The 2016 Offensive Player of the Year for the Pac-12 (RIP), he signed with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2019 and spent most of his two years with the team on the practice squad. A high school star in Folsom, California - he threw a record 91 touchdowns his senior year and 229 touchdowns in his career - he went on to a productive run at Washington. Jake Browning seemed locked into this path. All things considered, it’s not a terrible way to close out a football career. They’ll get in for a mop-up series or a spot start as an injury replacement, and they’ll be able to tell their golf buddies for the rest of their days the story of how Aaron Donald sacked them or Jalen Ramsey intercepted them. Most times, they’ll get a gig as a backup, wearing a baseball cap and watching from the sideline for a season or two.
