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The 2024 NFL Draft saw an unprecedented 4 quarterbacks taken successful nan apical 10 and six taken successful nan apical 12 arsenic nan talent excavation was stacked heading into nan caller season.
As those rookies get acclimated to their caller teams, a group of highly talented quarterbacks await their move successful nan 2025 NFL Draft.
College shot is group to person different talented group of quarterbacks perchance deed nan NFL Draft adjacent year, but they must first cement their draught banal during nan 2024-2025 collegiate campaign.
Who are immoderate apical options to watch? Let’s break them down, starting pinch 1 who received tons of nationalist spotlight contempt a mediocre squad grounds past season.
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Shedeur Sanders of nan Colorado Buffaloes (Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
Shedeur Sanders – Colorado
Sanders, nan boy of Buffaloes caput coach Deion Sanders, has already solidified himself arsenic 1 of nan astir intriguing backmost prospects up of nan 2025 Draft.
He’s mobile, he’s assured passing successful nan pocket, he’s accurate, he’s beardown some successful his limb and his legs. Sanders possesses nan qualities teams want to spot successful a imaginable franchise man.
He decided to forgo nan draught this year, opting to tally it backmost pinch his begetter astatine Colorado, wherever they had a putrid play contempt starting 3-0. They vanished 4-8 connected nan play (1-8 successful Pac-12 play) successful Sanders’ first play pinch nan Buffaloes.
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The 6-foot-2-inch, 215-pound signal-caller had 3,230 yards pinch 27 touchdowns and conscionable 3 interceptions complete 11 games past season, passing for a 69.3% completion complaint connected 430 attempts.
Sanders possesses NFL pedigree, considering his father’s Hall of Fame achievements, and evaluators are looking to spot what he tin do successful twelvemonth 2, erstwhile he will hopefully person a amended violative statement that doesn’t unit him to scramble excessively overmuch and unit throws into areas wherever he shouldn’t.
Quinn Ewers of nan Texas Longhorns (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
Quinn Ewers – Texas
He led the Longhorns to a College Football Playoff quality past season, yet falling to Michael Penix Jr., nan No. 8 wide prime successful this year’s draft, and nan Washington Huskies.
Ewers was different subordinate who could’ve gone retired into nan NFL, but he decided to enactment pinch caput coach Steve Sarkisian and spot if they tin make it to nan nationalist title crippled this time.
Armed pinch tremendous talent astatine wide receiver, including Kansas City Chiefs first-round prime Xavier Worthy, Ewers’ 2nd twelvemonth astatine Texas saw 3,479 yards pinch 22 touchdowns and six interceptions complete 12 games. It was a important betterment from his 2,177 yards and 15 touchdowns complete 10 games successful 2022.
Ewers, a beardown pouch passer, and Sarkisian, a backmost guru, will proceed moving together to spot if he tin fulfill nan standing arsenic nan apical subordinate and backmost successful his precocious schoolhouse class. Footwork and deep-ball accuracy will beryllium areas to watch for Ewers successful 2024.
Carson Beck – Georgia
Beck and nan Bulldogs appeared connected their measurement to repetition arsenic nationalist champions past play earlier losing to Alabama successful nan SEC Championship Game, which yet near them without a spot successful nan College Football Playoff.
Beck returns to Georgia and caput coach Kirby Smart for a 5th play aft yet getting nan chance to beryllium nan team’s full-time starter. He had 3,941 yards pinch 24 touchdowns and six interceptions pinch a 72.4% completion rate.
Carson Beck of nan Georgia Bulldogs (Rich Storry/Getty Images)
He has nan prototypical backmost build astatine 6 feet 4 inches gangly and 215 pounds, and his play shows a accepted pouch passer who tin present nan shot anyplace acknowledgment to precise mechanics and nan expertise to consciousness and navigate pressure.
Experience is nan large kicker for Beck, which is why he’s returning this season. It’s successful 2024-2025 erstwhile Beck tin solidify a first-round action pinch much coagulated play for nan Bulldogs.
Jalen Milroe – Alabama
Kalen DeBoer heads from Washington to Alabama, wherever he shoulders tons of expectations aft taking complete nan Crimson Tide programme from Nick Saban, who amazingly retired aft a College Football Playoff tally past year.
But what helps DeBoer and his violative mind is having Milroe return arsenic backmost for Alabama, wherever he could elevate his draught banal conscionable for illustration Penix did erstwhile he joined nan Huskies 2 years ago.
Jalen Milroe of nan Alabama Crimson Tide (Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Milroe had 2,834 yards pinch 23 passing touchdowns while besides rushing for 531 yards and 12 touchdowns connected his measurement to falling conscionable short of nan nationalist title game.
The anticipation is Milroe will unlock different level of play nether DeBoer successful 2024. NFL teams will want to spot much of what Milroe worked connected this spring: progressions and pouch beingness earlier taking disconnected pinch his signature elusive abilities.
A Heisman Trophy mightiness beryllium successful Milroe’s early if he tin proceed processing toward nan first-round talent galore expect him to be.
Cam Ward – Miami
The Hurricanes’ programme decided to support Ward from entering nan draught this year. Ward was a prima astatine Washington State this past season, throwing for 3,726 yards pinch 25 touchdowns and 7 interceptions pinch a 66.6% completion rate. This came aft he totaled 23 touchdowns and 3,232 yards successful 2022.
Ward’s acquisition was besides seen astatine FCS schoolhouse Immaculate Word, which brings him to his 5th collegiate play successful Miami, wherever he could raise his draught stock.
Cameron Ward played for nan Washington State Cougars past season. (Lydia Ely/Getty Images)
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This is expected to beryllium Ward’s toughest task yet pinch nan Hurricanes while playing successful nan ACC. And while he isn’t considered first-round talent, that tin each alteration conscionable for illustration Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy did connected his measurement to a nationalist title past season.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
