The North Carolina junior has been hot and vaulted up our rankings this week.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The proof is right there in the personal section of Mitch Trubisky's bio on the North Carolina football website.
His favorite TV show is, "How I Met Your Mother," co-created by Cleveland native Carter Bays.
His favorite off-day activity is golfing or watching movies. People in Northeast Ohio love both golf and the cinema.
And his nickname is, "Mr. Biscuit," which would go well with the Dawg Pound.
See. Mitch Trubisky could be the perfect answer to the Browns quarterback questions.
Oh, and there's this other thing in the bio of the 6-foot-3, 220-pound junior who has thrown 13 touchdowns without an interception this season for the No. 17 Tar Heels and has caught the attention of the college football world.
"If he could choose an NFL team to play for, it would be the Cleveland Browns."
Anyone getting some Bernie Kosar vibes?
In his first year as a starter, Trubisky has burst onto the scene as a college quarterback to watch and as an NFL quarterback to ponder. Our Bill Landis talked to Trubisky this week for a story that detailed how the Mentor High grad and Ohio's Mr. Football from 2012 wound up in Chapel Hill, and not in Columbus.
How Trubisky went from Mentor to North Carolina
We also didn't let that bio quote stand by itself. Trubisky was asked about the possibility of making that idea come true and going from Mentor to North Carolina to the Browns.
"It's kind of crazy," Trubisky told cleveland.com Monday. "I try not to look too far down the road, but if that opportunity comes I think it would be a dream come true to go back home and play for the hometown team. Honestly, it would really be a blessing to play anywhere in the NFL and have that opportunity to play at the highest level."
You may zero in on "dream come true" and "hometown team," if you'd like. This would be different than what happened with Brian Hoyer in Cleveland or what might have happened with Cardale Jones.
Before the 2016 NFl Draft I warned of the Browns taking Jones in a later round as a quarterback in waiting, figuring the extra attention on the hometown guy wouldn't be good for the team. We saw that was the case when Hoyer, a St. Ignatius grad, went 10-6 as a starter in 2013 and 2014.
If the hometown guy is a maybe, his personal status as a native unnecessarily complicates things.
If the hometown guy is the guy, then where he grew up should only rally fans around a player who is clearly being handed the job and given a chance regardless of where he's from.
In our latest edition of the Browns Future QB Tracker, which aims to identify the player who will lock down the quarterback position in Cleveland for at least the next five years or so, we're looking at Trubisky as a late first-round pick in 2017 who is drafted to be the starting quarterback.
Not compete to be the starting quarterback. Not maybe the starting quarterback.
Be the starting quarterback.
It's too early to know everything about Trubisky, who is 4-1 in five career starts. But he just ripped up Florida State, completing 31 of 38 passes for 405 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-35 comeback win.
That was his third straight 400-yard game, and he is 90 for 111 for 1,290 yards and 11 touchdowns over that three-game ... wait, can someone get him to Cleveland for this week?
Trubisky is a redshirt junior, so we don't know when he'll enter the draft, 2017 or 2018. And we don't know exactly where he fits as a potential 2017 prospect after DeShone Kizer and Deshaun Watson.
But we know where he might fit as a pro.
"I don't see it as pressure," Trubisky said of a potential career in Cleveland. "I see it more as a great opportunity. There's a lot of variables. I think we're talking about a lot of what-ifs and who knows, that might not be the right situation for me. If it's meant to be it's meant to be."
On to this week's tracker, where we list the percent chance each candidate has to be the answer at quarterback.
Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com
* Mitch Trubisky, North Carolina, 16 percent: The possibility of it being meant to be is enough for us. Trubisky will have to see how he compares to other quarterback prospects like Brad Kaaya and Chad Kelly. But we're putting him on the radar as a potential choice for the Browns with the first-round pick they acquired from Philadelphia in the Carson Wentz deal. Last week: 1 percent
* Bruce Feldman of FOX Sports on Trubisky
* Dane Brugler of CBSSports.com on Trubisky
* Cody Kessler, Browns, 16 percent: In his second start, Kessler was 28 of 40 for 223 yards, but his QB rating of 86.1 was 24th in the league. We can't get a true read on Kessler until the Browns ask him to make some plays down the field.
