Jake Browning was a 4-star recruit. He started all 4 years at Washingt and won 39 starts, the most ever by a Pac-12 QB. Going undrafted/being on Minnesota's practice squad the last 2 years was a different experience for someone used to playing a ton.
Browning: "Having some success then going undrafted – it definitely makes you look in the mirror and be like, alright, I went undrafted for a reason. What do I need to get better at? ... I think it was just having a long-term plan and really looking at it like I can either be
"be upset that I went undrafted and make a lot of excuses - ‘oh, people don’t value this.’ Everybody always has some different excuses for why they went undrafted and I think for me, I had confidence in my ability but I definitely needed to make some pretty major improvements on