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Vernon Adams Comments on Jared Goff, 2016 NFL Draft and More
- Updated: April 24, 2016
Former Oregon Ducks quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. figures to get a shot in some NFL training camp, but his chances of hearing his name called during the 2016 draft are a bit dicier.
Adams nevertheless believes he is the second-best QB prospect behind North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz—ahead of everyone in a rather deep class, including California’s Jared Goff, per his comments to USA Today’s Lindsay H. Jones from Sunday:
I’ve played Jared Goff. They always want to talk about my hands being too small, but my hands are bigger than his. I’ve played in snowy games. I’ve played in rainy games. I’ve played in negative-15 degree games. Look at my wins to losses, look at my touchdowns to interceptions. Look at my career yards. I’m not a cocky dude, I just want everybody to know that everything that everyone else is doing, I can do it as well.
The reason Adams puts Wentz out in front of all the other signal-callers, per Jones, is because of Wentz’s experience in a pro-style offense.
Adams, who threw for 2,643 yards and 26 touchdowns to only six interceptions in 2015, believes he is slighted because of his height above all other factors but feels he can compensate with the size of his game:
It’s just so …
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