Buffalo Bills: Draft Prospects in the East-West Shrine Game
By Daniel Hahn
West Team QB Zach Terrell – Western Michigan
Regardless of what happens with the Tyrod Taylor situation and in free agency, the Bills will be scouting quarterbacks heavily. While the top-tier QBs won’t be in this game, there is still one QB I will have my eye on.
Enter Zach Terrell who will play for the West team.
Terrell isn’t going to be your Day 1 or 2 draft pick, but he brings a winning background having played for a one-loss team at WMU this past year. He mirrors what a coach should want, in that he has proven to be a smart decision maker.
2016 Stats: 3,533 passing yards, 69.8% Completion, 33 TD, 4 INTs
In Terrell’s college career, his touchdown to interception ratio is an astonishing 96 to 31 and his lowest completion percentage was 53 percent during his freshmen year. WMU is a program that was built on his shoulders, as well as WR Corey Davis’ shoulders.
He isn’t “Captain Check-Down” Trent Edwards either. In each year after his freshman season, he averaged over 9 yards per attempt.
The knock on him will probably be his size and the small conference he played in. Had he performed better in his bowl game vs. Wisconsin, his stock would be much hotter entering the draft.
As a Buffalo Bills fan, while of course I want the QB of the future, I would also gladly take a competent QB that can backup an injured No. 1 starter — or a struggling No. 1 starter. Cardale Jones may not be ready next year and E.J. Manuel isn’t coming back. You do the math.
Could Terrell be the next Trevor Simien? Would you be ok with that? I would project him to be better than Simien, as his numbers and record are very impressive.