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Winners from the week of practice
The week of practice at the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl is in the books.
Practices are always the most important part of pre-draft All Star games, and they’re the first real opportunity for prospects to impress the NFL. The practices are a chance for prospects to get NFL coaching, for NFL coaches to get around the players and see their process and how they carry themselves. They’re also a venue for scouts to look at their traits outside of their college schemes.
The New York Giants have drafted heavily out of the Senior Bowl under GM Joe Schoen. They have a heavy presence on the Senior Bowl coaching staffs this week, and they consider the “inside intel” to be a competitive advantage.
So, which players stand out and make a name for themselves is going to be important for the Giants.
Considering that the quarterback position is the single most pressing need for the Giants, we’ll look at the big names there before moving on to the other positions.
Jalen Milroe (Alabama)
This week hasn’t been kind to the former Alabama quarterback. He’s had some very visible struggles in practice, with poor throws as well as poor decisions. However, he’s also shown off his impressive arm talent and deep ball.
The big question regarding Milroe is what teams are looking for from him. How he takes coaching, applies what he’s being coached on, and performs in meetings may be more important to his draft stock than his play in any individual practice.
Jaxson Dart (Ole Miss)
Dart got off to a slow start this week as well, with reports of struggles as he applied lessons in the first practice. He rebounded in the second and third practices, showing off arm strength, accuracy, and placement.
More importantly, Dart showed in team periods that he was able to operate from under center as well as read the defense to find answers down the field. There were several instances in which he visibly worked through a progression, used his mobility to buy time, and then found his check-down to keep the offense moving.
Dart has had an impressive week and there are reports that he has jumped Shedeur Sanders as QB2 on some boards around the NFL.
Dillon Gabriel (Oregon)
Gabriel had a rough weigh-in, measuring 5-foot 10 1⁄2 inches, and 202 pounds. To be fair, that’s only half an inch shorter and 3 pounds lighter than Russell Wilson coming out of Wisconsin. But Gabriel is still significantly smaller than the NFL archetype and could be off some teams’ boards.
He was the stand-out quarterback of Day 1, which shouldn’t be surprising considering how much experience he’s had between UCF, Oklahoma, and Oregon. Other than his size, there were questions regarding his arm strength and ability to drive the ball in an NFL offense.
Gabriel seemingly answered those questions by delivering a ball that was clocked at 74 mph in practice. For reference, Josh...
