1. Jake Fromm is relentlessly efficient
Jake Fromm wasn’t supposed to be here. Jacob Eason began the season as Georgia’s starting quarterback, but an injury in the Bulldogs’ first game of the season saw his tenure give way to the talented freshman passer. Instead of being a temporary fix, Fromm took the job and ran with it.
He hasn’t put up gaudy numbers like Baker Mayfield, but he hasn’t had to. Given the efficiency of the Georgia offense all Fromm has to do is make the conventional throws and help his running backs move the chains. He’s completed fewer 10 or fewer passes in seven games this season. The Bulldogs are 7-0 in those games.
Fromm enters the College Football Playoff with 21 touchdowns, five interceptions and a 63 percent completion percentage. He’s yet to throw more than one interception in any game of his collegiate career and has multiple touchdown passes and no interceptions in each of his last two starts.
Georgia started their season with the intention to isolate their freshman passer from challenging situations. He’s matured and developed significantly since his first road start against Notre Dame. He’ll be ready to make plays, he just might not need to do so.