Iowa Football: Senior Bowl Grades For Beathard, King, Johnson

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C.J. Beathard: F

Senior Bowl Stats: 1-of-2 passing, 4 passing yards, 12 rushing yards

C.J. Beathard only played on two possessions and one play to end the first half, but there’s a reason Nathan Peterman received the majority of the snaps. While no quarterback opened NFL scouts’ eyes enough to skyrocket them up draft boards, Beathard’s poor play didn’t help his draft stock, even if he’s only a projected seventh round pick.

Beathard started his afternoon with a good 12-yard scramble on third-and-seven to pick up the first down. On a bad snap, Beathard kept his poise in the pocket and showed his underrated scrambling to evade a collapsing pocket.

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It followed with a beautiful throw to Zay Jones for a potential 43-yard touchdown, but a face mask penalty brought it back. After that, it all went downhill for Beathard.

On a designed screen, his offensive line didn’t block the South’s defensive line at all and it led to Beathard being hit hard when trying to throw the screen pass. He fumbled but North recovered.

Then on his second possession, Beathard rolled out to his right on a play-action but had to throw across his body downfield to tight end Jeremy Sprinkle. It was a difficult throw, but it still didn’t reach him. Beathard completed his only pass of the game to Cooper Kupp for four yards on the next play before being sacked to end the drive.

On the last play of the half, the South sacked Beathard again and forced a fumble, but the North recovered again.

Even though the South pressured him, Beathard showed little pocket awareness and no mobility. He stood in the pocket, didn’t protect the ball and waited to get sacked. It would have been the perfect plays for him to showcase his mobility, ability to throw on the run or checking it down to his running back.

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