Grayson James

Draft-Week Buzz

No verified pre-draft news items in the past 30 days for this prospect. See Day 2/3 Team Fits below for projected landing spots and /news.html for the cross-prospect timeline.

Background

Boston College QB from Ocala (FL); Austin Peay transfer. FCS-to-FBS journey.

College Production

2023 APSU: FCS All-Conf. 2024-25 BC: rotational starter, ~1,700 pass yds.

Scouting Take

Tough pocket passer with solid mechanics. Arm talent and athletic profile both below NFL tiers.

Draft Projection

UDFA. Camp-body / practice-squad candidate.

Sources

• ESPN Player Page
• Wikipedia
• 247Sports Profile

Our scouting profile is assembled from these primary sources + cross-checked against ESPN (Kiper / Reid / Miller), PFF's 2026 Big Board, Dane Brugler's The Beast 2026, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50. See our full methodology and citations.

Day 2 / Day 3 Team Fits

NFL teams that lost a same-position veteran this offseason — and could target Grayson James as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

• REPORTED Las Vegas Raiders: moved on from Geno Smith (pocket-QB).
  Picks held: R1 #1; R2 #36
• REPORTED Arizona Cardinals: moved on from Kyler Murray (pocket-QB).
  Picks held: R1 #3; R2 #34

Confidence: "VERIFIED" departures cite a publication URL (Spotrac, OverTheCap, ESPN, NFL.com, team transactions page) confirming the move and date. "REPORTED" entries come from public free-agency trackers without a single canonical source we could attach. Fits are archetype-and-position based; we are not claiming the team has expressed interest in the prospect.

NFL Scheme Fit

Scheme matches are bucketed from the prospect's height, weight, and (for WRs) archetype tag against a static lookup of which NFL teams currently run each scheme family.

Rookie Contract & Landing-Spot Outlook

Contract band uses the 2026 NFL CBA rookie wage scale projected from the prospect's expected pick range; guarantee % is the slot-default at that pick. Landing-spot best/worst case is derived from TEAMS data (positional needs + scheme overlap minus same-position R1 conflicts) — not a claim that either team has expressed interest.

Versatility, Limits & Roster Pathway

Derived from height/weight against the 2026 position cohort and the prospect's projected round. Versatility callouts identify alternate alignments NFL teams have historically used for similar size profiles. Limiting-trait notes flag the single most-cited measurable concern; severity reflects how often that flag ends a Day 1 starter projection. Roster-pathway notes describe the realistic Year 1 NFL role for Day 3 picks.

By the Numbers — 2026 Class Context

• Frame: Among 2026 QB prospects, his 6-3 / 215 lbs frame sits at the 80th percentile in height and 67th percentile in weight.
• Position class: Grayson James is QB #29 of 30 ranked QBs in the 2026 class. Of those, 15 are projected in the R7/UDFA range.
• School pipeline: One of 4 Boston College prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft — but the only QB.

Computed factually from the 2026 prospect class roster — height/weight percentiles benchmark this player against every other ranked prospect at the same position. Recruiting arc compares his high-school 247Sports/Rivals composite to his current projected round.

Grayson James’s NFL Archetype: Tua Tagovailoa

Tua Tagovailoa (Miami Dolphins)

Closest QB physical profile in the modern NFL: 6-3/215 lbs. Same frame, same role bucket — NOT a talent or career-arc projection.

Note: this is a physical-profile match — frame, position, role bucket. Not a talent or career-arc projection.

Similar Quarterback Prospects

Closest matches to Grayson James (6-3 / 215 lbs, #29 QB) by ranking proximity and physical profile. SIZE MATCH = within 1″ height and 10 lbs; TIER MATCH = within 2 ranking spots.

• Mark GronowskiSIZE MATCH Iowa · 6-3/220 lbs · #30 QB · UDFA
• Joe FagnanoSIZE MATCH UConn · 6-3/215 lbs · #26 QB · UDFA
• Athan KaliakmanisSIZE MATCH Rutgers · 6-4/210 lbs · #28 QB · UDFA
• Kyron DronesTIER MATCH Virginia Tech · 6-2/230 lbs · #27 QB · UDFA
• Jake RetzlaffSIZE MATCH Tulane · 6-2/210 lbs · #25 QB · UDFA

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Boston College & The 2026 Class