"Since the start of the 2011 season, Barkley threw 24 touchdowns and only two interceptions on passes 20 yards or longer (in 120 attempts). When Barkley missed his receivers on those deep passes, he was four times more likely to overthrow his target than underthrow.
Throws 20+ Yards Downfield
Final Two College Seasons
Andrew Luck | 43.1 | 13-5 |
Matt Barkley | 40.8 | 24-2 |
Robert Griffin III | 38.2 | 33-5 |
In fact, Barkley put up comparable numbers to what Luck and Griffin III did on passes of 20 yards or longer in their final two seasons.
And, Barkley’s completion percentage actually improved on throws of this distance from 2011 (39.7 percent) to 2012 (42.3)."
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Personally, I think he's a late 1st rounder. But he will go top 15 IMO. And he could be there at 8.
I didn't know this about his long throws. That would be very refreshing over the extremely horrible long throws by Fitz that were never on target.
As I've said before, I'm fine with either Smith or Barkley at 8 and possibly even Wilson or Nassib though I'd rather trade down for either of the last two.
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