Jalen
Milroe.
Jalen
Milroe.
Alabama· 6'2"· 217 lb
"The most dangerous athlete at the position in his class and one of the least finished passers, Milroe was a developmental quarterback whose floor was a package player and whose ceiling required a full rebuild of his pocket process."Pre-draft read
Milroe is a genuine dual threat in the literal sense — the running is not a bailout, it is a weapon a coordinator can scheme around. He has legitimate breakaway speed with the ball in his hands, and his 20 rushing touchdowns in 2024 came from designed keepers, zone-read pulls and scrambles that turned third-and-long into first downs. The arm matches the legs: he can drive a deep out from the far hash and layer the vertical shot without stepping into it.
The problem is everything between the snap and the throw. His eyes stick on the first read, his internal clock speeds up under interior pressure, and his accuracy scatters when his feet are not synced with the route.
The Seattle Seahawks are transitioning towards a spread RPO and play-action heavy system that emphasizes quarterback mobility and downfield passing.
Initially a situational 3rd down and red zone weapon, developing into a starting RPO/play-action quarterback with dynamic run-pass threat capabilities.
A traditional West Coast timing offense that demands precision pocket passing and limited quarterback-designed runs.
Milroe's athletic traits and arm talent make him an intriguing fit for a modern, RPO-centric offense like the one Seattle is building.
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Milroe projected as a high-variance developmental quarterback with an immediate role as a designed-run package player. The traits are as loud as any quarterback in the class — top-tier straight-line speed, a live arm, and the physical toughness to carry a designed-run workload — and the processing was as unfinished as any quarterback drafted in the top 100.
Four years at Alabama produced 38 games, 426 of 663 passing for 6,016 yards with 45 touchdowns and 20 interceptions, plus 375 carries for 1,579 yards and 33 rushing touchdowns. The 2023 season was the efficient one: 187 of 284 for 2,834 yards with 23 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. The 2024 follow-up was the loud one and the worrying one — 205 of 319 for 2,844 yards with 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, alongside 726 rushing yards and 20 rushing scores. Production went sideways as a passer even as the rushing threat peaked.
Seattle took him at 92, a price that acknowledges both realities. A team with an established starter could afford to redshirt the passing development while using the running threat in short-yardage and red-zone packages. The bet was on traits and coaching, not on readiness.
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Elite running threat
33 career rushing touchdowns and 1,579 yards, with breakaway speed that forces defenses to account for him.
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Live arm
He can drive deep out-breakers from the far hash and hit vertical shots without needing to step into the throw.
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Red-zone weapon
His 20 rushing touchdowns in 2024 show immediate short-yardage and goal-line value even as a backup.
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SEC starting experience
Two full seasons running Alabama's offense against the best defensive personnel in college football.
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Toughness
He absorbed a designed-run workload across two seasons and kept taking on contact without ducking the role.
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Slow processing
His eyes stick on the first read and he is late arriving at second and third options against layered coverage.
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Accuracy scatter
Ball placement deteriorates when his feet are not synced with the route concept, especially on the move.
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Pressure response
His internal clock speeds up against interior pressure, producing rushed throws and unnecessary scrambles.
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Backward production
He threw 16 touchdowns to 11 interceptions in 2024 after a 23-to-6 season, the wrong trend for a prospect.
| Yr | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Alabama | 4 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Alabama | 8 | 31 | 53 | 297 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | Alabama | 13 | 187 | 284 | 2834 | 23 | 6 |
| 2024 | Alabama | 13 | 205 | 319 | 2844 | 16 | 11 |
| Career | — | 38 | 426 | 663 | 6016 | 45 | 20 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
- Ryan WilliamsWR10%
- Germie BernardWR9%
- Austin MackQB8%
#1 of 23 tracked contributors · Production leaned on volume · Offense explosiveness 1.30 (p70) · CFBD — usage x PPA per tracked player
A dangerous runner who starts games on athletic traits while the passing consistency never fully arrives.
The version where three years of coaching rebuilds the pocket process and the running threat becomes a schematic cheat code.
A traits-based developmental arm who settles into a valued backup role and a designed-run package.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Milroe's rookie year in Seattle unfolded the way third-round developmental quarterbacks' years usually do: behind an established starter, with the on-field contribution limited and the real work happening in the meeting room. He did not take over the offense, and the Seahawks made no pretense that he would. By the 2026 offseason the reporting out of Renton was about incremental progress rather than a job change, with coaches pointing to better practice reps in his second training camp and a clearer command of the offense than he showed as a rookie.
That is neither a success story nor a failure yet, which is precisely the right verdict for this profile at this stage. Milroe was never going to be evaluable in one season; quarterbacks drafted for traits and asked to rebuild their process need three years before anyone can honestly grade the pick. What can be said is that the athletic floor has not eroded — the designed-run value that made him a weapon at Alabama is still available to any coordinator who wants it — and that the passing development, the entire reason the pick was made, remains the open question it was on draft night.
Data note: 2024 William V. Campbell Trophy winner; from Detroit via NY Jets and Las Vegas