The college quarterback who completed 77.4 percent of his passes for 4,500 yards and 41 touchdowns (against just four interceptions) while leading the 14-0 national champions that averaged 48.5 points a game was selected 15th overall and fifth among his position group.
Yeah, it doesn’t make much sense now. It probably shouldn’t have then, either.

Mac Jones tried to tell the NFL, or show the NFL, but the NFL didn’t think things like 19 for 23 for 198 yards and three touchdowns were all that likely out of him.