Pickett’s ‘charge’ up draft boards … I’m sorry, but just couldn’t resist! But whether you want to call it a ‘charge’ or not, there has been a growing buzz around the NFL in the past week to ten days that Pittsburgh QB Kenny Pickett is suddenly a guy to watch for the 2022 draft. And that buzz evolved into something of a crescendo after he checked off all the boxes in Saturday’s key ACC win over Clemson and its top-ranked defense. Pickett is actually a 5th year senior – and 4-year starter – at Pitt who’s been a solid enough college QB until this year, but like Joe Burrow a couple of years back has just blown up this year; indeed, Pickett is currently 4th in the country in passing efficiency as he has completed almost 70% of his pass attempts this fall including 23 for TDs against just one pick while throwing for over 320 yards per game. Whether that’s enough to vault him to the top of the QB rankings remains to be seen, but we spent the past few hours breaking down the tape from the Panthers’ win and saw a lot to like in Pickett. Here’s the full report.
