SEC Football: Jake Fromm vs. Feleipe Franks

Jake Fromm

Jake Fromm had to grow up quickly when he got to Georgia. He had to take over for Jacob Eason after he went down with a knee injury during the first offensive series of the 2017 football season.

Since then, Fromm has been one busy quarterback. Some doubted him and others fell in love from the start. It’s hard not to when he led Georgia to its first SEC title since 2005, another SEC Championship appearance, a Rose Bowl win, a Sugar Bowl appearance, and a College Football Playoff Championship appearance.

However, he did show freshmen tendencies during that first year. With running backs like Sony Michel and Nick Chubb behind him, they picked up slack where Fromm hadn’t put it all together yet.

Even with running backs like those two behind him, he did enough the rest of the season to hold off a healthy Eason. Then he did the same without working Justin Fields this past offseason. Fromm is a student of the game which is one of the reasons why he can beat out his competition.

Last season, he threw for 2,749 yards, 30 touchdowns, six interceptions, and got sacked 14 times. These stats improved from his freshman year where he threw for 2,615 yards, 24 scores, and seven interceptions.

According to the SEC’s website, Fromm ranked as 2018’s No. 1 SEC quarterback in completion percentage with a 68.38 percent completion rate.  He beats out Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa, Drew Lock, and other talented quarterbacks.

CFB Film Room broke down Fromm’s passes through week nine and like Franks completed most of his passes 10-19 yards away with eight scores and only one interception.

He is second in the quarterback rating rankings in the SEC with a 175.81 rating. The only quarterback in front of him is Tagovailoa.

Despite him being statistically one of the top SEC quarterbacks it is his leadership skills that impress me the most.

Georgia rallied around him, and it’s obvious the team loves him. If a teammate does something right or wrong, Fromm is one of the first people to that player to give him a quick pep talk and help him through it.

Was Fromm perfect last season? No, if he were then Georgia would not have ended the season the way it did. But the sophomore quarterback grew by leaps and bounds with his command of the offense and ability to make plays happen.

Fromm finally doesn’t have to compete for the starting spot this spring and can focus on getting better and fixing the things he does wrong.

However, if his first two seasons tell people anything, it’s that Fromm will play at an elite level and do an excellent job at it.