Dan Orlovsky

Dan is a smart, instinctive passer who will stand in under pressure and shows the toughness to throw the ball with a defender in his face...Can take the punishment from the blitz and pass rush, get back up and come right back at you...He is not a great physical specimen, but has good size and body thickness...Has good command of the offense and in the huddle, especially in pressure situations...Shows good timing and touch, but is prone to forcing the ball into traffic and making poor judgement calls when his primary targets cannot get open...Displays excellent accuracy in the short and intermediate areas, putting the ball where receivers can easily catch it...Has the arm strength to get the ball deep, but needs to do a better job of keeping the long ball out of coverage and away from the defenders...Can hoist the ball fifty yards without putting much "umph" behind his tosses, showing the arm strength needed for the comeback and deep outs...Orlovsky shows awareness and vision in the pocket, but lacks the foot agility to slide and adjust when flushed out....Good at making proper progression reads, but is not a natural thrower on the run and gets in a lot of trouble when he has to throw after escaping, rolling out or sprinting away from the his protection...Lacks open field running skills and despite his timed speed, looks very sluggish rolling out, as he lacks balance and change of direction agility...Does a nice job of keeping his feet and stepping into his throws, though...Carries the ball numbers up and possesses a quick release with a three-quarter delivery...One thing you notice on film is his sound passing mechanics in the pocket, quick release and delivery, fine touch and short area accuracy and good arm strength, whether throwing intermediate or long...Can throw with nice touch or air the ball out with efficiency...Very good at making progression reads, but you do see him look down and isolate on one receiver a bit...When given protection, he does a nice job of stepping up and getting into position to make the throw...When forced out of the pocket, he loses his timing and anticipation ability to make the throws...Has marginal ability to scramble and throw on the run due to his lack of quickness...When given time, he is very accurate as the ball is seldom far from the target...In the short passing game, Dan has a nice touch and can take something off when necessary, but he must learn to put some air under the ball when his receivers break open...Calls much of the game from the line of scrimmage and can check and sight well... His problems with turnovers occur when he struggles with rollouts and boots...Will sit in and take the hit on the blitz and still make a good throw, but will also try to dump-off...Is not a great runner and does not have good escapability, but he is strong enough and big enough to shake off tackles...His quick set up compensates for a lack of foot speed and he does show very sound mechanics, release and delivery...You will rarely see him throw wild or high, as his vision and mental makeup puts him in position to make the throw... Despite a lack of foot speed, he will consistently step into his passes.

No injuries reported.

Campus: 4.88 in the 40-yard dash

335-pound bench press

480-pound squat

273-pound power clean

26.5-inch vertical jump

32 1/8-inch arm length

9 ½-inch hands

Right-handed

21/36 Wonderlic score.

Attended Shelton (Ct.) High, playing football for coach Joe Benanto

Earned All-American honors from Prep Football Report, Super Prep and Prep Star

Added All-State, Class LL MVP, Connecticut Player of the Year (New Haven Register) and McHugh Award honors.