Luck Is No. 1 In 2012 NFL Draft - Andrew Luck are the No. one overall decide among the 2012 NFL Draft, Colts general manager Ryan Grigson announced Tuesday.
The redshirt junior from Stanford is taken under consideration one in all the best quarterback prospects since Eli Manning left Ole Miss in 2004. It's expected Luck are the team's starter when the season begins in September, filling the void left when Peyton Manning was released in March.
Grigson said last Wednesday that the team has known "for a protracted time" and a pair of days later, Luck was informed of the franchise's decision.
"We've exhausted the strategy, with reference to created up our mind," said Grigson, who initially said he would withhold the player's identity until the first spherical begins Thursday. "We're going to go from there."
Luck and Baylor Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III are the best a pair of overall rated players by NFLDraftScout.com since before the Scouting combine in February. Griffin III is anticipated to be selected second overall by Washington.
Grigson, utilized from the Eagles in January as a first-time general manager, hasn't had a straightforward initial few months on the duty.
He released Manning and commonplace Colts like Dallas Clark and Joseph Addai whereas owner Jim Irsay stressed patience as a result of the team rebuilds. Irsay said months ago that rebuilding would begin with a quarterback.
Most projected Luck as a result of the high decide for the past a pair of seasons, but he surprised the NFL and college soccer alike when he set in January 2011 that he'd return for a final season at Stanford to earn his style degree.
There are pundits who rate him the best prospect at the position since Manning came out of Tennessee. Griffin gained momentum with a highly productive junior season and beat out Luck for the Heisman Trophy. but problems regarding him coming back from a spread offense and being described as a running quarterback work in Luck's favor.
Scouts consider Luck cerebral but additionally very athletic with combine testing numbers that place him in an elite class at the position.
Grigson, a former offensive lineman at Purdue who was raised in Indiana, said the Colts won't draft for need with any of their 10 picks. He believes this draft class is outstanding along the offensive line.
The redshirt junior from Stanford is taken under consideration one in all the best quarterback prospects since Eli Manning left Ole Miss in 2004. It's expected Luck are the team's starter when the season begins in September, filling the void left when Peyton Manning was released in March.
Grigson said last Wednesday that the team has known "for a protracted time" and a pair of days later, Luck was informed of the franchise's decision.
"We've exhausted the strategy, with reference to created up our mind," said Grigson, who initially said he would withhold the player's identity until the first spherical begins Thursday. "We're going to go from there."
Luck and Baylor Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III are the best a pair of overall rated players by NFLDraftScout.com since before the Scouting combine in February. Griffin III is anticipated to be selected second overall by Washington.
Grigson, utilized from the Eagles in January as a first-time general manager, hasn't had a straightforward initial few months on the duty.
He released Manning and commonplace Colts like Dallas Clark and Joseph Addai whereas owner Jim Irsay stressed patience as a result of the team rebuilds. Irsay said months ago that rebuilding would begin with a quarterback.
Most projected Luck as a result of the high decide for the past a pair of seasons, but he surprised the NFL and college soccer alike when he set in January 2011 that he'd return for a final season at Stanford to earn his style degree.
There are pundits who rate him the best prospect at the position since Manning came out of Tennessee. Griffin gained momentum with a highly productive junior season and beat out Luck for the Heisman Trophy. but problems regarding him coming back from a spread offense and being described as a running quarterback work in Luck's favor.
Scouts consider Luck cerebral but additionally very athletic with combine testing numbers that place him in an elite class at the position.
Grigson, a former offensive lineman at Purdue who was raised in Indiana, said the Colts won't draft for need with any of their 10 picks. He believes this draft class is outstanding along the offensive line.
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