{"id":115382,"date":"2024-04-28T03:48:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T03:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=115382"},"modified":"2024-04-28T03:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T03:48:40","slug":"commanders-sign-24-td-notre-dame-quarterback-in-post-draft-move-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/commanders-sign-24-td-notre-dame-quarterback-in-post-draft-move-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Commanders Sign 24-TD Notre Dame Quarterback In Post-Draft Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1800856214-e1714264982533.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Sam Hartman\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"165\" data-dom-ready-time=\"185\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty\u00a0Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Washington Commanders\u00a0drafted one high-profile college quarterback at No. 2 overall with LSU\u2019s\u00a0Jayden Daniels\u00a0and are bringing in another as an undrafted free agent in Notre Dame\u2019s Sam Hartman.<\/p>\n<p>Hartman signing with the Commanders as an UDFA was announced via Notre Dame football\u2019s\u00a0official X account.<\/p>\n<p>The Commanders will have one of the most veteran groups of rookie quarterbacks in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0as Daniels is a four-year college starter and will turn 24 years old in December. Hartman is also a four-year starter and will turn 25 years old in July.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran NFL quarterback and former No. 2 overall pick\u00a0Marcus Mariota\u00a0was signed in the offseason and will likely serve as Daniels\u2019 backup to start the season. Hartman will have the opportunity to compete with Jake Fromm and Jeff Driskel to be the Commanders\u2019 third quarterback.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Hartman Starred at Wake Forest, then Notre Dame<\/h2>\n<p>Hartman has been in the spotlight since his senior year of high school at Oceanside (S.C.) Collegiate Academy, where he was featured on Season 2 of the Netflix show\u00a0<em>QB1: Beyond the Lights<\/em>\u00a0alongside future first-round pick Justin Fields.<\/p>\n<p>Of the nine quarterbacks featured on the first three seasons of QB1, all but one transferred from the original school they signed with \u2014 Fromm.<\/p>\n<p>Hartman started as a true freshman at Wake Forest in 2018, lost his starting job in 2019 then gained it back for the next three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, he was one of the best quarterbacks in college football, throwing for 4,228 yards, 39 touchdowns and 14 interceptions while also rushing for 364 yards and 11 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Hartman transferred to Notre Dame for his extra Covid year of eligibility and went 9-3 in in 12 starts in 2023, throwing for 2,689 yards, 24 touchdowns and 8 interceptions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Why Didn\u2019t Sam Hartman Get Drafted?<\/h2>\n<p>Hartman, 6-foot-1 and 211 pounds, wasn\u2019t drafted despite making a staggering 57 starts across six college seasons.<\/p>\n<p>NFL analyst Lance Zierlein\u00a0had Hartman projected as a Day 3 pick going in the 6-7 round range and compared him to former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, who played 13 seasons in the NFL after he was selected by the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolidly built but shorter, Hartman plays with a competitive temperament but a lack of consistency,\u201d Zierlein wrote. \u201cHe can play inside structure, but at heart, he\u2019s an improv-oriented passer. He has big hands to pump and reset the football, and his Wake Forest tape showed a player capable of beating defenses on extended plays \u2026 There are flashes on tape that can be compelling, but his lack of physical traits and high turnover totals during his career could limit him into a role as an average backup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hartman was one of the highest-paid players in college football in 2023, according to a\u00a0$1.2 million valuation from On3. Notre Dame reportedly had endorsement deals with Google, Under Armour, Beats by Dre, Dove, Dollar Shave Club and Mizzen+Main.<\/p>\n<p>Hartman could have left Wake Forest after the 2022 season but conversations with his agent made it clear that returning to college would be more lucrative than playing his rookie year in the NFL as a low draft pick or undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re not going to be an early draft pick, and you can go back to school, whether that\u2019s the current program you\u2019re at, or maybe there\u2019s a better situation for development and fit to consider,\u201d Hartman\u2019s agent, Brian McLaughlin,\u00a0told ESPN in April 2024. \u201cQuarterbacks can make six figures \u2014 some guys now even creeping into the seven figures between their collective and marketing deals \u2014 it\u2019s like, why not go do that? 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The\u00a0Washington Commanders\u00a0drafted one high-profile college quarterback at No. 2 overall with LSU\u2019s\u00a0Jayden Daniels\u00a0and are bringing in another as an undrafted free agent&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":115384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115385,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115382\/revisions\/115385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}