“I think the injury,” Jeremiah said, “teams that I’ve talked with that have met with him and done the full workout, cleared him and said he’s going to be fine, they’re not concerned about the injury. Hooker did his part to erase the worries over the injury and his college offense. Jeremiah touched on Hooker’s age, his injury and playing in Josh Heupel’s spread offense as “the three knocks on him” during the pre-draft process. Hooker’s age - he’s 25 and will turn 26 in January as a rookie in the NFL - has been a concern along with the injury. So I would not be shocked if he did or if he didn’t.” But it’s just hard to see that many (quarterbacks) go in the first round. “I don’t think it’s a lock he goes in the first round,” Jeremiah said. Hooker on Wednesday posted videos of himself dropping back for the first time in his rehab process from the torn ACL. He completed 68.8 percent of his 632 pass attempts over the last two years. In two seasons with the Vols, after transferring from Virginia Tech, Hooker passed for 6,080 yards, 58 touchdowns and just five interceptions. 1 ranking in the first College Football Playoff Top 25 of the season. He tore his ACL on November 19 at South Carolina after leading the Vols to an 8-0 start to the season and a No. Hooker completed 69.6 percent of his passes in 11 games at Tennessee last season, throwing for 3,135 yards, 27 touchdowns and two interceptions. Hendon Hooker at Tennessee: 6,080 passing yards, 58 TDs, 5 INTs He’s been projected in mock drafts as a possibility late in the first round after climbing the draft boards over the last few weeks. ET, ESPN) hoping to hear his name called. Instead, Hooker enters tonight’s first round in Kansas City (8 p.m.
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