Drew Lock Scouting Report

By: Alex Khvatov

Height: 6’4

Weight: 223

Position: QB

College: Missouri

Number: 3

Strengths

Four-year starter

Team captain for three consecutive years

Good size

Outstanding arm strength (Matthew Stafford type of arm)

Can easily fit the ball into tight windows

Makes big time throws

Quick release

Good deep ball accuracy

Very good athlete, can pick up yards with his feet

Can throw the ball from different angles

Executes his play fakes well

Has gotten better working through those progressions as a senior

Showed improvement in 2018

Weaknesses

Gets rattled under pressure, will force throws and make bad decisions

Below average pocket awareness

Throws flat-footed, doesn’t use his lower body at all

Has a bad habit of throwing off his back foot

Doesn’t read the field well

Stares down his primary targets

Has struggled against top competition

Average ball placement

His accuracy runs hot and cold

Other Notes

Four-star recruit coming out of high school, highly sought after QB

Was an outstanding basketball player, had a few D-I offers

Broke an SEC passing TD record in 2017

Put up some impressive passing numbers during his junior year

His father played OL at Missouri

Overview

There are a lot of QB needy teams in the early part of the first round in this year’s draft.  Quarterbacks always get drafted higher than they should.  I recognize that OC Derek Dooley had a positive effect on Lock during his senior year.  I saw him improve in some areas as a passer in 2018, but you expect to see more out of a four-year starting signal caller.  He is an overrated QB.  I expect Drew Lock to be a top 10-15 pick.  Personally, I have a second-round grade on him.