ESPN NFL Insider Mike Sando went to Orlando, Florida, to watch Jon Gruden's QB Camp tapings with seven draft-eligible quarterbacks. Below, Sando has written up Gruden's biggest takeaways from the interviews and throwing sessions, in Gruden's voice.
In the spotlight are: Clemson's Deshaun Watson, North Carolina's Mitchell Trubisky, Texas Tech's Patrick Mahomes, Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer, Tennessee's Joshua Dobbs, Pittsburgh's Nathan Peterman and Miami's Brad Kaaya.
Mitchell Trubisky, North Carolina
Scouts Inc. ranking: 29
1. Trubisky is a mystery
Trubisky is one of the great quarterback mysteries in the draft over the past 10 years -- a one-hit wonder with an incomplete body of work, to say the least. It's hard when you have only one year of tape. It would have been great to see Trubisky stay at North Carolina and win an ACC championship. Most of the time, you look for 25 to 30 starts. This is not uncharted waters, however. We had a young man named Cam Newton leave after one year. Trubisky is accurate, he is athletic, he has got a real aptitude for it and you can feel his passion when you're around him.
2. Trubisky has more seasoning than his résumé suggests
While most of the underclassmen are quite green, Trubisky is more like a fifth-year senior. He waited his turn at North Carolina. He did not quit, he did not transfer, he did not run away from anything. He stayed there as a redshirt, he backed up Marquise Williams for two years, he stepped in when needed and then he did a good job in his one year as a starter, taking North Carolina to the Sun Bowl.