Robert Griffin III Names Which QB Will Be ‘Steal Of The Draft’

This year’s NFL Draft class could yield the best quarterback crop the league has seen in decades, possibly even since the famed 1983 draft that included John Elway, Dan Marino, and Jim Kelly.

Everyone has been talking about Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, and Drake Maye, as well as J.J. McCarthy, whose profile has been rising over the last several weeks.

On the next tier down, Michael Penix Jr. and Bo Nix are considered solid prospects for teams to go with later in the draft.

But Robert Griffin III says there’s a QB who will be “the steal of the NFL Draft,” yet no one is talking about him: Spencer Rattler.

Spencer Rattler will be the QB steal of the NFL Draft. OUT OF THIS WORLD ARM TALENT, NFL throws and concepts all over his tape and a grizzled vet at facing and overcoming adversity.@SpencerRattler #Gamecocks #ForevertoThee #Spursup

Tap in ???? https://t.co/MXNS3OCSaW pic.twitter.com/ztTILDiunV

— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) April 16, 2024

Rattler spent the last two seasons at the University of South Carolina, and in 2023, he threw for 3,186 yards and 19 touchdowns.

His first three college seasons were spent at the University of Oklahoma, where he had 3,031 passing yards and 28 touchdown passes in 2020.

Rattler is short by NFL standards (six-feet tall) and has below-average athleticism (he ran the 40-yard dash in a dismal 4.95 seconds), but according to Bleacher Report’s scouting report on him, he has “special arm talent” and a “loose, explosive throwing motion with high-end velocity and control.”

He is projected to perhaps be a day two pick in next week’s draft.

For a quarterback with Rattler’s profile to succeed at the next level, he will need to have lots of toughness, football IQ, quick processing speed, and tons of work ethic and desire.

But of course, it isn’t unheard of for late-round quarterbacks to succeed wildly (see Joe Montana, Tom Brady, and Brock Purdy).

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