Lebanon, TN – Note that many mock drafts for 2025 identify some of the top draft picks this year as quarterbacks. We did not see Shedeur Sanders of Colorado nor Cameron Ward of Miami in action during their collegiate careers. Despite what the “experts” say, we see some of the early teams selecting more in need of players up front to block for protection before they invest in a multi-year, starting quarterback. Some would be better building up front first and selecting QBs of lower value with good talent in later rounds or later drafts. We have to say that in previous seasons, among the college play-callers available for this year’s draft, we hesitate to say we saw many that stood out. Among some of the best we witnessed, we had issues capturing them on camera due to malfunctions or poor pictures taken. We have to improve upon that in upcoming seasons. Others decided to continue college ball for now or realized that their skills don’t measure up in the pro game.
Top QBs not captured on camera or for future reference
Despite attending 31 games in 2024, we didn’t come up with as many QB photo shoots as we would have preferred. Probably among the missing for these reasons, Will Howard of Ohio State came in as one of the best available though he didn’t excel in the Buckeyes 20-13 win over Penn State that we attended. Can say the same for Georgia’s Carson Beck when the Bulldogs beat Auburn, 31-13, but he delayed the draft another year to replace Ward at The U next season. We didn’t catch any photos of SMU’s Kevin Jennings in his team’s CPP loss at Penn State. LaNorris Sanders at South Carolina put together a nice performance against Vanderbilt in a 28-7 victory. Considerations for him in the future. His counterpart that day for Vandy, Diego Pavia, didn’t show much, but he’ll be on our schedule again in 2025 with the improved Commodores. Gutsy performances witnessed came from run-pass option QBs in Ohio U’s Parker Novarro and Jacksonville State’s Tyler Huff, but their playing capabilities probably don’t match up well with what the pros look for at that upper level of play.
Our Top QBs: the NFL can take ’em or leave ’em
Many of the signal-callers we scouted started off with strong reputations and good collegiate beginnings, but in many cases, they did not sustain the type of interest heading into the 2025 draft. So, here we present some of the best of the best seen by us in action that offer some interest at the pro level. In most cases, these players can fall into free agency considered as long shots. Sometimes, these types of players rise to the occasion. Maybe their maturity, their coaching staff, or the talent around them did not allow them to excel during their college careers. Sometimes they just might find a good fit at the next level. For these reasons, we can’t write them off. For our purpose, however, these are the guys we can always say, “We saw them before anybody knew he could make it big at the next level.” It’s part of the fun of attending all these college games and seeing what happens to the players after they move on.
Quarterbacks
Quarterbacks on “the bubble”
NFL QB Long Shots
