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After a dazzling performance in Alabama’s thrilling 41-34 win over Georgia last Saturday, Jalen Milroe’s stock for the 2025 NFL draft is currently soaring.

Appears on Tuesday’s episode of Get upESPN NFL draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. said Milroe is “competing” to be the No. 1 quarterback in the 2025 class.

Milroe is off to a fantastic start this season with 964 yards, 10 touchdowns, one interception and a 72.9 completion percentage through the air. He has also run for 273 yards and eight touchdowns on 53 carries.

Saturday was one of the best games of Milroe’s career. The junior star threw for a career-high 374 yards and two touchdowns, including Ryan Williams’ 75-yard game winner with 2:18 left after Georgia erased a 28-point deficit to take a 34-33 lead.

In Kiper’s most recent big board, released on September 26, Milroe was the fifth quarterback in the 2025 draft class. Shedeur Sanders, Carson Beck, Quinn Ewers and Cam Ward were all ahead of him.

Beck and Ward didn’t have great performances this weekend. Beck threw for 439 yards and three touchdowns against Alabama’s defense, but he completed 27 of 50 attempts and had three interceptions.

Ward had three turnovers (two interceptions, one fumble) in Miami’s 38-34 win over Virginia Tech on Friday. Ewers hasn’t played since suffering an abdominal injury in the second quarter of Texas’ win over UTSA on Sept. 14.

Sanders is playing well for a Colorado team that has won three straight games since a 28-10 loss to Nebraska on September 7. He is completing 70.1 percent of his attempts with 14 touchdowns, three interceptions and an average of 9.01 adjusted yards per attempt.

B/R’s Ryan Fowler compared Milroe to a “more nervous Jalen Hurts” because he is “unafraid to push the football to all three levels of defense with the dynamic ability to expand a playbook with his legs.”

In a season that still lacks a clearly defined prospect for the No. 1 quarterback, Milroe’s performance against a Georgia defense that scored a total of 18 points through the first three games will draw plenty of attention.

The next big test for Milroe will be on Oct. 19 when the Crimson Tide travels to Neyland Stadium to take on No. 4 Tennessee.