JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Derek Carr found a friend in Blake Bortles during the taxing, often invasive pre-NFL draft process. The pair were considered among 2014’s top college quarterbacks, with stats, size, smarts and arm strength to warrant a top selection.
The pair ended up visiting several of the same quarterback-needy teams leading up to the draft and national events like the NFL scouting combine.
They actually crossed paths in Jacksonville as both players were in to visit a Jaguars team in desperate need of a quarterback.
“We were in Jacksonville together, and then we were somewhere else together, I believe,” Bortles said.