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NFL Draft Profile: Virginia QB Kurt Benkert

The most important position on a football field is the QB. That’s obvious. What isn’t obvious are the traits that make a good QB. Tom Brady went in the sixth round of the NFL Draft his year. JaMarcus Russell went in the first round. Obviously, football scouts don’t really know who is going to be good and who isn’t.

There are, however, a couple of things that scouts are looking for. One is, of course, arm strength. Let me show you what arm strength is.

Virginia Cavaliers quarterback Kurt Benkert throws that ball from his own 27 yard line to about the Boise State 12 yard line.