NFL Draft 2020: Bills make curious fifth-round pick in Jake Fromm

Former Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm fell to the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. This raises the question of if he should’ve waited another year.

Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Jake Fromm’s long wait in the 2020 NFL Draft is over. On Saturday, he was selected in the fifth round with the 167th overall pick by the Buffalo Bills.

Fromm won 35 games in three seasons as the Bulldogs starter leading Georgia to three-straight SEC East titles and taking Georgia to the 2018 National Championship game as a true freshman where they fell to Alabama in overtime.

Despite a stellar freshman season and another productive year as a sophomore, Fromm struggled as a Junior in 2019. He had a five-game streak in which he failed to complete 50 percent of his passes and finished the year with a career-low 61 percent completion rate.

While Fromm’s accuracy was off at times, he did protect the football. He only threw 18 interceptions in three seasons while throwing 78 touchdown passes.

After a rough combine, Fromm’s drop did not come as a huge surprise and he will now be expected to backup Josh Allen to begin his career.

With a late round pick and backup role to show for a winning college career, the big question many will be asking of Fromm is was opting out of his senior season at Georgia the right decision.

The Bulldogs had no clear predecessor lined up after Justin Fields transferred to Ohio State and were forced to add Wake Forrest graduate transfer, Jamie Newman.

Thus, it might’ve made sense for both sides to have had Fromm return to improve his draft stock and help Georgia make another run at an SEC East title.

On the flip side, Fromm could’ve seen another drop in completion percentage and continued to be exposed as simply being nothing more than an elite game manager. In that case, he made the right choice to take the money and run.

Grade: B+

All anyone can do now is speculate, but if he ends up becoming a career backup, plenty of Georgia fans will be wondering what could’ve been with a senior Fromm leading the team for one final season.