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With quarterback Brendan Sorsby applying for the supplemental draft (and assuming the NFL lets him in), the clock is already ticking on the various things that need to be done before a team will be sufficiently comfortable to spend a 2027 draft pick early.
Appearing on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, Sorsbys agent, Ron Slavin, addressed the mechanics of the truncated pre-draft process.
The great thing about him being from Dallas is its the easiest place to get to, Slavin said.
We obviously have all the facilities that he needs to work out in and do all the things he needs to do, and then we put together a Pro Day, and teams can come and meet with him here.
And Im still gonna have the discussion, but Ill probably have Dr.
[Daniel] Cooper do his physical, and then we can distribute the information to all 32 teams.
But its a short window, but well make it happen just because its really easy to make things efficient in Dallas.
Beyond shepherding Sorsby through the pre-supplemental draft process, Slavin also will be advocating for his client.
And while his bias when it comes to saying good things about Sorsby is obvious and predictable, its still interesting to see what Slavin had to say when given the space to sing Sorsbys praises.
If you go [by] a human being, hes the first overall pick, Slavin said.
Hes a great kid.
Theres nothing that youre ever going to have to worry about him off the field.
The apps on his phones and all thats been taken care of, and I really dont think its gonna be an issue moving forward.
I dont think hes got that type of personality.
And on the field, I mean hes, like I said, hes 6'3, 235 [pounds].
Hes I believe, if we had him run a 40, hes gonna run in the 4.4s.
And his arm talent is ridiculous.
He can throw from all the different arm angles.
And if you watch his games against TCU and some others, I mean, hes running away from DBs who ran in the 4.5s.
So hes an elite athlete.
He was a late bloomer.
You know, I think hes only gonna get better because, again, when youre 5'3" as a sophomore in high school and grow 12 inches, youre kind of like a baby giraffe for a while, and then once you settle into your body and you settle into your physical traits, you just get better and better.
I grew up in Wisconsin, and, you know, I watched Brett Favre for years, and I think his personality and his moxie is a lot of Brett Favre.
And then I think the way his arm angles are and some of the things he can do arm-talent wise is, you know, people would say, Oh, this is an agent talking, but no, I think Im a pretty good evaluator.
Its the reason I have a bunch of guys in the league.
Hes a [Patrick] Mahomes, Josh Allen-type of arm angle, arm talent.
None of that means Sorsby will become a franchise quarterback.
But the possibility that Sorsby could develop into a great quarterback should compel every team that doesnt have a long-term answer in place to put in the effort to complete a full and complete evaluation as to how a quarterback who never played for Texas Tech possibly will compare, over time, to the bar set by the three-time Super Bowl-winner who did..