Tua Tagovailoa Declaring for NFL Draft Gives Jake Fromm Extra Incentive to Stay at Georgia
By Michael Luciano
Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa and Georgia's Jake Fromm were both pegged early on in their college careers as star quarterbacks who could leave early to turn pro. Here and now, one of those players has already made good on that prediction.
The SEC just lost one of the highest-achieving players the conference has ever seen after Tua annouced that he was declaring for the 2020 NFL draft despite a serious hip injury. And while Fromm could very well follow him to the next level, the smartest decision he could make would be to remain with the Bulldogs.
#Bama QB Tua Tagovailoa has announced that he’s declaring for the NFL Draft. He’s a likely first-rounder — even with the hip injury. Read about him here: https://t.co/cUwHoTBl8z
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 6, 2020
There are still questions about Fromm's arm strength and mobility that he'll have a chance to answer if he plays one more year in Athens -- not to mention all the winning that could be done.
Georgia, who lacks depth at quarterback, are banking on Fromm coming back for his final season if they want to contend. With Tua, Joe Burrow, and potentially Kellen Mond all moving on to the NFL, the Bulldogs could very well be the favorites to win the conference in 2020 if No. 11 is back under center.
Jake Fromm leads No. 5 Georgia over No. 7 Baylor, 26-14 to win the 2020 Sugar Bowl ?
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 2, 2020
Fromm: 20/30 for 250 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs pic.twitter.com/dTGA0X0Ytn
Fromm is almost assuredly not going to be picked in the first round if he leaves now. The stars very much feel like they'e aligning for the UGA star to come back to Athens for one last dance for the Dawgs.