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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
If you get graded in the top 5, you have to go. You just do.
Think of guys like Locker, Lienart and Barkley; guys that were going to be top 10 quarterbacks who stuck around. Now Locker's stock only slipped a little bit but he was considered a potential 1.1 in that draft (it's important to remember how badly that class s*******ed). Now he's an outlier because the draft rules changed and he took a $30 million hit by not leaving early, but he also got exposed a bit as a SR.
Leinart was, what, mid-1st when he got drafted? He didn't plummet but he still cost himself money by sticking around.
I just can't think of a good reason for a guy who's universally regarded as a top 3 pick to stay in college. He'll get far more seasoning as a pro, it gets him a step closer to FA and the end of his rookie contract that much sooner and ultimately saves him from the possibility of slipping with a sub-par following season (and then what, he sticks around for ANOTHER free season?)
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Idk, everything I've read about him seems to point towards him being really dedicated to USC, enough so that he might stick around to try for a championship. Who knows though, people change their minds all of the time.