Kyle
Trask.
Kyle
Trask.
Florida· 6'5"· 236 lb· 5.10s 40
"The QB-6 of the class: an SEC statue with plus arm talent and one year as Florida's starter — a Round 2-3 developmental profile a team could sit for two years."Pre-draft read
Kyle Trask operates as a tall pocket passer, relying on his frame, touch, and RPO/quick-game timing. He anticipates in-breakers and hot routes with clean footwork, delivering the ball to underneath and intermediate windows with a consistent rhythm and touch. His deep-ball accuracy is functional, though throws outside the numbers or off-platform tend to lose velocity, and back-shoulder passes can drift.
His mobility is limited, as his 4.98 forty speed makes designed rollouts and true scrambles unlikely. He typically reads full-field concepts comfortably through the first two progressions, with late-progression reads against disguised coverages representing an area for growth.
West Coast timing system for its reliance on quick passing concepts, rhythm throws, and a structured, play-action heavy game plan.
A Year 1 backup with long-term potential as a starter in a similar offense, maximizing his anticipation and rhythm-throwing ability.
An Air Raid or spread RPO offense that demands significant improvisation and creating off-script with mobility.
Trask's best fit is in an offense that values his pocket presence, anticipation, and quick-game accuracy while minimizing demands for mobility and off-platform throws.
All 46 of Kyle Trask's touchdowns in 2020
Full 2020 Heisman-finalist TD reel — RPO/quick-game hits, red-zone fades and intermediate anticipation throws to Pitts/Toney that framed the pre-draft grade.
Kyle Trask 2021 NFL Draft Scouting Report — The Best Day-2 QB?
Independent scouting cut from a former college QB walking through Florida's scheme reps, full-field projection and pocket-passer archetype.
Kyle Trask 2022 Preseason Highlights
Tampa Bay preseason tape from the second year showing the developmental QB2 profile — the exact role the pick projected into behind Brady.
Kyle Trask projects as a classic tall pocket passer, offering a team a low-cost backup with potential for development into a plug-and-play role within a play-action-heavy scheme. His pre-draft profile is characterized by a strong arm for intermediate throws and the ability to process coverages swiftly, though his 4.98 pro-day forty time highlighted significant athletic limitations.
As a two-year starter at Florida, Trask was a Heisman finalist in 2020. He recorded 4,283 yards, 43 touchdowns, and 8 interceptions with a 68.9% completion rate. His production came within an RPO/quick-game heavy offense that, while successful, raised questions about his full-field processing and ability to operate outside structured reads.
His athletic testing and questions regarding his full-field processing capped his pre-draft file. The consensus viewed him as a classic pocket passer with a high floor but limited athletic ceiling. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at pick 64 in the second round, earmarked as a developmental heir.
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Pocket-passer profile
6-5, 236 pounds with a classic drop-back build; profiles as a plug-and-play backup with starter upside in a play-action-heavy scheme that keeps him on schedule.
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Arm talent for the position
real velocity on intermediate throws, drives the ball on out-breaking routes and shows the arm to make every NFL throw when his base is clean.
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Anticipation and processing
reads coverages quickly, throws with anticipation on intermediate routes and shows the pre-snap acumen of a full-time offensive-line communicator.
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Ball placement on rhythm throws
accurate on quick-game concepts and stick-throws; leads receivers away from leverage on curls and comebacks when the pocket is clean.
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Pedigree and production
single-season SEC touchdown record at Florida, played in a pro-style offense against premier competition and produced quarterback-affecting weeks.
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Athletic ceiling
statue-level mobility; not a true escape artist and cannot extend plays with his legs, which caps his upside in modern hybrid offensive systems.
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Pocket presence under pressure
happy-feet reps when the pocket collapses; drops his eyes, hitches and takes sacks he does not need to take under duress.
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Deep-ball accuracy
inconsistent ball placement on vertical throws; leaves receivers hanging on go routes and back-shoulder fades that he cannot always drive with the necessary touch.
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Level and volume of high-end production
one-year starter with modest overall college workload before the breakout; the résumé is thinner than a Day 2 quarterback typically brings.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 5.10sp50
- Vertical
- 31.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 113inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.08sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.60sp50
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Florida | 4 | 14 | 22 | 162 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | Florida | 12 | 237 | 354 | 2941 | 25 | 7 |
| 2020 | Florida | 12 | 301 | 437 | 4283 | 43 | 8 |
| Career | — | 28 | 552 | 813 | 7386 | 69 | 15 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Realistic: durable veteran QB2 with occasional spot-start value
Ceiling: rhythm pocket-passer starter, unlikely without the same arm
Floor: long-tenure QB2/QB3 with limited starter runway
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Bust. Rode the bench behind Brady, then Baker Mayfield. First real reps came in 2023: benched after one game. Cut in 2024 preseason, signed with the Vikings as QB3, out of the league by 2025 training camp. Traits-only QB profile that never developed.
Pre-draft context: Two-year Florida starter and 2020 Heisman finalist who posted 4,283 yards, 43 TD / 8 INT with a 68.9% completion rate in a system throwing to Kyle Pitts and Kadarius Toney. Measured 6'5"/236 with average arm strength and below-average mobility (4.98 pro-day forty) — a classic tall pocket passer profile with the pre-draft file capped by athletic testing and full-field processing questions. Ran an RPO/quick-game-heavy scheme that generated production but flagged how the offense structured his reads.
Fit with Tampa Bay: The team drafted him at #64 as the developmental heir to Tom Brady, protecting the franchise QB spot as Brady wound down. Rookie/second year spent in QB3/QB2 role behind Brady and Blaine Gabbert.
2023 lost the Baker Mayfield competition (the team selected Mayfield). 2024 signed a one-year, $2.5M extension as the Mayfield backup, saw brief spot duty. 2025 lost the QB2 job to Michael Pratt in camp and reduced to QB3.
Retrospective: A miss on the developmental QB bet — never earned QB2 trust past 2022 despite 4 years of practice reps behind Brady/Gabbert/Mayfield, so pick outcome grades as a bust in outcome-vs-slot but a low-cost one given late 2R draft capital.