NFL Draft
12/1/24
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Carson Beck 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For Georgia Bulldogs QB
Height: 6040 (unofficial)
Weight: 220 (unofficial)
Year: Redshirt Senior
Pro Comparison: Derek Carr
Scouting Overview
Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck projects as a viable NFL starter in the right opportunity. His regression throughout the 2024 season relative to his first season as a starter is a good indication of where he individually stands while playing for the loaded Bulldogs program.
This season has yielded hardship with tight-window throws, a lack of separation on the perimeter, and less dynamic play from the middle of the field targets. Beck is held in high regard for his football IQ and offers above-average traits seemingly across the board.
His struggles reading zone droppers in the middle of the field while pressured this season have put more footballs in harm’s way and must be improved. If Beck is to play early in the NFL, he would ideally do so with a strong offensive infrastructure around him to “dummy proof” the development.
2025 NFL Combine Results
TBD
Positives
- Illustrates effectiveness throwing with anticipation to early progression targets
- Active presence pre-snap at the line of scrimmage — has hand in play adjustment and protection calls to help orchestrate the entire offense
- Illustrates good velocity on drive throws and is capable of hitting tight window throws down the field
Negatives
- Zone coverage processing regressed in 2024 without his MOF safety blankets from 2023
- Struggles with precision accuracy and a number of turnovers this season came on account of subpar placement at the catch point
- Does not have a strong resume outside of structure. Capable mover but not a dynamic threat, and decision-making outside the pocket or under pressure wanes
Background
Beck is from Jacksonville, FL, and played high school football for Mandarin HS. Beck was a successful three-sport athlete in high school. He was a recruiting prospect in baseball while also playing AAU basketball in addition to his efforts on the gridiron.
Beck led Mandarin to the state’s Class 8A championship and was named Florida’s Mr. Football in 2018 as a result. Prior to enrolling at Georgia, Beck initially committed to Florida to play baseball, then de-committed to focus on football and committed to Alabama before de-committing and choosing Georgia for his college home.
Beck’s road to starting at Georgia is a rarity in the transfer portal era of college football. He redshirted his true freshman season in 2020 and attempted 58 total passes between 2021 and 2022 across a handful of reserve appearances. With the graduation of QB Stetson Bennett, Beck assumed the starting job in 2023 and earned Second-Team All-SEC honors while finishing among the tops in the conference in passing yards. He returned as the starter for the 2024 season and played through some difficult transitions offensively without key offensive performers Ladd McConkey and Brock Bowers.
Tale Of The Tape
Beck offers a number of attractive traits at the quarterback position. He’s got prototypical stature, a live arm, good football acumen, the ability to handle pre-snap responsibilities, and a baseline level of mobility required to get off his spot as a passer. The total sum of his parts still feels like something is missing relative to the potential he illustrates, which an NFL team buying on his qualities would be hoping more experience after just two seasons as a starter can help negate.
Beck took over a twice reigning college football champion at Georgia, so the platform and stage he’s exposed to win an NFL franchise is unlikely to faze him as a result. He was the program's quarterback at the center of the college football universe and enjoyed a prosperous first season as the team’s starter in 2023.
Handling pressure on the field, however, is a different story. The biggest dropoff to be found among the splits in Beck’s game lie with pressure vs. unpressured reps. Beck completed nearly 30 percent less of his attempts when pressured vs. unpressed throughout his two-year starting stint with the Bulldogs. While he’s capable of getting flushed off his spot and extending to break outside the pocket, his accuracy on such reps wanes, and his ball security tapers off.
Ironically enough, Beck has handled Cover-0 pressure well, posting a 10:1 touchdown touchdown-to-interception ratio against it throughout from the start of his starting tenure to the end of the 2024 regular season. He is quick to have answers in these obvious pressure situations and also has historically performed better against the blitz than he has against 4-man rushes or less.
This is a testament to his work pre-snap, where he successfully diagnoses fronts and pressure threats, using the tools at his disposal to find rapid answers and get the ball out fast. For the same reasons, he’s a faster-than-average trigger in the NFL from snap to release.
Beck has the ability to make most of the throws on the field, particularly on time and in rhythm at the top of the drop. He has shown the ability to consistently drive field outs with pace and access the far sideline where leverage is given. He has little issue with air yards on deep throws — although his accuracy here does tail off, and he struggled to find rhythm with his pass catchers this season on those throws.
More alpha-receivers with ball-tracking and high-point ability would help yield more productive results passing vertically, given the kind of arm and accuracy Beck has shown in these opportunities.
The best way to rattle the cage for Beck is an organic 4-man rush and simulated pressures. Blurring the lines of pressure threats and generating free runs via protection manipulation will force the ugly reps to come out of the woodwork. Beck struggles to make decisions under duress and, when caught unprepared, has to scan the field and hasten his process.
Those reps were a big culprit in turnovers in 2024. So, too, was a failure from his receivers to win at the catch point. There were instances in highly contested game situations where Beck trusted his receivers to make plays and be physical at the catch point. A number of his interceptions came on passive play from targets with the ball in the air — so the turnover regression cuts both ways.
I like his rhythm and cadence as a passer. His early progression work is efficient, and his pre-snap ability to sort out and eliminate targets can keep him on schedule relative to the coverage shell he caught.
Beck’s accuracy is good but not great. That feels like the common thread in his game. He’s got baseline qualities across the board but lacks the kind of elite trait to hang his hat on that could help him take his game to the next level.
As a result, he’ll need support around him, continuity in his system and pass catchers, and continued development of mastery of the mental side of the game to provide him with consistent results as a quality starter.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Beck projects best as a developmental starter for an NFL franchise. He is likely to be a situation-specific player — the best version of Beck is likely dependant on a stout front, reliable run game, and a few key separators in the skill group.
With these elements afforded to him, Beck can work as a methodical progression passer who can capitalize on big gains via play-action passing. Without them, he’s likely facing the prospect of being a high-variance starter while learning on the fly how to be more of an individual catalyst for his offense.
Grade: 76.00/100.00, Third Round Value
Big Board Rank: TBD
Position Rank: TBD
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