The Arizona Cardinals pick QB John Skelton in the 5th round

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,The Draft Report by admin on Thursday 29 April 2010 at 4:48 pm

The Cardinals have picked QB John Skelton out of Fordham with the 155th pick (5th round) of the NFL Draft.  He is a big guy at 6’5″, 244 pounds and he’s got good mobility despite not being especially fast running a 4.9 40.  Skelton is a gamer with a good throwing arm.  Many scouts have compared him to Joe Flacco of the Ravens as they both played for really small schools but were standouts there.  Skelton played in 11 games (all starts) for Fordham last season and he completed 284 of 441 passes (64.4%) for 3,708 yards with 26 TD passes and 10 INTs.  He has played in 43 games (41 starts) in his four years at Fordham in which he completed 802 of 1,363 passes (58.8%) for 9,923 yards with 69 TD passes and 36 interceptions.  The Cardinals would like to bring Skelton along slowly but that will depend on how well Matt Leinart and Derek Anderson play ahead of him on the depth chart.

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