In what is considered to be the strongest QB class ever, the opinions of the ability of these QBs will shift from week to week so below is a chart of the rankings based upon what they have done in prior seasons and after Week 2 of the 2017 season. Of course this will only be the strongest QB class if all or nearly all of the underclassmen declare for the draft. The 1983 draft class is the one that had 6 QBs drafted in the 1st Round and is the draft that others have been compared to. The 1st Round of the 1983 draft went as follows: 1. John Elway - 7. Todd Blackledge - 14. Jim Kelly - 15. Tony Eason - 24. Ken O'Brien - 27. Dan Marino.
1. SAM DARNOLD SOr USC The magic continues.
2. JOSH ALLEN JRr WYOMING A Talent on a weak team.
3. JOSH ROSEN JR. UCLA Eli Manning clone
4. LAMAR JACKSON JR. LOUISVILLE Accuracy & pocket passing are better.
5. MASON RUDOLPH SR. OKLAHOMA STATE Inconsistency still there.
6. KELLY BRYANT JR. CLEMSON Talented - limited experience
7. BAKER MAYFIELD SRr OKLAHOMA Good with accuracy & improvising
8. JARRETT STIDHAM SOr AUBURN Needs more time to develop.
9. LUKE FALK SRr WASHINGTON STATE Benched & Head Injury in Week 2
10. STEVEN MONTEZ SOr COLORADO Size, talent - needs experience
11. RYAN FINLEY SRr N.C. STATE Arm strength only issue.
12. MIKE WHITE SRr WESTERN KENTUCKY
13. DREW LOCK JR. MISSOURI Arm talent but still too many mistakes
14. MANNY WILKINS JRr ARIZONA STATE Having a good year 1st 2 weeks.
15. QUINTEN DORMADY JR. TENNESSEE Showing a lot of promise
16. RILEY FERGUSON SRr MEMPHIS No Game Week 2 - Hurricane
17. WILL GRIER JRr WEST VIRGINIA Resuming where he left off at Florida
18. WILTON SPEIGHT JRr MICHIGAN
19. CHASE LITTON JRr MARSHALL
20. JAKE BROWNING JR. WASHINGTON
21. KYLE SCHURMUR JR. VANDERBILT Showing a lot of improvement
22. TANNER LEE JRr NEBRASKA Still not there but showing signs.
23. NICK STEVENS SRr COLORADO STATE
24. BRIAN LEWERKE SOr MICHIGAN STATE
25. KENNY HILL SRr TCU Off to a good start.
26. RILEY NEAL JR. BALL STATE
27. RICHARD LAGOW SRr INDIANA Benched in Week 2
28. NICK FITZGERALD JRr MISSISSIPPI STATE Accuracy is still the issue but great legs
29. CLAYTON THORSON JRr NORTHWESTERN
30. BRETT RYPIEN JR. BOISE STATE
31. BRANDON SILVERS SRr TROY
32. JAKE LUTON JRr OREGON STATE In developmental stage
33. MAX BROWNE SRr PITT
34. GUS RAGLAND JRr MIAMI, OHIO
35. AUSTIN ALLEN SRr ARKANSAS Lacks size - really bad game Week 2.
36. NIC SHIMONEK SRr TEXAS TECH
37. J. T. BARRETT SRr OHIO STATE
38. KELLER CHRYST JRr STANFORD
39. EASTON STICK JRr NORTH DAKOTA STATE
40. MATT LINEHAN SR. IDAHO
41. JESSE ERTZ SRr KANSAS STATE
42. ERIC DUNGY JR. SYRACUSE
43. JEREMIAH BRISCOE SRr S.F. AUSTIN
44. KYLE BOLIN SRr RUTGERS Bad game - Week 2.
45. QUINTON FLOWERS SR. USF Great player but 5-11.
46. JUSTICE HANSEN JRr ARKANSAS STATE
47. KYLE ALLEN JRr HOUSTON
48. TANNER MANGUM JRr BYU
49. GAGE GUBRUD JRr EASTERN WASHINGTON
50. CASE COOKUS JRr NORTHERN ARIZONA
51. BROGAN ROBACK SRr EASTERN MICHIGAN
52. LOGAN WOODSIDE SR. TOLEDO
53. TRACE McSORLEY JRr PENN STATE
54. DANNY ETLING SRr LSU
55. HAYDEN MOORE JRr CINCINNATI
56. PEYTON BENDER JRr KANSAS
57. ANU SOLOMON SRr BAYLOR Benched Week 2.
58. CHAYCE CROUCH JRr ILLINOIS
59. DANIEL JONES SOr DUKE - listed here as I doubt that he will declare.
60. TYLER HILINSKI SOr WASH. ST. - listed here as I doubt that he will declare.
61. BRANDON WIMBUSH SOr NOTRE DAME - listed here as I doubt that he will declare.
62 NICK TIANO SOr UT-CHATT. - listed here as I doubt that he will declare.
