Day 129

Fresh Start_129: Be on the lookout for this guy
*A little note before today’s Fresh Start… The Week 17 picks will go up on Saturday morning, there is no Thursday game this week, so I want to get the most accurate lines as possible for the last week of my picks. I will be doing picks for the playoffs but without the lines. *

It’s that time of year in college football where you start to look toward next season. With the majority of the bowl games over and done with—and the National Championship just about to get underway, let’s look forward to the 2017-18 college football season and one player in particular. That player is UCLA Quarterback Josh Rosen. Rosens’ 2016 season was cut short due to an injured left shoulder that he suffered in a loss to Colorado on November 4th. Rosen will be entering his Junior season next year and he will currently be the 2nd ranked quarterback on the big boards of NFL teams behind this years’ Heisman winner Lamar Jackson. Rosen might even have a better career in the NFL than Jackson due to the system that he is in under Jim Mora at UCLA.

In his Freshman season, Rosen threw for 3,760 yards, 23 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions with a 60% completion percentage. Rosen was on pace for that this season, throwing for 1,915 yards, 10 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions with a 59.3% completion percentage. He was currently on the Heisman watch while he was playing, and moving into 2017 I would definitely have him on my radar for the Heisman next season. I wouldn’t bet money that he would go in front of Lamar Jackson if they both enter the draft—but it could be a possibly with the way that Rosen can throw the ball. I would compare Rosen to a hybrid between Matt Ryan and Matthew Stafford. Rosen has the ability to run but doesn’t do it often and also is a gun slinger like Stafford. However, Rosen has a similar throwing motion and accuracy as Ryan. I think he will have the same hype around him as Blake Bortles or Ryan Tannehill, but have a better pro career than both of those players.

My advice to Rosen would be to stay all 4 years because of the injury to his left shoulder this season. The shelf life of a quarterback is greater than a runningback or linebacker so he will have to grow in college. Plus, with Jackson still at Louisville, Rosen is not the number one QB in his own class. If he stays, he would be the best QB in the 2019 class and go off the board earlier than if he enters with Jackson. The teams that will need a quarterback will not fill all of their spots, even with Jackson by the time that Rosen leaves after his senior year. Rosen will be an unbelievable pro player, and I am just bringing his bandwagon into the spotlight so you can hope on the bandwagon before it is too late.
Sources:(espn.com, latimes.com)

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