Baltimore Ravens: 5 players to watch at NFL Scouting Combine
By Joe Schiller
2. Mason Rudolph
This is the year the Ravens can find Joe Flacco‘s successor. It’s likely not going to be in the first round unless one of the top options fall but a day two or day three pick can’t be counted out. Drafting a young prospect and letting him develop behind Flacco seems like the best case scenario. One of those day two prospects the Ravens might lean towards is Oklahoma State’s, Mason Rudolph.
If you’ve watched Oklahoma State football the past two years, you’ve seen Rudolph airing out the football. The Cowboys finished second in the FBS last season, averaging an unprecedented 568.9 yards per game. Rudolph was the main beneficiary of the spread offense, throwing for 4,904 yards and 39 touchdowns his senior year. That’s just a ridiculous stat line for a quarterback but welcome to Big 12 football where defense is non-existent.
Rudolph falls outside the group of the top four quarterbacks (Allen, Darnold, Rosen, and Mayfield). Playing in Mike Gundy‘s offense is like running four verticals on Madden almost every play. It’s big play after big play. The combine will be a chance to see Rudolph’s footwork and how he can handle NFL-type throws. We’ll see if he’s just more than a system quarterback.