Cardale Jones' NFL draft stock

— -- Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Cardale Jones has had one of the more remarkable career starts in college football history, winning the Big Ten championship, the Sugar Bowl and the national championship in his first three starts -- playing very well and with a lot of poise for a first-time starter in the process.

Now that he says he's considering entering the 2015 NFL draft, he has the potential to become one of the more intriguing draft prospects we've ever seen as well.

Here is my scouting take on Jones after his three games, plus a look at what his draft stock might be if he chooses to leave early.

What is Jones' draft stock right now?

Heading into Monday night's title game, I would have said that Jones was somewhere in the seventh-round or undrafted free-agent range, but after seeing the way he performed in the championship game win, including the fact he was able to go through his progressions and display outstanding poise, I think he's more in the fourth- or fifth-round range. I texted three NFL scouts Tuesday morning, and all three pegged Jones as a Day 3 prospect. However, they admitted they would have much more work to do studying him if he declares.

Any NFL team that drafted him would be gambling on his raw tools, and they would need to have a quarterback coach on staff who is: A) willing to invest the necessary time to develop him; and B) capable of translating Jones' physical abilities to the NFL level.

Bottom line: This is a highly unusual situation. It'd be extremely rare for a quarterback to be drafted after just three games, even one with Jones' raw abilities. But rarely, if ever, do we see a QB have a three-game debut like the one Jones just put together.