Jake Bentley wins throwing competition at Manning Passing Academy
South Carolina fans are hoping QB Jake Bentley can take a big step forward this summer and be the star quarterback he was supposed to be when he came to Columbia.
On Saturday at the Manning Passing Academy, Bentley showed that he has been making some improvements.
As you can see below, Bentley won the Air-it-Out throwing competition at the MPA this year, beating out some other big-name quarterbacks in the process:
Jake Bentley of South Carolina is the winner of the 2019 Air-It-Out throwing competition at Manning Passing Academy. @AdvocateSports pic.twitter.com/01xoR5xZeq
— Treasure Washington (@Twashington490) June 30, 2019
Naturally, this wasn’t exactly against live competition, so Bentley still has some work to do when the pads are on this fall.
However, this is a good sign for the rising senior, and should help with his confidence as Week 1 draws closer.
If he can just cut down the turnovers, we’ll be fine
I think we torch UNC by +30 points the offense should be much improved this year and the Defense could be a force. This is Bentley’s year no excuses if the run game comes together this might get interesting
We’ve seen what he is capable of in the utter destruction of Clemson’s elite NFL defense. Now if he can stop with the INTs this offense should be able to go.
His arm has never been an issue. It’s definitely nfl quality. It’s his head and decision making that’s been the issue. If the game slows down for him, he could be special. We will have to see how this plays out.
Exactly!
He reminds me of Tyler Bray. Million dollar arm and $3 brain.
Then what is your assessment of Fromm, you know the guy that finished 5 spots behind Bentley in passer rating (cumulative rating) last year?
What rating is that? From what I just saw, Fromm had a rating of 171 and Bentley at 146. That’s not close. Fromm is much better at ball security. Fromm had a td-int ratio of 30-6. Bentley 27-14. That’s not close. Fromm 67% completion percentage to 62% for Bentley. The only stat Bentley wins in yards. He threw for 400 more, but it took 80 more attempts to do that. You probably ought to check your source again.
I don’t know where Fromm finished compared to Bentley, except in the SEC Championship. You want Fromm or Bentley as your starter?
You are 100% correct my stats did not refresh. My bad. Still to compare Bentley and Bray is asinine. And to say he has $3 brain is crazy. The guy still finished in the top 5 of every category in SEC passing except pics last year, which nobody mentions he was learning a new offensive scheme and dealt with rotating injuries at WR.
Asinine is correct. Bray’s QB rating was higher in each of his first two seasons and had a higher overall rating. (I know, Bentley was 11 years old his first season). I really don’t mean to pile on Bentley, but the guy is hyped. Where are the big wins? All the talking heads say he has all the tools to play at the next level. Just doesn’t seem to ever live up to the hype.
Hurts for me to say this but the comparison is legit. He’s nowhere near as bad as Bray, but his decision making is head scratching for at least 1.5 quarters a game.
I might be remembering wrong but I thought Bray was pretty good. And he’s stuck around the NFL as a floating backup for awhile… Can’t be that bad.
He has one incomplete pass attempt in his professional career as a backup with KC. He was so bad that game, they had to put the starter back in. He spent most of his career inactive, on IR, or a practice squad.
Bray threw for 3500 yards his last year at UT, which Bentley is more than poised to do. Bray also threw for 12 INT’s and only won 5 games. Bray was erratic with his decision making, which cost his team games (e.g. the INT against us to lose the game on the final drive). Bray probably left another 800 yards on the field that year.
The physical tools have never been in question when it comes to Jake. Physically he’s an elite QB. He’s just so inconsistent, since his freshman year, and THAT has been the problem. If he’s consistently making good decisions this could be a very special year, regardless of the schedule. If not it’s going to get ugly fast.