. He was MVP of the Senior Bowl. If you are not real careful with this kid, he will get off the mat and kick your butt. He just won't quit. Ask Boston College. He will gray shirt, he will redshirt, he will go to his home in Vancouver, Washington, catch a salmon, come back and kick your butt. He did it against Washington State; he did it against Utah State.
4. Three kinds of quickness matter a great deal for quarterbacks, and Grayson has a head start on the most important one.
We talk about the three kinds of quickness: the mental quickness, the arm quickness and the foot quickness. He has the mental quickness, and that is the hardest quickness to achieve. You can get a quarterback coach who can increase the quickness of your arm. We did a couple of drills to work on quickening Grayson's release. You can get your feet a little quicker by working plyometrics and things like that. To have this type of mental quickness at this stage of the game is going to serve him very well. He can take what is inside out onto the field, no problem.
ESPN NFL Insider Mike Sando went to Orlando, Florida, to watch Jon Gruden's QB Camp taping with Colorado State quarterback Garrett Grayson. Sando has written, in Gruden's voice, Gruden's biggest takeaways from the interview and throwing sessions.
You can see Gruden's episode with Grayson Saturday at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN.
1. Mental quickness within a pro-style mindset is what separates Grayson from the others.
This guy has had a vast amount of training and is further along than most guys I've met in the last 3-4 years because of Steve Fairchild and the staff Jim McElwain had at Colorado State. Grayson has had a different type of training, being with two different guys who have been in the NFL. He is very quick mentally, and he just knows what I'm talking about. We covered four hours of film in an hour. You can cover a week's worth of football in a day with him.
Grayson has great recall. As soon as a play came up on the tape we watched together, he knew what it was. He could remember every single aspect of the play. The game-winner against Boston College, he found his fifth option on a route they had never even run before. That is a dead route. He threw the dead route on the biggest play in Colorado State history. He just has unbelievable recall, a photographic mind. That is impressive. He is obviously wired into this stuff pretty good. I like him a lot.
2. His arm isn't going to blow you away.
Grayson does not try to overpower you with the ball. You can tell he is more interested in location. He did not spin it great at our workout, but these were not great balls, either. Overall, he is pretty accurate. He did great in the key drill. I just think he is what you are looking for. Quick-minded as can be. Can kill a play, no problem. Opposite, ringo, lucky, laser, razor -- he makes all the calls. And he runs 4.7 and has 10½-inch hands and can play in bad weather. He is a great kid, too.
3. Grayson's draft stock could be a lot higher than people realize.
A team with an offense that wants to do a lot of things is going to like Grayson. I'm not talking about a zone-read, dive-option offense. I'm talking about a team that wants to do what New England is doing in preparing Jimmy Garoppolo after taking him early in the 2014 second round. I could see this guy going in the second round -- easily. I would be shocked if he isn't taken that early. I could even see him sneaking into the first round when you look at a lot of the teams that need quarterbacks.
His stock will be rising, especially after he had a great pro day. He didn't run in Indianapolis. He was MVP of the Senior Bowl. If you are not real careful with this kid, he will get off the mat and kick your butt. He just won't quit. Ask Boston College. He will gray shirt, he will redshirt, he will go to his home in Vancouver, Washington, catch a salmon, come back and kick your butt. He did it against Washington State; he did it against Utah State.
4. Three kinds of quickness matter a great deal for quarterbacks, and Grayson has a head start on the most important one.
We talk about the three kinds of quickness: the mental quickness, the arm quickness and the foot quickness. He has the mental quickness, and that is the hardest quickness to achieve. You can get a quarterback coach who can increase the quickness of your arm. We did a couple of drills to work on quickening Grayson's release. You can get your feet a little quicker by working plyometrics and things like that. To have this type of mental quickness at this stage of the game is going to serve him very well. He can take what is inside out onto the field, no problem.
