Just when I and other people said Patrick Mahomes II looks not ready for the NFL with some of his performances lately, ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. slots the Texas Tech junior as the No. 2 quarterback prospect for the 2017 NFL draft. In position-by-position rankings he put out Thursday, Kiper has Mahomes behind only North Carolina’s Mitch Trubisky and right ahead of Clemson’s Deshaun Watson, Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer, Miami’s Brad Kaaya and Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield.
Kiper called Mahomes “the big mover” in the ranking.
“He has an NFL body (6-3, 230) and an NFL arm,” the analyst wrote.