Andrew Luck had a big decision of ahead of him after Stanford's Orange Bowl win: to enter the NFL Draft or stay in college for one more season. The NFL Draft is in the spring but Luck needed to make a decision whether to commit to the draft or not in the next few days. Analysts have already picked Andrew Luck as the unanimous #1 pick for the draft but those predictions went away when Andrew Luck said he will not enter the draft but stay in school for another year. Luck would say "I am committed to earning my degree in architectural design from Stanford University and am on track to accomplish this at the completion of the spring quarter of 2012."
Education has a price of its own but what was the cost of this education? The Panthers would of no doubt made Luck there starting QB for 2011 and would have probably paid him a large amount even though a rookie wage scale is just around the corner. The only thing that Luck can do now is hurt his draft status for 2012. He could get hurt like Sam Bradford did or perform poorly like Jake Locker did. Though to be fair, Bradford still went #1 is the last draft. Maybe Luck figured that to be the case for injury and felt he wasn't ready for the NFL in talent. Maybe he wanted another shot at a National Title, especially if Harbaugh makes a surprise move to stay at Stanford. Or maybe he really values an education that much. He is going to Stanford.
So who will be the #1 pick for 2011? Even though Carolina is still poor in the QB spot, they might take some sort of defensive star instead.
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