So far, he's managing the game and making smart plays for a rookie. Before the end of the season, the Browns will ask for more. Last week: 17 percent
* DeShone Kizer, Notre Dame, 16 percent: Trubisky is the leader if the Browns go quarterback with a late first-round pick in 2017. Kessler is the leader if they don't draft a quarterback at all in 2017. Kizer is the leading candidate if they go quarterback with the overall No. 1 pick.
Kizer had a monster game in a win over Syracuse, completing 23 of 35 passes for 471 yards. That's more than 20 yards per completion, which is nuts.
As the only winless team in the league, that No. 1 pick is there for the taking. Kizer seems to be pulling away from Deshaun Watson as the No. 1 QB prospect for 2017, as Watson was good but inconsistent in a win over Louisville.
We explained last week why defensive end Myles Garrett of Texas A&M could force the Browns to go defense if they have the No. 1 pick. But Kizer could do enough this season to force the Browns his way as well. Last week: 16 percent
* Lamar Jackson, Louisville 13 percent: We've settled on Jackson as the most likely choice in Scenario No. 4 - waiting to take a quarterback in 2018. Louisville didn't beat Clemson on Saturday, but Jackson kept rolling as the Heisman favorite and a contender to be the top QB taken, maybe at No. 1, in 2018. He didn't shrink in a big game, throwing for 295 yards and running for 162. He's a true sophomore, so he has the rest of this season and another full year to learn under Bobby Petrino, a sharp offseason mind.
Jackson will get better, maybe much better, and the 2017 season could include throws and offensive sets designed to get him ready for the NFL. Coaches will do that. For now, he's rare. Keep watching, but the guess is he's not going to stop doing what he is doing. Last week: 14 percent
* Deshaun Watson, Clemson, 12 percent: We originally had Watson lower if he's losing the debate with Kizer. Here's what to watch, as we declared the winless Browns not hopeless this week.
If the Browns win a few games, and look headed more toward the No. 3 or No. 4 pick than the No. 1 pick, Watson's percentage will shoot way up, because he would be the obvious choice if Kizer and Garrett are gone before the Browns pick. Last week: 15 percent
* Chad Kelly, Ole Miss, 9 percent: In the mix, but now behind Tribusky, as a candidate to be a late first-round choice, he threw for 361 yards in a win over Memphis. Last week: 10 percent
* Brad Kaaya, Miami, 6 percent: Same spot as Kelly, threw for 241 yards in a win over Georgia Tech. Last week: 9 percent
* Josh Rosen, UCLA, 6 percent: The sophomore is sliding as Jackson takes over as the leader of the 2018 options. But he was good in a win over Arizona, throwing for 350 yards and three scores. Last week: 12 percent
* Jimmy Garoppolo, 3 percent: We dropped him out last week after the Patriots won without him in week three behind third-stringer Jacoby Brissett. Sunday, Brissett and the Patriots were shut out by Buffalo. Not it's not that just any quarterback can win in New England.
Jimmy G goes back to the bench with Tom Brady's return this week, but fans in Browns stadium should be watching the sideline Sunday and trying to picture Garoppolo in Cleveland full-time. A point to consider though - New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels could take a head coaching job after this season and bring Garoppolo with him. That wouldn't be to Cleveland. Last week: 0 percent
* Sam Bradford, 2 percent: The Vikings are 4-0 and Bradford was sharp against the Giants, completing 72 percent of his passes for 262 yards. But Minnesota is winning because of defense, and there are too many other good options to put too much stock in Bradford's limited upside. Last week: 5 percent
* Terrelle Pryor, Browns, 1 percent: He fills up the room like a quarterback. His personality sets a tone for the locker room on and off the field. As long as he keeps filling that role as a voice of the team, the receiver and former QB will earn a one percent spot here. Last week: 1 percent
Previous Browns Future QB reader voting
Week 1: Deshaun Watson 40%; DeShone Kizer 37%; J.T. Barrett 6%
Week 2: DeShone Kizer 35%; Deshaun Watson 25%; Cody Kessler 13%
Week 3: Cody Kessler 42%; Deshaun Watson 18%; DeShone Kizer 12%
Previous Browns Future QB Trackers
Week 1: Deshaun Watson leads way
Week 2: Lamar Jackson enters picture
Week 3: Cody Kessler makes a case