Florida QB Kyle Trask surges on PFF's latest NFL Mock Draft
Kyle Trask has one of those stories you don’t hear much about anymore.
Trask was a high school backup quarterback to Miami’s D’Eriq King, and now, he’s the face of Florida football. Trask signed at Florida as a no-name pro-style quarterback in the Jim McElwain era.
Trask was basically a career backup until starter Feleipe Franks went down in 2019 against Kentucky. Trask led the Gators in the come-from-behind road victory and the rest is history. He finished last year 237-of-354 for 2,41 yards, 25 touchdowns and 7 INTs. He was expected to have a good year in 2020.
Well, that good year expectation turned into a great year expectation following his 6-touchdown performance against Ole Miss. Trask completed 30-of-42 passes for 416 yards in the Week 1 win. Now, folks are talking about Trask for the Heisman Trophy and looking ahead to the NFL Draft.
In Pro Football Focus’ latest NFL Mock Draft, Trask is now projected as a top 15 pick to the Las Vegas Raiders and Jon Gruden. Here’s the synopsis on Trask from the website.
If the Raiders miss the playoffs for the third straight season under head coach Jon Gruden, you can bet all options will be on the table at the quarterback position. Trask seems like just the type of pocket passer Gruden craves, and if he plays as he did in Week 1 for the rest of the season, the Raiders will have to trade up for him. He had four big-time throws in a superb 416-yard passing day against Ole Miss.
His Florida teammate, Kyle Pitts, is projected to be a top 11 pick to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Of course, it’s only after Week 1, and Mock Drafts will certainly look much different even next month; however, Trask’s surge from a backup to a potential first-round pick is the stuff Disney movies are made about.
Trask’s dream continues Saturday at 12:00 p.m. ET against South Carolina.
PFF likes Kyle Trask? What will Corch the Moron do now?
Can’t believe I managed to post before the usual Moron triumvirate.
Seriously now I was just thinking what a difference from the way 2019 began. Franks had a solid bunch of games to end the 2018 season and we were all exited to see how much better he would be in year 2 of the Mullen system. Then he had that up and down game against Miami with boneheaded plays/INTs and was not doing too well losing to UK. Enter Trask and again our QB had a bunch of solid games to end the 2019 season.
Then he goes out and looks so good in his 2020 debut. Now this is what we expected for a second year Mullen QB and much more
Not everyone was excited to see franks start 2019. He missed wide open receivers in the 2018 bowl game 3 times for td’s. Every time I see Franks I think of Bull Durham “ He’s got a million dollar arm but a 5 cent head”
This offseason I’ve heard and read where some fans think Emory should be playing more. Hopefully, the can now relax and watch the best QB we’ve had in a very long time. Kid deserves every bit of credit and time on the field that he can get.
I hear you but some of us thought he would improve his decision making and take another leap forward. He did take a massive leap in 2018 from his 2017 season.
After his performance last week against the mutts those things you mention as well as his tendency to throw boneheaded picks have not improved at all. He is what he is, and so is Trask
Cojones I have seen multiple UGA article where you were the first to comment. Your hypocrisy is dumbfounding
You know nothing bro
I know that no one has called me “bro” since the 90’s
Crotch the moron will be sniffing like a good gig! Lol. Ugly british dog!!!
Somewhere in Georgia Corch’s head just exploded.
So I’m guessing he’s not their 48th ranked quarterback anymore. SMH.
Trask >> Fromm
lol
Just curious, why are you laughing at that? Fromm was a consistent 2700 yd 25 td QB. Trask did that in 10 games last season with no running game and is on pace to obliterate it in 10 games this season. Take Fromm’s running game away and see what happens. If you’re basing it off who has more hardware, then yes Fromm wins, but as far as being a QB, it’s not that far fetched to claim Trask is better.
I’m laughing because it’s irrelevant. It’s a sad attempt at trolling. Trask may very well be better than Fromm but who cares? Fromm isn’t playing anymore.
True
Yeah but what about Stetson Heisman Bennet
@17Tide Why are y’all bring up Fromm?? He’s gone. This is a pathetic attempt at trolling. Fromm has a better resume… so far. Fromm was also in an offense that wanted him to throw 15 times a game. Y’all want to act like Fromm was garbage. Why? He was a good kid. Won a lot of games for us. Very smart pre snap and overcame a lot of physical deficiencies by making good decisions. Trask definitely has better size to be a QB in the NFL but like Fromm his arm strength is nothing extraordinary. I’m just confused what point you’re trying to make. Why not say Trask>>Mac?? That’s true now too right. Why compare him to a guy that isn’t even playing anymore.
@cojones And no one, I mean NO ONE is saying Stetson is winning the Heisman. He’s a placeholder until JT is healthy. He played pretty well. Again what’s the point in trashing him? It’s just more butthurt over being clobbered by the Dawgs the past 3 years. And I’m sure these stupid comments will continue until we beat you again this year. Then just wash and repeat.
Finally PFF is legitimate.
No, their quarterback grading is still flawed and there’s really no way to fix it unless they can divine what the route assignments were and what the correct receiver adjustments were.
And one poster just lost half of his material.
Hhaha, I’m sure his tiny brain is scrambling to find something else to beat to death.
Poor PFF boy
I was a FLA doubter but I gotta admit Trask looked great against Miss. And with UGA looking unstable at QB this could be Florida’s year to get the East back.
I can agree on all points here but would point out it’s week 1. There’s still a long way to go.
Check back in after Saturday, thanks
Will check back indeed… you are most welcome.
Shut up cock! Go back to your hens!!!
It has to be hard being a USC fan. Always so irrelevant. Always the ugly step child in the east. Always taking sloppy seconds for coaches. Always hoping that maybe Muschamp will hold the opponent below 17 points so y’all can get a win. Always hoping he won’t make a stupid call at the end of a close game and blow it for you. Must be a lot of heavy drinking going on for you. I know I struggled with it when that clown was our head coach.
@PalmettoPig Yeah… just checking back in after Saturday as you requested!!!
He’s already onto the next troll job.
Congratulations. Thought it was a well-fought game for the most part. Trasks numbers should have him as early heisman fav. If the gamecocks are as bad as you all seem to think then perhaps Florida has a lot of work to do. There is no answer for Pitts, and I imagine there won’t be (at the college level at least)
I’m glad to see that at least one writer knows that Trask had been a backup quarterback for more than 161 straight games when he started for the Gators last year.
Leeland, I think you need to check your calculations. At a high average of 11 games per year, 161 games is just shy of 15 years worth of football. That would put the start of Trask’s football career pretty close to kindergarten.
Who cares after they were dumb enough to ranked him 46th in the country after last yr. Ahead of guys like JG from Tenn lol
Yo Corch WYA???
Probably praying Georgia squeaks past AUBURN TODAY!!!