Position:
Quarterback
School: Miami (Ohio) RedHawks
Status: Junior
Height:
6-5
Weight: 242
40-Yard Dash:
Positives:
Ben Roethlisberger has everything you look for in a franchise quarterback. He's got the big arm, but he also has excellent accuracy (69.1%) and nice touch. He is a pure pocket passer with excellent size and he moves around in the pocket well. He also has great escapability, often making the first defender miss. He also throws with incredible accuracy on the run... especially for a player his size.
Negatives:
There's not much to dislike about Roethlisberger's game. The only knock on him is that he played in the MAC, but with guys like Pennington and Leftwich coming out of the conference in recent years, I doubt his draft status will be adversly affected.
Projection:
At this time, Ben Roethlisberger appears to be an early first-round pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, and could possibly be the first quarterback taken.
