Quarterbacks might come off the board early and sometimes within the 2024 NFL Draft.
The Chicago Bears are anticipated to kick off this month’s draft in Detroit by taking Caleb Williams No. 1 general. The following two groups within the order after Chicago — the Washington Commanders and New England Patriots — are extensively projected to take signal-callers as nicely, with UNC’s Drake Maye and LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels being the highest candidates.
Whereas the Arizona Cardinals aren’t out there for a quarterback at No. 4, that is been popularly theorized as a possible trade-up spot for a workforce eyeing a signal-caller like Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy. Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. and Oregon’s Bo Nix boast actual first-round potential as nicely.
In case you have not been counting, that is six quarterbacks who might be picked within the first spherical alone, together with with probably the primary three-plus choices.
So, with a doubtlessly quarterback-heavy Spherical 1, this 12 months’s draft might problem a few QB-related data.
What is the document for quarterbacks picked to start out an NFL draft?
Probably the most quarterback choices to start out an NFL draft is three and it is occurred 3 times within the frequent draft period (since 1967).
The highest three picks have been all quarterbacks in 1971 (Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini), 1999 (Tim Sofa, Donovan McNabb, Akili Smith) and 2021 (Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Trey Lance).
Which NFL draft had essentially the most quarterbacks picked within the first spherical?
The 1983 draft noticed essentially the most quarterbacks picked in a single first spherical within the frequent draft period. A complete of six signal-callers have been picked in Spherical 1 that 12 months, together with three who went to make to the Corridor of Fame: John Elway at No. 1 general, Todd Blackledge at No. 7, Jim Kelly at No. 14, Tony Eason at No. 15, Ken O’Brien at No. 24 and Dan Marino at No. 27.
There have been 5 first-round quarterbacks within the 1999, 2018 and 2021 drafts.
Pac-12 Community’s Ashley Adamson discusses the convention’s prime NFL Draft prospects in 2024.
