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Phil Jurkovec. player. 55. Scouting Report. Boston College. Pick Analysis. QB. 14
By the time the 2022 NFL Draft rolls around, the discussion over which quarterbacks will and won’t be first-round prospects will be a fascinating one.
At this time a year ago, nobody was talking up Zach Wilson as a potential top draft choice, not even a little bit.
There are a lot of those types of guys that people have been anticipating ahead of time, players like Phil Jurkovec here out of Boston College, but he’s not alone. There are players like Ole Miss QB Matt Corral, Cincinnati QB Desmond Ridder, and Nevada QB Carson Strong that are also worthy of — at the very least — the belief that they can make that Zach Wilson-like jump.
Given the fact that at least one QB goes from a day two or day three status to the top 10 every year (Baker Mayfield in 2018, Kyler Murray and Daniel Jones in 2019, Joe Burrow in 2020, Zach Wilson in 2021), we certainly won’t be alone in lofty projections that may or may not come to pass.
With a lot of NFL concepts in the Boston College offense, Phil Jurkovec could be more this year’s version of Mac Jones than Zach Wilson, but you get the idea.
With Ben Roethlisberger’s sand timer almost completely out, the Steelers have to have one eye on the future at the position.
They do have Dwayne Haskins, an intriguing reclamation project, but Jurkovec is a fit in this spot for the time being if he has the breakout season many anticipate he will.
A former Notre Dame transfer, Jurkovec has intriguing dual-threat abilities and he’s got a receiver in Zay Flowers that might jump into the first-round conversation if Jurkovec can boost his stock.