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Nov 21, 2015; Raleigh, NC, USA; North Carolina State Wolfpack quarterback Jacoby Brissett (12) looks to pass during the first half against the Syracuse Orange at Carter Finley Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports

Jacoby Brissett, QB North Carolina State

Jacoby Brissett was one of the first players I took a good look at and as I’ve watched more and more film on him he’s begun to grow on me. While he’s not a favorite amongst many draft analyst I believe that Brissett has the skills and drive to be the best quarterback in this class. I know, maybe I’m crazy but I see far too many things in his game that get me excited about him as a player. When I first profiled Brissett he was in the lighter portion of his schedule playing against teams like Old Dominion, Troy and Eastern Kentucky. Those are games in which he should look like an all-star and every season against lighter competition he has.

He’s struggled primarily in the ACC but that’s not to say he isn’t doing everything he can to make it work. The numbers on Brissett don’t agree with anything I’m saying but if we could calculate the number of dropped passes by receivers over the past couple years I’m sure we’d be talking about this guy in the spotlight. In these next two clips I’ll show you the types of throws he can make while his receivers fail to come down with it.

In the clip above the receiver catches the ball and then allows the defender to simply poke it out and it ends up being an incomplete, when it had all the makings of a touchdown.

The second pass is a perfect throw that the receiver had all the way to the ground until the defender ripped it out of his hands for an incomplete. These are the kind of throws that Brissett has made all year, even some of the less contested throws are straight drops. In the NFL, a league of former all-americans and team leaders many of the throws that Brissett makes are more than catchable.

So where is he now? Well at the moment he’s the fourth to sixth best quarterback range on most people’s big board. His numbers are identical to last year and his team is struggling so his stock has neither risen or taken a dive. Jacoby is in the same position that I found him in, so unless you’re attending NC State many people Have NOT Heard Of Jacoby Brissett.

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