<![CDATA[QB draft class Comparison]]> How do you think that this year's QB class will match up against some past  QB draft classes?

Let's start with the last time 5 QBs were taken in round one:  1999

Drafted Players

 
 
Rk Year Rnd Pick   Pos DrAge Tm From To AP1 PB St CarAV G GS QBrec Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD College/Univ  
1 1999 1 1 Tim Couch QB 22 CLE 1999 2003 0 0 4 30 62 59 22-37-0 1025 1714 11131 64 67 124 556 2 Kentucky College Stats
2 1999 1 2 Donovan McNabb QB 22 PHI 1999 2011 0 6 11 107 167 161 98-62-1 3170 5374 37276 234 117 616 3459 29 Syracuse College Stats
3 1999 1 3 Akili Smith QB 24 CIN 1999 2002 0 0 1 1 22 17 3-14-0 215 461 2212 5 13 70 371 1 Oregon College Stats
4 1999 1 11 Daunte Culpepper QB 22 MIN 1999 2009 0 3 5 86 105 100 41-59-0 2016 3199 24153 149 106 514 2652 34 Central Florida College Stats
5 1999 1 12 Cade McNown QB 22 CHI 1999 2000 0 0 0 7 25 15 3-12-0 281 515 3111 16 19 82 486 3 UCLA College Stats
6 1999 2 50 Shaun King QB 22 TAM 1999 2004 0 0 0 18 34 24 14-10-0 415 738 4566 27 24 113 454 5 Tulane College Stats
7 1999 3 77 Brock Huard QB 23 SEA 2000 2003 0 0 0 2 8 4 0-4-0 60 107 689 4 2 9 48 0 Washington College Stats
8 1999 4 101 Joe Germaine QB 24 STL 1999 1999 0 0 0 1 3 0   9 16 136 1 2 3 0 0 Ohio St. College Stats
9 1999 4 131 Aaron Brooks QB 23 GNB 2000 2006 0 0 6 65 93 90 38-52-0 1673 2963 20261 123 92 362 1534 13 Virginia College Stats
10 1999 5 151 Kevin Daft QB   TEN     0 0 0                         California-Davis  
11 1999 7 227 Michael Bishop QB 23 NWE 2000 2000 0 0 0 0 8 0   3 9 80 1 1 7 -1 0 Kansas St. College Stats
12 1999 7 239 Chris Greisen QB 23 ARI 1999 2000 0 0 0 0 5 0   7 16 69 1 0 1 1 0 NW Missouri St.  
13 1999 7 245 Scott Covington QB 23 CIN 1999 2002 0 0 0 0 4 1 1-0-0 6 10 30 0 0 2 -4 0 Miami (FL) College Stats
]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/50009/qb-draft-class-comparisonRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 06:08:25 GMTMon, 30 Apr 2018 16:13:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to QB draft class Comparison on Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:25:57 GMT]]> Or...how about 2003.   4 QBs taken in round one.  1 good one...the others not so much:

Drafted Players

 
 
