In college talent can carry you. In the NFL you need talent and dedication and a work ethic to always get better. Also the stuff mentioned before. And add in a bunch of factors like coaching and injuries and schemes and so on.
Nobody thought Tebow was going to light up the NFL as a passer. Or Colt McCoy, but I dont think anyone thought Russel Wilson would either.
Long as I remember The rain been coming down. Clouds of Mystery pouring Confusion on the ground. Good men through the ages, Trying to find the sun; And I wonder, Still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain.