Georgia quarterback Carson Beck, without saying it, gave virtually every indication possible that he would be entering the 2025 NFL Draft following the team’s eight-overtime win over Georgia Tech.
With that, following what could be a huge postseason for Georgia in the College Football Playoff, will be the NFL for Beck. He originally entered the season as the potential No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming class.
We caught up with Beck after the game on what he brings to the table in the modern era where improvisation ability is required for a quarterback to be successful, and legitimate mobility a strong plus.
The Bulldogs signal-caller believes he at least does the former strongly, though he acknowledges he does not fit the mold of the quarterbacks who are highly touted for being mobile on a consistent basis.
“I can definitely use my legs when I need to. I’m not the most gifted runner in the world, I think we all know that,” Beck told me. “But being able to extend plays and make plays is a great value to add (in the NFL). I’m not Lamar Jackson, I won’t go get you 50, but I’ll get you 10.”
Beck has been the center of many narratives as one of the most polarizing quarterback prospects in the country all year long, originally perceived as too much of a game manager (which is perhaps the most important quality a quarterback can have anyway) before he was later chastised by some of the same group for taking too many risky shots.
The kicker there is that Georgia has one of the worst drop rates in all of college football, something that has consistently been the case in 2024.
Beck has caught a lot of flack for what’s happened from an interceptions perspective, but looking back at the film takes on a different perspective of just how much the receivers are at fault a good majority of the time.
Beck recently spoke on that very topic.
“I still have confidence in those guys, and when they do catch them it’s explosive. And what are we going to do, stop throwing the ball? Beck said. “They’ve made some huge plays this year to bring us back in games and put us in situations to lead these comebacks that we’ve had this year. So, obviously, we’ve just got to keep throwing it, and they’re going to get open and they’re going to make the play whenever their name is called.”
The question now to be answered is as to what exactly what Beck will be at the NFL level. According to a number of sources and what has been reported, it’s that the league is much higher on Beck than the national media is.
That’s because when giving a fair evaluation of the tape, Beck makes largely good decisions, extends plays in a way that meets the criteria for the way that improvisation ability is borderline required in the modern era, is first and foremost solid from the pocket and has the ability to lead his team back in even the most adverse of situations with a large deficit involved.
It will be interesting to see where Beck goes come April, but there is no question that he’s going to make a strong case to be the starting quarterback for an NFL team for years to come.