Rk Year Rnd Pick   Pos DrAge Tm From To AP1 PB St CarAV G GS QBrec Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD College/Univ  
1 2003 1 1 Carson Palmer QB 23 CIN 2004 2017 0 3 11 108 182 181 92-88-1 3941 6307 46247 294 187 301 474 8 USC College Stats
2 2003 1 7 Byron Leftwich QB 23 JAX 2003 2012 0 0 3 33 60 50 24-26-0 930 1605 10532 58 42 137 415 10 Marshall College Stats
3 2003 1 19 Kyle Boller QB 22 BAL 2003 2011 0 0 4 17 67 47 20-27-0 861 1519 8931 48 54 176 572 2 California College Stats
4 2003 1 22 Rex Grossman QB 23 CHI 2003 2012 0 0 2 23 54 47 25-22-0 863 1562 10232 56 60 81 106 4 Florida College Stats
5 2003 3 88 Dave Ragone QB 23 HOU 2003 2003 0 0 0 1 2 2 0-2-0 20 40 135 0 1 6 51 0 Louisville College Stats
6 2003 3 97 Chris Simms QB 23 TAM 2004 2009 0 0 1 8 23 16 7-9-0 297 511 3117 12 18 33 48 1 Texas College Stats
7 2003 4 110 Seneca Wallace QB 23 SEA 2005 2013 0 0 1 14 64 22 6-16-0 468 788 4947 31 19 68 293 1 Iowa St. College Stats
8 2003 5 163 Brian St. Pierre QB 23 PIT 2004 2010 0 0 0 0 3 1 0-1-0 15 33 185 2 3 5 -1 0 Boston Col. College Stats
9 2003 6 192 Drew Henson QB 23 HOU 2004 2008 0 0 0 0 9 1 1-0-0 11 20 98 1 1 1 7 0 Michigan College Stats
10 2003 6 200 Brooks Bollinger QB 23 NYJ 2004 2008 0 0 1 6 21 10 2-8-0 211 360 2226 9 9 41 155 0 Wisconsin College Stats
11 2003 6 201 Kliff Kingsbury QB 24 NWE 2005 2005 0 0 0 0 1 0   1 2 17 0 0       Texas Tech College Stats
12 2003 7 232 Gibran Hamdan QB 22 WAS 2003 2003 0 0 0 0 1 0   1 2 7 0 0       Indiana College Stats
13 2003 7 241 Ken Dorsey QB 22 SFO 2004 2008 0 0 0 1 17 13 2-11-0 214 408 2082 8 18 11 18 0 Miami (FL) College Stats
]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/790296https://brownsboard.com/post/790296Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:25:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QB draft class Comparison on Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:22:02 GMT]]> Then there is the year that most closely matches 1983....2004:

Drafted Players

 
 
Rk Year Rnd Pick   Pos DrAge Tm From To AP1 PB St CarAV G GS QBrec Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD College/Univ  
1 2004 1 1 Eli Manning QB 23 SDG 2004 2017 0 4 13 112 216 214 111-103-0 4424 7396 51682 339 228 296 540 6 Mississippi College Stats
2 2004 1 4 Philip Rivers QB 22 NYG 2004 2017 0 7 12 134 196 192 106-86-0 4171 6492 50348 342 166 335 573 3 North Carolina St. College Stats
3 2004 1 11 Ben Roethlisberger QB 22 PIT 2004 2017 0 6 14 120 200 198 135-63-0 4164 6493 51065 329 174 438 1252 16 Miami (OH) College Stats
4 2004 1 22 J.P. Losman QB 23 BUF 2004 2011 0 0 2 19 45 33 10-23-0 564 952 6271 33 34 105 490 3 Tulane College Stats
5 2004 3 90 Matt Schaub QB 23 ATL 2004 2016 0 2 7 69 145 92 47-45-0 2093 3274 24867 133 90 189 360 4 Virginia College Stats
6 2004 4 106 Luke McCown QB 23 CLE 2004 2015 0 0 0 8 62 10 2-8-0 216 356 2370 9 15 34 177 0 Louisiana Tech College Stats
7 2004 5 148 Craig Krenzel QB 23 CHI 2004 2004 0 0 0 1 6 5 3-2-0 59 127 718 3 6 18 41 0 Ohio St. College Stats
8 2004 6 185 Andy Hall QB 23 PHI 2005 2005 0 0 0 0 1 0                   Delaware College Stats
9 2004 6 187 Josh Harris QB   BAL     0 0 0                         Bowling Green College Stats
10 2004 6 193 Jim Sorgi QB 23 IND 2004 2009 0 0 0 5 16 0   99 156 929 6 1 31 0 0 Wisconsin College Stats
11 2004 6 201 Jeff Smoker QB   STL     0 0 0                         Michigan St. College Stats
12 2004 7 202 John Navarre QB 23 ARI 2004 2005 0 0 0 0 2 1 0-1-0 32 64 342 2 5       Michigan College Stats
13 2004 7 217 Cody Pickett QB 24 SFO 2004 2005 0 0 0 1 6 2 0-2-0 18 45 195 0 4 14 47 0 Washington College Stats
14 2004 7 218 Casey Bramlet QB   CIN     0 0 0                         Wyoming  
15 2004 7 225 Matt Mauck QB 25 DEN 2005 2005 0 0 0 1 2 1 0-1-0 15 27 136 0 1 7 39 0 LSU College Stats
16 2004 7 248 B.J. Symons QB   HOU     0 0 0                         Texas Tech College Stats
17 2004 7 250 Bradlee Van Pelt QB 24 DEN 2005 2005 0 0 0 0 3 0   2 8 7 0 0 11 48 1 Colorado St. College Stats
]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/790293https://brownsboard.com/post/790293Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:22:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QB draft class Comparison on Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:20:21 GMT]]> Then, of course, there is the Mother of All NFL QB draft classes:  1983:

