2018 NFL Draft Quarterback Rankings, Week 1

                                  

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 1 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.     JOSH ALLEN                     JR.    WYOMING    

2.     SAM DARNOLD              SOr   USC       

3.     JOSH ROSEN                   JR.    UCLA

4.     MASON RUDOLPH        SR.    OKLAHOMA STATE

5.     JARRETT STIDHAM       SOr   AUBURN

6.     LUKE FALK                      SRr   WASHINGTON STATE

7.     LAMAR JACKSON          JR.    LOUISVILLE           - showing improvement in the pocket.   

8.     BAKER MAYFIELD         SRr   OKLAHOMA

9.     STEVEN MONTEZ         SOr   COLORADO

10.  RYAN FINLEY                 SRr    N.C. STATE      

11.  MIKE WHITE                  SRr    WESTERN KENTUCKY 

12.  DREW LOCK                   JR.     MISSOURI   

13.  MANNY WILKINS          JRr    ARIZONA STATE   

14.  QUINTEN DORMADY   JR.    TENNESSEE             - showing a lot of promise

15.  RILEY FERGUSON         SRr    MEMPHIS

16.  RICHARD LAGOW        SRr    INDIANA       

17.  WILTON SPEIGHT        JRr     MICHIGAN 

18.  KELLY BRYANT             JR.     CLEMSON

19.  CHASE LITTON             JRr     MARSHALL 

20.  JAKE BROWNING        JR.     WASHINGTON

21.  WILL GRIER                  JRr     WEST VIRGINIA      

22.  NICK FITZGERALD       JRr     MISSISSIPPI STATE      - accuracy is still the issue.   

23.  TANNER LEE                JRr     NEBRASKA   

24.  CLAYTON THORSON JRr     NORTHWESTERN

25.  BRETT RYPIEN            JR.     BOISE STATE

26.  NICK STEVENS           SRr     COLORADO STATE    

27.  BRIAN LEWERKE       SOr     MICHIGAN STATE

28.  JAKE LUTON               JRr     OREGON STATE          -  in developmental stage   

29.  MAX BROWNE          SRr     PITT

30.  RILEY NEAL                 JR.     BALL STATE

31.  GUS RAGLAND          JRr     MIAMI, OHIO    

32.  AUSTIN ALLEN           SRr    ARKANSAS           - just lacks size.

33.  NIC SHIMONEK         SRr     TEXAS TECH

34.  J. T. BARRETT            SRr     OHIO STATE    

35.  KELLER CHRYST         JRr     STANFORD

36.  EASTON STICK           JRr     NORTH DAKOTA STATE

37.  MATT LINEHAN         SR.     IDAHO    

38.  JESSE ERTZ                  SRr    KANSAS STATE   

39.  ERIC DUNGY               JR.     SYRACUSE

40.  JEREMIAH BRISCOE  SRr    S.F. AUSTIN

41.  BRANDON SILVERS    SRr    TROY 

42.  KYLE BOLIN                  SRr    RUTGERS 

43.  QUINTON FLOWERS   SR.     USF

44.  JUSTICE HANSEN         JRr     ARKANSAS STATE  

45.  KYLE ALLEN                   JRr    HOUSTON

46.  TANNER MANGUM    JRr    BYU

47.  GAGE GUBRUD            JRr    EASTERN WASHINGTON   

48.  CASE COOKUS              JRr    NORTHERN ARIZONA

49.  BROGAN ROBACK       SRr    EASTERN MICHIGAN

50.  LOGAN WOODSIDE     SR.    TOLEDO

51.  KYLE SCHURMUR         JR.     VANDERBILT

52.  KENNY HILL                   SRr    TCU          

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   

58.  CHAYCE CROUCH          JRr     ILLINOIS  

59.  DANIEL JONES               SOr    DUKE                  - listed here as I doubt that he will declare.   

60.  BRANDON WIMBUSH  SOr    NOTRE DAME  - listed here as I doubt that he will declare.   

61.  NICK TIANO                    SOr    CHATTANOOGA       - listed here as I doubt that he will declare.