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Tomorrow or Sunday, the 2004 Ivy League Player of the Year will find out if his brains, athletic talent, and illustrious college career are enough to compel a pro team to pick him in the NFL Draft...
...current version of the draft has seven rounds, three tomorrow and four on Sunday. The buzz around Fitzpatrick suggests he will be picked on the second day. A mock draft run earlier this week by Scouts, Inc., has the Crimson quarterback taken as the 26th pick in the fifth round—162nd pick overall—to the Kansas City Chiefs...
Since the Crimson’s season ended Nov. 20, Fitzpatrick has immersed himself in preparation for the draft. His agent, Kyle Rote Jr., set Fitzpatrick up with a quarterback coach to refine his technical skills for the professional level...
...other hand, his unique background—and his ability to compete on a physical level with the other draft-hopefuls—may actually work to Fitzpatrick’s advantage come draft day. The Harvard name and the intelligence it implies make him an enticing pick for a team looking for a trainable quarterback in the mold of the Tom Brady, a former sixth-round pick who has won three Super Bowls with the Patriots...
...Fitzpatrick was a freshman. “Fitzy’s obviously great and especially for Division I-AA he’s exceptional. The record was great, his stats were great, but I didn’t know how it would translate to the NFL, or the NFL Draft. And then I saw the all-star games, and how the scouts were talking. I flagged him as someone to keep an eye on. But what really put it over the top was the story about the Wonderlic...