Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt is poised to become a first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, and he can still help his case further in 2025.
It’s been a long road from being an underrecruited prospect in Oregon to redshirting as a true freshman at Michigan State to winning a quarterback battle in Tempe without a collegiate start under his belt.
In his first season as a starter, he flashed his raw talent but leaned on the more veteran presence around him in Cam Skattebo to be the engine of the offense.
As a result, Leavitt finished the season with 13 big-time throws, lagging behind the other likely first-rounders listed by PFF. Clemson’s Cade Klubnik (28), LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier (26) and Drew Allar (21) all blew him out of the water in the category.
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Texas’ Arch Manning, meanwhile, had six big-time throws across 90 attempts, a much better rate than Leavitt’s 13 across 350 attempts.
Taking care of the ball as well as he did helped make up for the comparative lack of big-time throws, as he boasted one of the nation’s best turnover-worthy play rates at 1.1%.
Because of this, PFF’s Trevor Sikkema is eager to see the signal caller without Skattebo at his side.
“To start, Leavitt needs to just throw more, which will naturally happen after running back Cam Skattebo, the focal point of Arizona State’s offense in 2024, departed for the NFL,” Sikkema said of what he’d like to see the quarterback improve upon before reaching the draft.
The draft analyst also circled his processing speed as an area of improvement, as his average 3.1-second time to throw was well behind the ideal NFL range of 2.7-2.9 seconds.
ASU coach Kenny Dillingham talked about building up Leavitt’s quick game before spring camp, and by the time it was finished, the staff viewed it as mission accomplished.
It had been especially a problem because of how the quarterback would fall back deeper in the pocket rather than stepping up to fire with momentum. It also led him to throw off his back foot too much.
“There is a lot of talent in Leavitt, but some fine-tuning is needed,” Sikkema said.
He’s in good hands, given Dillingham last developed Bo Nix and offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo helped prime Justin Herbert for the league.
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