Wyoming Football: Is Josh Allen a sure-fire franchise quarterback?

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Final Thoughts

There are a lot of things to like about Josh Allen.

NFL teams will fall in love with his arm talent, his experience in a pro-style offense and his work ethic.

Allen didn’t receive a single football scholarship coming out of high school, and instead had to go to junior college. While he did put up quality numbers leading Reedley College’s offense it didn’t do much to raise Allen’s pedigree as a prospect. However, Allen ultimately did sign a letter of intent to attend the University of Wyoming for his second season of college football.

After missing the majority of his first season at Wyoming due to a broken collar bone Allen truly broke out in his redshirt second season with the Cowboys. Allen threw for 3,254 yards and 28 touchdowns in 13 games and began to receive serious national interest, with some pundits declaring him the top prospect in the 2018 draft class.

And when you start to evaluate his game tape it’s not surprising why.

Josh Allen has impeccable arm talent. When watching him throw, it becomes abundantly clear that Josh can make any throw in the book, even while running for his life behind the line of scrimmage. Observers will routinely see Allen launching the ball 40+ yards in the air with a defender in his face, but to mixed results.

Allen only completed 56.2 percent of his passes in his college career thus far. If this trend continues through his redshirt junior season Josh will have the second worst accuracy of any top QB prospect since 2012, only ahead of Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg and his 56.1 percent completion percentage.

Additionally, Allen has already thrown 15 interceptions in his college career. If this trend continues into his redshirt junior season Allen will have thrown 30 interceptions in his college career, tied for the third most of the players being profiled. When added to the 27 sacks he took in the 2016 season it becomes clear that Josh needs to make better decisions with the ball in his hand.

While he may not be the most accurate passer in college football, he does possess an eclectic set of skills that will enthrall coaches at the next level.

Unlike top NFL prospects like Mitch Trubisky, who took 98 percent of his snaps out of the shotgun, Allen has already spent two seasons in a pro-style offense. Josh’s ability to operate an offense from under center, call a huddle and read opposing defenses will undoubtably balloon his draft stock passed any minor deficiencies scouts see on tape.

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Josh Allen’s gunslinger mentality will make him a polarizing prospect for some scouts, but there will be without a doubt teams who absolutely fall in love with his athleticism, arm strength and potential, and will view him as the savior their franchise is in desperate need of.

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