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2016 Senior Bowl: Michigan State’s Connor Cook declines invitation
By Dane Brugler | NFLDraftScout.com Senior Analyst
January 10, 2016 2:32 pm ETConnor Cook had his hands full in the College Football Playoffs. (USATSI) Connor Cook had his hands full in the College Football Playoffs. (USATSI)
Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook has turned down his invitation to the 2016 Senior Bowl, according to a source. He is considered a possible first-round pick and a top-five quarterback prospect in this year’s class.
The Senior Bowl is scheduled for Jan. 30 in Mobile, Alabama, with daily practices taking place the week leading up to the game.
With Cook out, Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen takes his spot. The Senior Bowl will have eight quarterbacks in Mobile, including Allen, Jacoby Brissett (NC State), Jake Coker (Alabama), Jeff Driskel (Louisiana Tech), Kevin Hogan (Stanford), Cody Kessler (USC), Dak Prescott (Mississippi State) and Carson Wentz (North Dakota State).
For Cook, it’s a missed opportunity as many around the league believe Wentz, who has accepted his invitation to the Senior Bowl, is the top senior prospect at the position. Cook likely would have been paired with Wentz on the North Squad, a chance to compete under the tutelage of the Dallas Cowboys’ coaching staff.
Cook leaves Michigan State with several school records, including career touchdown passes (71) and winning percentage (.872, 34-5), but not every NFL scout is sold on him as a reliable starter at the next level. Although he has the desired size, arm strength and experience, Cook never finished above 59 percent completions in any of this three seasons as a starter due to inconsistent decision-making and accuracy.
Cook’s leadership has also been a question mark and scouts are eager to see how he handles himself throughout the draft process.
It’s not an unprecedented move for Cook to sit out the event, but the first senior quarterback drafted each of the last three years competed at the Senior Bowl. And it might be four straight if Wentz is the top senior passer drafted in April.
I am most interested in Wentz, Coker, and Hogan.
AgamemnonConnor Cook Declines Invitation to Senior Bowl
Written by Bryan Perez on January 10, 2016
Connor Cook 18According to multiple reports, Michigan State QB Connor Cook has declined his invitation to the 2016 Senior Bowl.
BP’s Take: While disappointing, this doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Top senior prospects turn down the draft season’s biggest all-star game every year, with guys like Kevin White (Bears) and Bud Dupree (Steelers) backing out of the week’s festivities last year. Both players went on to be first-round picks. For Cook, turning the game down will raise a ton of questions about his arm and his desire to compete, but he’ll have a chance to answer them all by throwing at the Scouting Combine. If he chooses to skip the workouts in Indy, too, then he can all but kiss his first-round hopes goodbye.
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