Jimmy Garoppolo: Pro Day Reaction and Analysis

March 5, 2014   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

As NFL scouts and coaches make the annual cross-country trek to view pro days at colleges from Syracuse to San Francisco, March 4 brought many of them to the Windy City.
Of course, most of the scouts gathered at Northwestern University weren't there to watch the Wildcats work out.
No, the star attraction was Eastern Illinois quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who has been steadily rising up draft boards through the college all-star contests and scouting combine.
In fact, at least one former NFL executive thinks Garoppolo may have worked his way all the way into the NFL draft's first round:
The 6'2", 226-pound Garoppolo, who was the Walter Payton Award winner last year as the top offensive player at the FCS level, has been one of the most talked-about prospects in all of college football since thrusting himself into the spotlight at the East-West Shrine Game.
A strong showing there got Garoppolo an invite to the Senior Bowl. From there, it was on to Indy and the combi...

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