Redskins: 2019 NFL Draft top ten quarterback big board

Tyree Jackson was a historic physical tester at the 2019 NFL Combine. At 6-foot-7, 249 pounds, Jackson logged a 4.59 40-yard dash, a 34.5-inch vertical jump, and one of the best overall RAS scores by a quarterback ever, per Inside the Pylon’s Kent Lee Platte.

Jackson is simply an outrageous physical specimen, and he adds to his list of rare traits with an incredibly strong arm. His sheer arm strength allows him to drive the ball past the deepest defenders, and he has immense potential as a field stretching quarterback. That said, Jackson needs to prove he has polish to back up the traits, and he didn’t do that at the college level.

Jackson’s physical traits bring lots of intrigue, but his mechanical and fundamental performance leaves much to be desired. Jackson’s footwork is clunky in the pocket, and while his height-speed combination allows him to clearly see the field while manipulating pocket movement, his feet don’t always move with his eyes and his arm, and this order of operations issue leads to erratic accuracy to all three levels. That said, Jackson responds to pressure well, and his poise is solid.

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Anticipation isn’t present with Jackson, who uses his arm strength to drive the ball into open windows, somewhat compensating for time lost. He can be late because of this, however, and he’ll need to work on quickening his progression work and improving his depth of understanding, pertaining to the constant movement of throwing lanes.

As a thrower, while Jackson has great arm strength, he often qualifies as merely an arm thrower. His motion doesn’t encapsulate the ease of throwing a football. Rather, he visibly expends energy and time with his throwing motion, and his tendency to force power onto throws makes him a volatile asset in the pocket.

That volatility makes Jackson, for all his upside, a developmental prospect who could be worth a flier on early or mid Day 3. There’s simply too much work to be done to refine him as a prospect, and quarterbacks tall as Jackson often come with mechanical issues that are hard to filter out. But despite all this, Jackson’s explosive traits are impossible to ignore, and they could cause him to be drafted higher. After that, his path is dependent on the technical help he gets, and ultimately needs.