Positives -- Can make every throw at the next level... Shows good zip on deep outs and corner routes... Extremely efficient, averaged between 8.5 and 9.0 yards per attempt every season at Stanford... No wasted motion, effortless release... Very good at selling the play action... Almost flawless footwork, does a great job in his drop steps... Tremendous accuracy; has completed 70 percent of his throws each of the past two years... Incredibly cerebral, understands what the defense is giving him and is constantly making adjustments at the line... Puts his team in the correct play almost seamlessly at the line of scrimmage... Great decision maker, does a good job reading the defense... Very smart kid, top student, a leader on and off the field... Good scrambler; was second on the team in rushing in each of his first two years but has learned to run less as a junior to preserve his health... Above average athlete for the quarterback position, very quick feet... Prototypical height and frame for the position... Played in a pro-style offense, was coached by former NFL quarterback Jim Harbaugh for first two years at Stanford... Father Oliver Luck was an NFL quarterback for the Houston Oilers... The complete package, the best quarterback prospect since John Elway in 1983.
Negatives -- Suffered a broken index finger in 2009 which caused him to miss the Sun Bowl... Might be receiving too much hype, has already been hailed as a future hall-of-famer by many people around the NFL... Good at resetting his feet after scrambling but isn't all that accurate when he's throwing while on the run... Has some problems with his trajectory on his deep throws, will put too much loft on the ball... Struggled a bit towards the end of 2011, threw seven interceptions in his final six games. At Stanford -- (Official School Bio) One of the top quarterbacks in the nation heading into the 2011 season... strong preseason player of the year candidate after runner-up showings for various national awards last season, including the Heisman Trophy... continues Stanford's long tradition of excellence at the quarterback position... listed as a first team preseason All-American by Playboy... figures prominently on Stanford's career passing charts... enters the 2011 season ranked seventh in passing yardage (5,913)... his 45 career touchdown passes rank tied for fourth all-time with Guy Benjamin (1974-77)... has compiled 6,720 yards in total offense, which ranks fifth all-time... ranks first all-time in career completion percentage at .644 (425-660) and passing efficiency rating (170.2)... has the highest winning percentage (.800) among Stanford quarterbacks in school history... Stanford boasts a 20-5 record in his 25 career starts (missed 2009 Sun Bowl with injury), including a 16-4 Pac-10 Conference ledger... has quarterbacked the Cardinal to a 5-1 record vs. top 25 competition... has been under center for two of the most prolific offensive teams in school history... helped Stanford amass 461 points in 2009 as a freshman and a school-record 524 points as a sophomore. 2010: Was named the Pac-10's Offensive Player of the Year... was also a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, Davey O'Brien National Quarterback, Maxwell Award for National Collegiate Player of the Year and Walter Camp Football Foundation National Player of the year honors... finished second in the Heisman Trophy balloting behind Auburn's Cam Newton... also named Stanford's team MVP... quarterbacked the Cardinal to a school-record 12 wins and a No. 4 ranking in the final Associated Press and USA Today Coaches' Top 25 polls... finished the season completing 263 of 372 passes for 3,338 yards and 32 touchdowns.