Don’t Buy the Hype on Rising Small-School QB Carson Wentz

January 21, 2016   ·   Justis Mosqueda   ·   Jump to comments

If recent rumors are true, one of the more unprecedented hype trains in NFL draft memory is happening right before our eyes. Entering the 2015 regular season, Carson Wentz was a sleeper quarterback prospect. He had the tools and the frame, listed at 6'5" by North Dakota State's official site, to play at the professional level, but because he played in the FCS, most analysts kept the dark-horse label on him throughout the year.
From the eyes of most on the outside, his rise has been sudden. Some might have caught Wentz in the season opener against Montana, the game which kicked off the year for many, but once FBS games hit their television sets, there wasn't much of a point for casual fans to tune into Bison games. In mid-October, Wentz broke his wrist. With that injury, it was assumed that his season was over.
North Dakota State would battle their way through the playoffs without Wentz, though, giving him the opportunity to play in the national championship game on January 9 ...

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