2020 NFL Draft: Should Jake Fromm declare or not?

The 2020 NFL Draft class has a number of possible franchise quarterbacks. Should Jake Fromm declare early or stay at Georgia for one more season?

The 2020 NFL Draft class is looking loaded at the top. I put together a list of the current top 32 prospects for the 2020 class which you can look at here.

One of the top players in the country right now is Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm, to no one’s surprise.

Fromm isn’t as gifted physically and athletically as a player like Justin Fields, whom Fromm was blocking from playing time at Georgia. He doesn’t have the ‘elite’ arm talent we see from guys like Baker Mayfield or Josh Allen.

But Fromm does a lot of things really well that NFL teams are going to covet, which is why he came in at number 16 overall on the initial big board.

I think Fromm is a no-brainer first-round prospect for his combination of poise, leadership, experience, his reps in a pro-style offense, accuracy, decision making, and mobility, but even if he’s a no-brainer first-round pick, is it a no-brainer that he will enter the 2020 NFL Draft?

I’m not so sure.

As our pal Brooks Austin points out, the Georgia native signed up to play for the Bulldogs so he could help them win a National Title. Although Georgia has been in contention since Fromm stepped on campus and will continue to be in contention as long as he’s there.

It’s possible that Fromm cares more about leaving a legacy as a Georgia Bulldog than he does about being one of the quarterbacks taken in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, but the real kicker here is whether or not Fromm has a chance to be the top QB selected.

We just watched Justin Herbert pass on that opportunity this year so he could return to the Oregon Ducks program for one more season, a decision that certainly involves risk but it’s worked out thus far for Herbert.

Whether Fromm declares for the 2020 NFL Draft as an underclassman or waits until the 2021 NFL Draft, he’s likely to be — at best — the second or third quarterback off the board.

That is, unless something unexpected comes up.

The 2020 NFL Draft not only features Justin Herbert, who is QB1 for some, it also could feature one of Fromm’s SEC rivals, Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa.

Right now, many feel like Tagovailoa is the odds-on favorite to be the top quarterback selected.

The 2021 NFL Draft could include players like Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence and Ohio State’s Justin Fields. Both of those players would likely be slotted ahead of Fromm barring injury.

It’s not that Fromm is a bad prospect, either. He’s a good one. He might not have a high ceiling like some of these other guys in terms of being a pure playmaker, but Fromm is going to be a starting quarterback in the NFL for a long time in my opinion.

That evaluation does not always have to include elite traits or physical skills.

Fromm makes all the throws. He comes through in the clutch. He reads the field exceptionally well. He puts the team before personal stats or achievements.

There’s a lot to love about him, and that doesn’t even include his work habits.

He’s probably more pro-ready in some regards than a lot of prospects in college football just based on the way he works and operates and sees the game, but if Fromm doesn’t win a National Championship with Georgia this year, why not go back and try it again in 2020?

If Fromm is able to lead the Bulldogs to a championship this year, it would make sense for him to leave school early. If not?

I think we’ll see him back in Athens in 2020.