Milroe introduced his intention to leave Alabama on Thursday. Though Milroe has been in Tuscaloosa for 4 seasons, he solely used three years of eligibility. He’ll go on coming again for a redshirt-senior season, being set to hitch the likes of Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders as a part of the 2025 QB class.
In contrast to Ward and Sanders (and Jayden Daniels, Michael Penix Jr. and Bo Nix), Milroe solely performed at one school program. He took the reins at Alabama in 2023 and displayed great athleticism, combining for 32 dashing touchdowns throughout his time because the SEC energy’s starter. This previous season featured 20 Milroe dashing TDs and 726 yards, however it’ll undoubtedly be his passing capacity that shifts beneath the microscope in the course of the predraft course of.
ESPN’s Scouts Inc. shouldn’t be bullish on Milroe’s draft inventory, slotting the Nick Saban recruit sixty fourth total at the moment. He sits behind Sanders (ninth), Ward (18th), Quinn Ewers (sixtieth) and Carson Beck (62nd) at QB presently, although we aren’t but within the predraft course of. Nonetheless competing within the Faculty Soccer Playoff, Ewers has additionally not made it identified if he’ll enter the draft or stay on the school degree. Mel Kiper Jr.’s newest ESPN.com huge board slots Milroe third at QB — behind Sanders and Ward.
After averaging 10 yards per try in 2023, Milroe checked in at 8.9 this season. The four-star recruit from Katy, Texas, solely completed with a 16-11 TD-INT ratio, finishing 64.3% of his passes. The Crimson Tide actually took benefit of Milroe’s dashing skills, as he logged 161 carries in 2023 and 168 this season. Deep-ball accuracy has been one in every of Milroe’s strengths, and he completed the common season rating eighth in QBR. A dominant efficiency in opposition to Georgia (374 passing yards, 117 dashing yards, 4 complete TDs) keyed Alabama’s largest win this season.
As of now, nonetheless, the 6-foot-2 prospect shouldn’t be a surefire first-round choose. Although, the NFL has produced many current examples of predraft rises based mostly on the NFL Scouting Mix, visits and exercises vaulting second-round sorts into Spherical 1 picks. And this 12 months’s draft will characteristic a handful of groups with long-term QB wants. Milroe, then, will turn out to be one of the vital fascinating names on this class.
