Connor Cook - What happened and why the hate?

Fair point. But given the fact that there seems to be so few QBs running a pro-style offense in college, one would think that it still has to be a big plus. They talk about QBs coming from the spread (ex. Petty) needing 2-3 years to be able to compete in the NFL.

Do you think his completion % #s are lower because he doesn't come from a spread offense where guys like Geno put up gaudy #s? Also, how much of a factor is the quality of his WRs in determining his completion % as well?

The team captain bit has meant nothing all to me from day one. I was a big supporter of Cook the year before last. Then I saw some of his games last year and he didn't look the same to me. Didn't look to be making a lot of dynamic plays, was missing on some shorter passes he had no right to be missing on. It almost looked like he was playing it safe in games, that might not have been totally his fault, msu usually has a strong defense.

I looked at his play this past year and projecting the large leap to the NFL with better defenses, smaller windows, overall better competition, he has fallen for me. Some team will like him enough to draft him reasonably high (early 2nd round, perhaps a late 1st?). I just hope it isn't the Jets.

I think a lot of people lost interest in him during the 2014 season. At the start of the 2014 season a lot of people were saying he was a bonafide top 10 pick, if not #1. But there was no real improvement in his game from 2013 to 2014 and some would say he played worse. I wouldn't be surprised if his decision to stay in school after the 2014 season was based in part on the fact that he had dropped well down in the eyes of scouts. He really didn't do anything to change those minds this year...regardless of all this not a captain stuff.

I saw him play in person in 2014 and was not impressed at all. He had a good game statistically against an awful IU defense, but he just didn't have the "look" of a #1 guy. There was nothing about him that really impressed or stood out in terms of arm strength, accuracy, speed of release, mobility etc.

His Completion % has always been craptastic for college.

58.7 in 2013
58.1 in 2014
56.1 this year.

Those are bottom half D-I numbers.  Considering MSU is a top-10 talent type team, you would expect better numbers regardless of the system he was in, considering he got to play 4-5 games a year against teams the likes IU, Purdue, Rutgers, directional Michigan etc. etc. 

Good read. Thanks for posting cmart. At least I now know I'm not completely crazy.

Understandable.