Drafted Players

 
 
Rk Year Rnd Pick   Pos DrAge Tm From To AP1 PB St CarAV G GS QBrec Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD College/Univ  
1 1983 1 1 John Elway HOF QB 23 BAL 1983 1998 0 9 16 138 234 231 148-82-1 4123 7250 51475 300 226 774 3407 33 Stanford College Stats
2 1983 1 7 Todd Blackledge QB 22 KAN 1983 1989 0 0 0 12 46 29 15-14-0 424 881 5286 29 38 81 325 2 Penn St. College Stats
3 1983 1 14 Jim Kelly HOF QB 23 BUF 1986 1996 1 5 11 103 160 160 101-59-0 2874 4779 35467 237 175 304 1049 7 Miami (FL) College Stats
4 1983 1 15 Tony Eason QB 23 NWE 1983 1990 0 0 3 36 90 51 28-23-0 911 1564 11142 61 51 134 503 6 Illinois College Stats
5 1983 1 24 Ken O'Brien QB 22 NYJ 1984 1993 0 2 7 72 129 110 50-59-1 2110 3602 25094 128 98 174 394 0 California-Davis  
6 1983 1 27 Dan Marino HOF QB 21 MIA 1983 1999 3 9 16 145 242 240 147-93-0 4967 8358 61361 420 252 301 87 9 Pittsburgh College Stats
7 1983 5 137 Jeff Christensen QB 23 CIN 1983 1987 0 0 0 2 4 2 1-1-0 24 58 297 1 3 12 39 0 East. Illinois  
8 1983 6 162 Reggie Collier QB 22 DAL 1986 1987 0 0 0 1 6 1 0-1-0 12 22 206 3 3 10 73 0 Southern Miss College Stats
9 1983 6 168 Babe Laufenberg QB 23 WAS 1986 1990 0 0 0 4 16 7 2-5-0 93 211 1057 5 11 33 126 0 Indiana College Stats
]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/790291https://brownsboard.com/post/790291Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:20:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QB draft class Comparison on Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:18:18 GMT]]> Or...how about  2012.....where 3rd and 4th rounders better than a group of first rounders:

Drafted Players

 
 
