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Duke Coach David Cutcliffe: Daniel Jones Will ‘Absolutely’ Be a First-Round Draft Pick

David Cutcliffe has been through enough of these to know the drill by know. Heath Shuler in 1994, Peyton Manning in 1998, Eli Manning in 2004; there’s an ingredient list synonymous with a quarterback who teams are most likely going to risk a first-round pick on.

A day after Daniel Jones’s pro day in Durham, with a slew of private workouts and meetings coming up (the Giants are in town Thursday for a meeting, a source said, and had their offensive coordinator at Duke’s pro day), Cutcliffe did not hesitate when I asked him the question.

You have an idea of how these guys project out.