MOBILE, Ala. — The Senior Bowl isn’t the easiest place in the NFL universe to arrive at in the first place, but for well-traveled QB Gardner Minshew, it’s perhaps his most unexpected but important side trip to date so far.
Ten months ago, Minshew had finished up what would be his final season at East Carolina with mixed results as a sometimes starter: 24 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, 3,487 yards passing and a shade under 58 percent completions in 17 games there. The most enticing option initially was to jump to Alabama as a graduate transfer, which sounds great until you remember that he’d have been third in the QB pecking order behind Tua Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts, two of the best in college football.