Browns NFL Draft profile: QB Joe Fagnano, deep sleeper option

QB Joe Fagnano

Draft projection: Round 5

Browns pick: #149

Specifics:

College: Connecticut

Height: 6’-3”

Weight: 226 pounds

40-time: 4.83

Career Attempts: 654

Career Completions: 423

Career Yards: 5,252

**Career Total Passing Touchdowns:**48

Career Interceptions: 6

Career QB Rating: 154.5

Career Rushing Attempts: 93

Career Rushing Yards: 223

**Career Total Rushing Touchdowns:**4

Career games: 24

Accolades: Second Team All-Coastal Athletic Association, Fenway Bowl Offensive MVP

Positives:

• Quick thinker
• Good pocket presence
• High-TD to low INT ratio
• Operates in rhythm
• High accuracy
• Excels at reading the field
• Can deliver under duress
• High-volume production

Negatives:

• Seventh-year senior, age 25
• Has his potential already maxed out?
• Below-average arm strength
• Not a dynamic runner
• Deep-ball efficiency is low

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Fagnano just wrapped up his seventh year of college football, having played four years at Maine starting in 2019 before heading to Storrs. Fagnano started at least four games in every college season but one (2023, when he dealt with a shoulder injury), but only played a full season in 2022 (his last year at Maine) and 2025. In his first and only full FBS season last year he carved up defenses, completing 69% of his passes to the tune of 8.3 yards per attempt with 28 touchdowns to just a single interception. That accuracy checks out, and he has NFL size at 6-foot-3, 226 pounds, but given his age, he’s maxed out at this point. He was also basically an adult playing against kids last year, which won’t be the case in the NFL. Still, he has the profile of a third quarterback on an NFL team, which could get him drafted late.