A QB to consider: Jonathan Crompton

[kernowboy]

Downright awful last year, I've been reading decent things about Crompton who seems to have got his act together.

What I didn't realise was that he has been mentored by Sam Wyche who coached under Bill Walsh and developed amongst others, Joe Montana, Drew Bledsoe, Boomer Esiason and Vinny Testaverde.

Wyche's opinion:

He's got the arm strength
He's got the footwork and athleticism
He was happy to learn, was intelligent and had the potential to be accurate.

The big challenge that he had was a lack of confidence, not helped by having played under four offensive co-ordinators.

A likely mid-round draft selection this year, would Crompton be worth a look?

[Crisis]

From what I've seen of Tennessee this year, he was awful.

He was the main thing holding them back from being a contender in the SEC.

[kernowboy]

From what I've seen of Tennessee this year, he was awful.

He was the main thing holding them back from being a contender in the SEC.

26 Touchdowns, 12 Interceptions (5 came in the first 2 games),

In October it was 9 TDs and only 2 Ints

Improvement has come when he's finally had some proper coaching

[Ron Burgundy]

What I didn't realise was that he has been mentored by Sam Wyche who coached under Bill Walsh and developed amongst others, Joe Montana, Drew Bledsoe, Boomer Esiason and Vinny Testaverde.

Well, two outta four ain't bad.

Bill Walsh was firmly convinced that this kid outta Stanford had all the tools to be the ****, too.

I wonder how that guy turned out?

[DraftBoy]

Crompton isn't a mid round prospect, he's barely on the radar. He's akin to JP Wilson's stock last season. Likely UDFA who will be lucky to make an NFL roster.

[kernowboy]

Walterfootball have him projected as Round 4-5.

Isn't that on the radar?

[DraftBoy]

Walterfootball have him projected as Round 4-5.

Isn't that on the radar?

Walter is way behind on his draft projections then. Some teams don't even have Crompton on their board anymore. He will be lucky to get a combine invite.

[Mudflap1]

Crompton stinks. Stinks bad. Pass.

[tampabay25690]

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This guys is terrible HE WONT EVEN GET DRAFTED.............
Wow I cant believe anyone even mentions him...
he almost had to leave TENN because of all the threats.......

[X-Era]

Downright awful last year, I've been reading decent things about Crompton who seems to have got his act together.

What I didn't realise was that he has been mentored by Sam Wyche who coached under Bill Walsh and developed amongst others, Joe Montana, Drew Bledsoe, Boomer Esiason and Vinny Testaverde.

Wyche's opinion:

He's got the arm strength
He's got the footwork and athleticism
He was happy to learn, was intelligent and had the potential to be accurate.

The big challenge that he had was a lack of confidence, not helped by having played under four offensive co-ordinators.

A likely mid-round draft selection this year, would Crompton be worth a look?

Eesh...

The only reason you take Crompton is because you don't want to spend anything more than a 6th or 7th rounder on a QB... Hes looked really bad IMO.

[kernowboy]

Walter is way behind on his draft projections then. Some teams don't even have Crompton on their board anymore. He will be lucky to get a combine invite.

Walter was commenting on how well Crompton did in October - unless he had a disastrous November he was on the up.

NFL Draft Scout have Crompton rising and they're opinion is based on 11/28/09

"During his last 7 games, he has thrown 18 Touchdowns and just 3 interceptions"

"He is the runaway leader for most improved honours in the SEC based on where he was in September and where he is now"

"11/09/09 SEC Outstanding Performance of the Week. Set UT record throwing 305yds in first half v Memphis. Finished with 5TDs"

Clearly a worthless bum

[X-Era]

Walter was commenting on how well Crompton did in October - unless he had a disastrous November he was on the up.

NFL Draft Scout have Crompton rising and they're opinion is based on 11/28/09

"During his last 7 games, he has thrown 18 Touchdowns and just 3 interceptions"

"He is the runaway leader for most improved honours in the SEC based on where he was in September and where he is now"

"11/09/09 SEC Outstanding Performance of the Week. Set UT record throwing 305yds in first half v Memphis. Finished with 5TDs"

Clearly a worthless bum

Sorry man, but Brohm has way more potential than Crompton and hes already on our roster.

