The Insane Rise of Brock Purdy

if the best teams always won and the highest graded players always became the best sports would become boring but there is something about the underdog rising to the top that always grabs the attention of fans fortunately we are in the midst of another Underdog Story for the first time the last pick of the draft is exceeding all expectations and writing his name in the record books this is the story of the insane rise of Brock pie from Mystery relevant to a starter for the San Francisco 49ers if you haven't been following high school and college football you might have only recently heard the name Brock pie you see pie was ranked a three-star quarterback coming out of Perry High School in Gilbert Arizona it was during his senior year that the young star was making a name for himself leading his team to the state championship unfortunately pretty and his team lost 49 to 42 but it was the numbers he put up during the season that got the the attention of Scouts in his final year pretty threw for 4,410 yards and 57 touchdowns adding another 1,16 rushing yards to his overall tally by the end of the year in fact these stats earned him the coveted Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year in the 2017 season with his high school career ending pry had to make a few choices before choosing a college the young pry visited five different schools Texas and M Iowa State Central Florida Alabama and Boise State but with Alabama being arguably one of the best football schools in the country many expected the young prie to end up in the state but pie didn't really feel comfortable when meeting Alabama's head coach at the time Nick Sabin in fact the encounter between the two didn't go as planned with Sabin having the following to say you're below average in height your arm strength is whatever your accuracy is average and it was here here that pry realized he wasn't going to Alabama he told his high school coach that Sabin didn't really know him because accuracy was his main strength unfortunately an ill-informed Sabin was the reason pie didn't choose Alabama this led the Young Pie to choose Iowa State they truly made him feel at home being a Freshman pry found himself as the third string quarterback behind senior Kyle Kent and sophomore Zeb Nolan Kent would go on to tear his MCL during the 2018 season opener jumping pry up to second string pie finally got his shot in week five Matt Campbell Iowa State coach sent in Brock pie this would seal pry as the starter for the next four years and he would lead pass completions in the Big 12 Conference for three consecutive years from 2019 to 2021 while leading passing yards in 2019 and 2021 respectively but as 2021 came around pie was finishing up his college career and the 2022 NFL draft was looming you see each year prospective NFL players get together in the combine where experts would assess and grade prospects in fact the top players often get a grade of seven or higher but for pry a rating of 5.57 didn't spell any real prospects of making it big in the NFL a rating of 5.57 meant that py would end up as an undrafted free agent however 2022 was one of the worst years for the quarterback position in the NFL draft with Kenny picket being the only quarterback drafted in the first two rounds by the Pittsburgh Steelers by the time April 30 rolled around it was on to rounds five six and seven but as we all know no one really cares about the draft at this point aside from the final pick on the day which the NFL often celebrates with a jersey that spots the name Mr Irrelevant no one expects the 262 pick of the draft to ever make it and people will likely forget him within the next year but but in the 2022 draft the San Francisco 49ers drafted Brock pie with their final pick meaning he already surpassed predictions of not being left out as an undrafted free agent the only time players picked as low as pry actually get some game time is during the preseason eventually fading away and many of them often miss the cut however this was a chance for py to make the official 53-man roster for the season much like he had done during college pretty certainly grabbed the opportunity with both hands and played in three of the preseason games he would end up completing 30 of 49 passes with 346 total yards over three games pry added a single touchdown and interception to his tally finishing with a passer rating of 80.8 now to the hardcore NFL fan these numbers will by no means set the world a light but to Kyle Shanahan it was good enough to beat Nate sudfeld for the third string position Shanahan was quoted as saying credit to Brock how good Brock played in this preseason I thought he was going to be on our practice squad because we were really happy with Nate but Brock won that job in fact Shanahan hinted that keeping Brock on the 16-man practice squad would have been a real Challenge and that other teams might have snapped up the young talent but the NFL season was about to kick off you see Trey Lance was currently the starting quarterback for the 49ers with Jimmy Garoppolo as backup for the opening game against the Chicago Bears Lance had a rough outing with challenging weather conditions going 13 for 28 and only passing for 164 yds with an interception unfortunately Lance would suffer a season ending angle injury in week two elevating garoo to starter and Pie to the backup position Jimmy G would finish the game against the Seahawks leading the 49ers to victory at first things didn't exactly go to plan but by week 13 the 49ers were 7-4 under Jimmy garoo it was during the week 13 game against the Dolphins that Jimmy Garoppolo would break his foot after being sacked which would rule him out for the remainder of the Season fortunately Mr Irrelevant was ready to step up after completing 25 of 37 passes and going for 237 yards with two touchdowns pretty ended the game against the Dolphins with an 88.8 passer rating giving the 49ers an 8-4 season record going into week 14 week 14 would be the biggest challenge as pretty would come face to face with the greatest quarterback to play the game Tom Brady starting his first game ever in the NFL pry completed 16 of 21 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns adding another rushing touchdown and the 49ers essentially blew out the Bucks 35 to7 cie would go undefeated for the rest of the regular season leading the 49ers past the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round and Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round before falling to the Philadelphia Eagles Eagles in the NFC Championship during the game Brock would go down with a serious elbow injury essentially tearing his UCL abruptly ending the playoff hopes and dreams for the 49ers to sum it all up prie would save the 49ers and solidify his status as a starting quarterback moving forward going undefeated in his first five games and 8- one including the playoffs but what does the future hold for the young star Brock pie is without a doubt the number one quarterback on the 49ers team for now and the foreseeable future KY Shanahan had the following to say he would have to melt in practice to lose the qb1 job and it also seems that everybody is now getting on board as of this video prie has written his name into the history books with a recent win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in week one of the 2023 NFL season becoming the first player quarterback in NFL history to win his first six regular season starts while throwing two or more touchdowns in each game but it seems the story of Brock pie is nowhere near finished and the young Iowa State star seems to be on the same trajectory as the legendary Tom Brady himself a quarterback drafted in the later rounds who exceeded expectations so with Brock leading a high-powered offense with stars like Christian mcaffrey Debo Samuel Brandon aayu George KD and Kyle yusek can Mr Irrelevant complete his improbable Underdog Story and lead the San Francisco 49ers to ass Super Bowl win let us know in the comments and be sure 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Length: 8min 37sec (517 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 23 2023