2021 NFL Draft rookie profile: Florida QB Kyle Trask

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The 2021 NFL Draft quarterback class is loaded with talent. While as many as five QBs could feasibly go in the top 10, there are a handful of other prospects in this year’s class worth keeping tabs on. One of those is Florida QB Kyle Trask.

What should we expect of Trask from a fantasy perspective? And where should we be rooting for him to play? This article will break it all down.

Kyle Trask college stats

Trask, a 23-year-old redshirt, was middling as a junior before vaulting into the draft conversation with a massive senior season. His stats improved across the board: Higher completion rate, more yards per attempt, higher TD rate, lower INT rate. His massive year-over-year leap was enough to put him on the Day 2 radar for NFL teams.

Kyle Trask strengths

• Ideal QB side: 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds
• Huge leap in talent in just second year as a starter — is there more growth?
• Knows when to incorporate touch passes

In FTN’s first mock draft, we note that Washington might consider Trask as early as 19th overall — but it’s probably too early. He’s more likely to go in the second or third round.

Jones is a 23-year-old QB that has only started two seasons dating back to high school. Some may view that as a negative, but from a development standpoint, it means there may be a lot of growth yet. And the leap he took in 2020 suggests that any further progression from Trask could pay big dividends.

Trask also has the “perfect” QB size and a solid arm, especially with touch passes. As a pocket passer project, there’s a lot to like with Trask, especially when factoring in his very real growth potential.

Kyle Trask weaknesses

• One-year wonder
• No rushing ability
• First-round playmakers in Florida

Trask has no mobility in or out of the pocket. The lack of mobility out of the pocket can be dealt with when the QB has phenomenal traits in the pocket, but Trask lacks in that area as well. Collapsing NFL pockets could be overwhelming.

Additionally, while Trask’s 2020 season was the real deal, it was only one season of high-level production. And the end of the day, there isn’t a ton of tape on Trask. And to make the “one-year wonder” possibility even worse is the fact that Trask had two first-round talents at skill positions in 2020 (TE Kyle Pitts and WR Kadarius Toney). Did he only excel because his top two targets could get open with ease?

Is Kyle Trask destined for Washington or Denver?

With Trask likely to go on Day 2, it seems his most likely landing spot will be a team that needs a QB … but maybe no right way.  Here are three good (but realistic) landing spots from a fantasy perspective.

• Denver Broncos: If the Broncos don’t take a QB in the first round, they almost surely will in the second or third rounds. And who better to target in that range than Trask? Trask could develop for a few years behind Drew Lock, or he could find himself the starter by mid-October his rookie season. In any event, if and when the time came for him to start for Denver, the team has young, rising stars on offense.
• Washington Football Team: We noted above that Washington could maybe, possibly consider Trask in the first. More realistically, they could be looking at him in the second round. Terry McLaurin is a bona fide WR1, and Washington has a budding bell cow RB in Antonio Gibson to take the load off. And the WFT has one of the league’s better defenses, leading to shorter fields off turnovers and additional possessions from takeaways.
• San Francisco 49ers: The 49ers have an offense loaded with talent across all positions, and any QB would be lucky to play for them. Landing in SF would give Trask the ability to develop for a few years (unless Jimmy Garoppolo really goes south), which is probably in his best interest. But if Trask does get the call within a year or two, he’d step under center with George Kittle, Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel at his disposal — not a bad trio.

Kyle Trask fantasy upside

Trask’s fantasy potential is weak when compared to the rest of the 2021 QB class. His complete lack of rushing ability alone is enough to remove him from the conversation of top-tier long-term fantasy options in this year’s class. Add in the fact that he will not have blue-chip draft pedigree, and he’s a long-shot to make a difference in fantasy for the foreseeable future.