If we draft a QB, it ought to be someone who has a lot more potential than Brohm or its a wasted pick.

That said, Id like to see Brohm on the field now, to start evaluating what he is and what he isnt. He could be the prospect we need and it may mean we dont need to draft a QB at all, but Id like to get to make that eval as soon as possible.

Until we know what we've got in Brohm, we should be thinking we need a franchise QB again.

And Crompton doesn't even remotely look like that to me... or should I say he seems to have a much much higher climb than many others.

[tampabay25690]

Walter was commenting on how well Crompton did in October - unless he had a disastrous November he was on the up.

NFL Draft Scout have Crompton rising and they're opinion is based on 11/28/09

"During his last 7 games, he has thrown 18 Touchdowns and just 3 interceptions"

"He is the runaway leader for most improved honours in the SEC based on where he was in September and where he is now"

"11/09/09 SEC Outstanding Performance of the Week. Set UT record throwing 305yds in first half v Memphis. Finished with 5TDs"

Clearly a worthless bum

1st of all how many times have you seen this guy play???
Or have you ever seen this guy play?
He will not play in teh NFL mark my words on that, this guy has the confidence like a 16 year old girl on Prom night....NONE

[TheBrownBear]

NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!

This guy lost to freaking UCLA two years in a row!!! My Bruins suck anus and they beat this fool two years straight. He stinks!!! Dude is a loser! No thanks.

[SABURZFAN]

Walterfootball have him projected as Round 4-5.



isn't that the guy who always has something sarcastic to say about Al Davis and his projected draft picks for the Raiders?

[DraftBoy]

Walter was commenting on how well Crompton did in October - unless he had a disastrous November he was on the up.

NFL Draft Scout have Crompton rising and they're opinion is based on 11/28/09

"During his last 7 games, he has thrown 18 Touchdowns and just 3 interceptions"

"He is the runaway leader for most improved honours in the SEC based on where he was in September and where he is now"

"11/09/09 SEC Outstanding Performance of the Week. Set UT record throwing 305yds in first half v Memphis. Finished with 5TDs"

Clearly a worthless bum

He had a strong close but that was against arguably the lower class of the SEC. Crompton's best game against a solid SEC team was v. UGA.

His stats v. Top Tier SEC teams;
Florida-11 of 19, 93 yards, 2 INT
Alabama-21 of 36, 265 yards, 1 TD,1 INT
Auburn-20 of 45, 259 yards, 2 TD
Georgia-20 of 27, 310 yards, 4 TD,1 INT
Ole Miss-20 of 37, 176 yards, 2 TD
Combined: 92 of 162, 56% cmp, 1105 yards, 9 TD, 4 INT

You don't put up stats like that against the good teams and win ball games. That's why you don't draft Crompton. In big games he doesn't plat well. His record in those 5 games was 1-4.

[kernowboy]

isn't that the guy who always has something sarcastic to say about Al Davis and his projected draft picks for the Raiders?

yes - he is usually right there though

[NaturalBornSpiller]

I've watched tennesee a few times, this year included, and he is not good at all, and was absolutely terrible last year. just because he is a QB who (for him) does NOT mean he should be our QB...if we got him as our "answer", i would literally stop watching the Bills forever because that would be about the worst scouting job EVER

[tampabay25690]

Bottom line he wont be drafted...

[Bmax]

I think he will be drafted...LATE 6th or or 7th rd .....But we should have our guy by then we don't need another developmental guy..

[TigerJ]

From what I've seen of Tennessee this year, he was awful.

He was the main thing holding them back from being a contender in the SEC.

According to Walter Football, he was awful last year, started out awful this year, but has really turned things around as the season wore on. He's one of a handful of QBs that I think Buffalo will look at in the mid rounds of the draft.

[tampabay25690]

Why is anyone even talking about this guy anymore