Rk Year Rnd Pick   Pos DrAge Tm From To AP1 PB St CarAV G GS QBrec Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD College/Univ  
1 2012 1 1 Andrew Luck QB 22 IND 2012 2016 0 3 4 59 70 70 43-27-0 1570 2651 19078 132 68 286 1442 14 Stanford College Stats
2 2012 1 2 Robert Griffin QB 22 WAS 2012 2016 0 1 2 35 42 40 15-25-0 766 1210 8983 42 26 275 1670 10 Baylor College Stats
3 2012 1 8 Ryan Tannehill QB 24 MIA 2012 2016 0 0 5 50 77 77 37-40-0 1653 2637 18455 106 66 216 1065 6 Texas A&M College Stats
4 2012 1 22 Brandon Weeden QB 28 CLE 2012 2015 0 0 1 14 34 25 6-19-0 559 965 6462 31 30 61 201 1 Oklahoma St. College Stats
5 2012 2 57 Brock Osweiler QB 21 DEN 2012 2017 0 0 1 12 42 25 13-12-0 584 987 6171 31 27 84 245 4 Arizona St. College Stats
6 2012 3 75 Russell Wilson QB 23 SEA 2012 2017 0 4 6 88 96 96 65-30-1 1815 2834 22176 161 56 578 3275 16 Wisconsin College Stats
7 2012 3 88 Nick Foles QB 23 PHI 2012 2017 0 1 3 24 49 39 22-17-0 833 1386 9752 61 29 116 350 5 Arizona College Stats
8 2012 4 102 Kirk Cousins QB 24 WAS 2012 2017 0 1 3 41 62 57 26-30-1 1372 2096 16206 99 55 123 379 13 Michigan St. College Stats
9 2012 6 185 Ryan Lindley QB 23 ARI 2012 2015 0 0 0 -4 10 6 1-5-0 140 274 1372 3 11 4 7 0 San Diego St. College Stats
10 2012 7 243 B.J. Coleman QB 23 GNB 2012 2012 0 0 0 0                       Tenn-Chattanooga  
11 2012 7 253 Chandler Harnish QB 24 IND 2012 2014 0 0 0 0 0                     Northern Illinois College Stats
]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/790290https://brownsboard.com/post/790290Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:18:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to QB draft class Comparison on Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:16:10 GMT]]> What about compared to 2011....when, except for one guy.....the 2d rounders taken were better than the first rounders....and Note:   Browns starter this coming year taken in 6th round here.

Drafted Players

 
 
Rk Year Rnd Pick   Pos DrAge Tm From To AP1 PB St CarAV G GS QBrec Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD College/Univ  
1 2011 1 1 Cam Newton QB 22 CAR 2011 2017 1 3 7 95 109 108 62-45-1 2001 3420 25074 158 94 828 4320 54 Auburn College Stats
2 2011 1 8 Jake Locker QB 23 TEN 2011 2014 0 0 1 15 30 23 9-14-0 408 709 4967 27 22 95 644 5 Washington College Stats
3 2011 1 10 Blaine Gabbert QB 21 JAX 2011 2017 0 0 3 14 48 45 11-34-0 781 1397 8437 44 43 171 631 3 Missouri College Stats
4 2011 1 12 Christian Ponder QB 23 MIN 2011 2014 0 0 3 22 38 36 14-21-1 632 1057 6658 38 36 126 639 7 Florida St. College Stats
5 2011 2 35 Andy Dalton QB 23 CIN 2011 2017 0 3 7 71 109 109 63-44-2 2217 3556 25534 167 93 346 1049 18 TCU College Stats
6 2011 2 36 Colin Kaepernick QB 23 SFO 2011 2016 0 0 4 45 69 58 28-30-0 1011 1692 12271 72 30 375 2300 13 Nevada College Stats
7 2011 3 74 Ryan Mallett QB 23 NWE 2012 2017 0 0 0 4 21 8 3-5-0 190 345 1835 9 10 28 -5 1 Arkansas College Stats
8 2011 5 135 Ricky Stanzi QB 24 KAN 2012 2014 0 0 0 0 0                     Iowa  
9 2011 5 152 T.J. Yates QB 24 HOU 2011 2017 0 0 0 6 22 10 4-6-0 179 324 2057 10 11 28 107 1 North Carolina College Stats
10 2011 5 160 Nathan Enderle QB 23 CHI     0 0 0                         Idaho College Stats
11 2011 6 180 Tyrod Taylor QB 22 BAL 2011 2017 0 1 3 39 58 43 22-20-0 793 1271 9056 51 18 310 1711 15 Virginia Tech College Stats
12 2011 7 208 Greg McElroy QB 23 NYJ 2012 2012 0 0 0 1 2 1 0-1-0 19 31 214 1 1 8 30 0 Alabama College Stats
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