Kurt Warner says college football is ‘hard to watch’ while breaking down QB tape

Kurt Warner is in the midst of breaking down video of all the quarterbacks who may get selected in the NFL Draft. And according to the Hall of Fame QB, the film is tough to watch.

We all know there’s a big jump from college to the pros. But Warner got specific as he looked at these NFL Draft prospects.

“I know many of you LOVE college football,” Warner wrote on X. “But as I start to dive into these college QBs, it’s hard for me to even watch. Very few play on schedule, the pass concepts are a mess most of the time, they run the same play over and over, a million bubble screens, can’t find many concepts that translate to next level.

“And then (people) are asked to figure out how good they will be at next level!? (Nearly impossible in my mind) For me CJ Stroud is a great example – obviously really good in college & (Ohio State) runs more pro-style concepts than most but they didn’t ask him to process and get ball out as quickly as he did last year in Houston – so I had no idea he would be so good at processing so fast! He’s better in NFL than what we got to see in college, but many times you just don’t know until you know!”

Warner didn’t name names other than to mention CJ Stroud, who was the No. 2 pick of last year’s NFL Draft. Stroud easily won NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and helped the Houston Texans to the AFC South title and the second round of the playoffs. Overall, there were 10 rookies who started games at quarterback in 2023.

This season, there could be as many as six quarterbacks selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. USC’s Caleb Williams likely will be the No. 1 choice. North Carolina’s Drake Maye and LSU’s Jayden Daniels will vie to be No. 2, with Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy possibly in the top 10. Oregon’s Bo Nix and Washington’s Michael Penix also are first round candidates. If six go, it’ll tie the NFL Draft first round record set in 1983.

There could be 10 more selected in the draft’s two final days. So if Warner is correct in his analysis, scouts are having a difficult time sorting out the quarterbacks.

NFL Draft prospects gather in Indianapolis this coming week for the scouting combine. Quarterbacks will workout next Saturday.

Of course, Warner always will serve as an example of an NFL star who didn’t need the draft. Every team ignored him in 1994.