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Conor Orr

How Brock Purdy Was Rebuilt

Brock Purdy came out of Iowa State built a little bit too much like a fullback. He has humongous quadricep muscles, which, as a thrower, placed him on his toes more frequently and forced him to draw energy from muscles you wouldn’t ideally call upon in a passing motion. He was, in a clinical sense, a bit “pushy.”

It’s safe to assume that evaluators saw this and his relatively small stature for the position (6' ⅝" at the NFL combine). And, considering his massive body of work—46 career starts for the Cyclones—they were able to determine that they knew all they needed to know about a player they probably weren’t going to select in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Kelley L Cox/USA TODAY Sports

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