Jordan Love Rumors: Exec Calls QB 'Green,' Linked to Patriots, Dolphins and More

Where Utah State quarterback Jordan Love goes in the NFL draft may be one of the biggest wild cards of the entire event.

"He's a good kid ... just green," one NFC executive said of him, per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com.

Fowler called the New England Patriots' No. 23 overall pick "a crucial spot" when it comes to Love, noting the team has "done a lot of homework on the quarterback landscape" and could choose him. 

"If Love becomes available to New England and it passes—No. 23 might be too rich, and it has needs elsewhere—the notion of teams with picks in the early second round jumping the line to get Love comes into play," Fowler wrote while pointing to the New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, Washington, Carolina Panthers and Miami Dolphins as other teams that have looked into him.

One executive went as far as to suggest to Fowler that Love could be picked in the top 10 during Thursday's opening round, underscoring the annual tradition of teams taking risks in an effort to find their franchise quarterback on draft day.

Seeing how Love played at Utah State instead of a traditional powerhouse, he is not a household name like other signal-callers in this draft. Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert and even Jake Fromm were regulars on national broadcasts throughout the college football season, and some of them will surely hear their names early in the draft process.

Love's best season from a team and individual standpoint was 2018 when Utah State went 11-2, but even then the reward was a New Mexico Bowl victory instead of a Heisman Trophy or College Football Playoff spot.

He threw for 3,567 yards, 32 touchdowns and six picks that year while adding seven more scores on the ground.

However, Love did not find the end zone with his legs in 2019 and saw his passing numbers worsen nearly across the board when he completed 61.9 percent of his throws for 3,402 yards, 20 touchdowns and 17 picks.

It was not an accident the Aggies stumbled on the way to a 7-6 record and Frisco Bowl loss.

Still, teams saw enough in Love to be intrigued by him with the draft approaching. 

Bleacher Report's Matt Miller ranked Love as the No. 31 overall player and No. 4 quarterback on his latest big board, behind only Burrow, Tagovailoa and Herbert at the position.