Consensus board vs. draft day: the full QB class, charted.
The Steal
Connor Cook was ranked QB4 on the consensus board (#52 overall) but lasted until pick 100, where the Las Vegas Raiders took him in Round 4. A 48-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any QB in the class. Behind him, Cardale Jones (+40) and Dak Prescott (+31) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Cleveland Browns took Cody Kessler at pick 93, 114 spots ahead of his #207 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Jacoby Brissett (67 spots) and Christian Hackenberg (47 spots).
The Cliff
After Christian Hackenberg went at pick 51, the next QB didn't come off the board for 40 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 15 picks on QB, 4 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 11.9 since 2018.
The Bet
The Los Angeles Rams spent more draft capital on QB than any other club: pick 1, 53% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Vernon Adams Jr., ranked #223 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 253 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Goff | QB1 | #7 | −6 | California | LA Rams |
| 2 | Carson Wentz | QB2 | #12 | −10 | North Dakota State | Philadelphia |
| 26 | Paxton Lynch | QB3 | #27 | −1 | Memphis | Denver |
| 51 | Christian Hackenberg | QB5 | #98 | −47 | Penn State | NY Jets |
| 91 | Jacoby Brissett | QB8 | #158 | −67 | North Carolina State | New England |
| 93 | Cody Kessler | QB13 | #207 | −114 | USC | Cleveland |
| 100 | Connor Cook | QB4 | #52 | +48 | Michigan State | Las Vegas |
| 135 | Dak Prescott | QB7 | #104 | +31 | Mississippi State | Dallas |
| 139 | Cardale Jones | QB6 | #99 | +40 | Ohio State | Buffalo |
| 162 | Kevin Hogan | QB9 | #183 | −21 | Stanford | Kansas City |
| 187 | Nate Sudfeld | QB12 | #197 | −10 | Indiana | Washington |
| 191 | Jake Rudock | QB | — | — | Michigan | Detroit |
| 201 | Brandon Allen | QB10 | #189 | +12 | Arkansas | Jacksonville |
| 207 | Jeff Driskel | QB11 | #190 | +17 | Louisiana Tech | San Francisco |
| 223 | Brandon Doughty | QB15 | #247 | −24 | Western Kentucky | Miami |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Vernon Adams Jr. | QB14 | #223 | — | Oregon | — |
| — | Jake Coker | QB16 | #277 | — | — | — |
| — | Trevone Boykin | QB17 | #300 | — | TCU | — |
| — | Joel Stave | QB | — | — | Wisconsin | — |
| — | Matt Johnson | QB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Mike Bercovici | QB | — | — | — | — |
| — | Nick Arbuckle | QB | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.