2025 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Alabama QB Jalen Milroe

From now until the 2025 NFL Draft, we will scout and create profiles for as many prospects as possible, examining their strengths, weaknesses, and what they can bring to an NFL franchise. These players could be potential top-10 picks, all the way to Day 3 selections, and priority undrafted free agents. Today, a scouting report on Alabama QB Jalen Milroe.

#4 Jalen Milroe/QB Alabama – 6-2, 225 pounds. (Redshirt Junior)

MEASUREMENTS

*Pro Day Measurements/Numbers

The Good

– Solid frame with lots of muscle
– Excellent arm talent and is at his best pushing the ball downfield
– Able to drop vertical throws in the bucket
– Shows touch on throws and is able to layer the ball
– Excellent athlete who is able to make plays on designed and improvised runs
– Has second gear and unusual burst to beat second- and third-level defenders
– Speed to win the edge and size to break tackles; can create and legs must be accounted for
– Capable of going through his progressions and make full-field reads
– Quick and compact release
– Passes have good zip and velocity
– Poised in the pocket and doesn’t look to immediately bail
– Size and strength to throw out of sacks
– Played against top-notch competition

The Bad

– Wildly erratic
– Misses too often on routine short- and medium-level throws
– Passes tend to sail, especially when under pressure
– Doesn’t make enough YAC throws in quick/screen game; throws in flat consistently stopped target’s momentum
– Struggles to read coverage and makes too many mistakes/misreads
– Tends to drift in pocket and get too much depth after reaching top of his drop
– Struggled in big games at end of 2024 season (1 TD, 5 INTs over final three games, losing to Oklahoma and Michigan)
– Feast/famine player

Bio

– Turned 22 in December 2024
– Two-year starter for Alabama who also made one start in 2022 against Texas A&M
– Career: 426-of-663 (64.