Saints draft analysis: The meteoric rise of Mike White, QB, Western Kentucky
By Roy Anderson
It happens every year. A player experiences a dramatic rise up the draft boards. For 2018 it’s Western Kentucky quarterback Mike White.
It happens every year leading up to the draft. A player who wasn’t on anybody’s radar begins a dramatic ascent up the big boards until there’s discussion of them cracking the first round. In 2017 you might say it was North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky who ended up going to the Bears at number 2. This year it’s looking like the trajectory is being set for Western Kentucky’s Mike White.
Not to say that Mike White will end up going that high. Or even leapfrogging Rosen, Darnold, Mayfield, etc. But in December, looking at the big boards, I had the Saints taking Mike White in the seventh round of my first mock draft for 2018 for Who Dat Dish. At that point he was considered a potential seventh rounder if not an undrafted rookie free agent.
The film I looked at to even consider having the Saints take him at all had me shaking my head. How he went under the radar for a whole career is pretty staggering. The kid literally makes all the throws. And with jaw-dropping accuracy and arm strength...
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By Roy Anderson
It happens every year. A player experiences a dramatic rise up the draft boards. For 2018 it’s Western Kentucky quarterback Mike White.
It happens every year leading up to the draft. A player who wasn’t on anybody’s radar begins a dramatic ascent up the big boards until there’s discussion of them cracking the first round. In 2017 you might say it was North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky who ended up going to the Bears at number 2. This year it’s looking like the trajectory is being set for Western Kentucky’s Mike White.
Not to say that Mike White will end up going that high. Or even leapfrogging Rosen, Darnold, Mayfield, etc. But in December, looking at the big boards, I had the Saints taking Mike White in the seventh round of my first mock draft for 2018 for Who Dat Dish. At that point he was considered a potential seventh rounder if not an undrafted rookie free agent.
The film I looked at to even consider having the Saints take him at all had me shaking my head. How he went under the radar for a whole career is pretty staggering. The kid literally makes all the throws. And with jaw-dropping accuracy and arm strength...
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