Oregon State Football: 3 reasons to pick Jake Luton in 2020 NFL Draft

Oregon State football’s Jake Luton had a big senior year that has put him in the conversation as a potential draft pick. Why should teams pick him?

With the NFL draft approaching, teams will be looking to land the next Tom Brady-like quarterback in terms of a late-round gem. Could Jake Luton from Oregon State be that guy?

Why should teams take a serious look at Luton?

3. Ability to take care of the ball

Jake Luton’s college career has been one with several twists and turns, however, one thing that he has always managed to do is take care of the ball. In the NFL, if you can just avoid turnovers, you have a chance to win the game even if the other team has a better team on the field.

Luton started his college career at Idaho before finding his way to Oregon State. He started off and on in 2017 and 2018 as he split time with other quarterbacks. In 2019, the show was all his and it paid off as he had a huge senior year which has helped propel him to being a potential draft pick.

Even before he became the full-time starter in 2019 he did a good job keeping care of the ball. In 2017, he had 135 passing attempts with four interceptions, in 2018, he had 224 passing attempts with four interceptions and this past year, he had 358 passing attempts with only three interceptions.

Luton’s ability to take care of the ball and improve in other areas as a quarterback this year was evident as Oregon State almost made a bowl game and Luton had a touchdown-to-interception ratio of better than 9-1. Luton finished with right over 2,700 yards passing and 28 passing touchdowns. His ball security is something scouts will point to when thinking about drafting Luton.