Miami‘s Cam Ward and Colorado‘s Shedeur Sanders are extensively believed to be the highest two quarterbacks within the 2025 NFL Draft class. However who’s QB3? In a yr when the crop of passers is believed to be weaker than in latest drafts, it is an intriguing query.
“Look, there’s lots of people who say a whole lot of various things, so I am not attempting to tie my head into something like that,” Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart mentioned on the NFL Mix when requested in regards to the notion that there are simply two elite quarterback prospects. “This has been a dream for me since I used to be slightly child to be on this place that I am in right now. I am actually simply attempting to enhance. I do know that if I management issues that I can management, all the pieces’s going to play out the proper method. I am not even too nervous about that in any respect.”
Listed below are the 5 quarterbacks who look like finest positioned to be the third quarterback taken subsequent month:
Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss
Measurables: 6-foot-2, 223 kilos
2024 stats (13 stats): 69.3% completion fee for 4,279 yards and 29 TDs with 6 INTs; 124 carries for 495 yards and three TDs
A handful of draft evaluators have pegged Dart to go as excessive as late first spherical.
On the mix, he confirmed his nice deep ball, on par together with his tape. He led the FBS final season in yards per try (10.8), and passing yards and touchdowns on passes of not less than 20 air yards, in line with PFF. However he is a very good athlete as nicely. He was deployed on designed runs. Over the previous three years, Dart had 1,498 dashing yards and 12 touchdowns on greater than 4 yards per carry.
Jalen Milroe, Alabama
Measurables: 6-foot-2, 217 kilos
2024 stats (13 video games): 64.3% completion fee for two,844 yards and 16 touchdowns with 11 INTs; 168 carries for 726 yards and 20 TDs
Milroe is by far probably the most explosive athlete on the quarterback place on this class. He is a handful for defenses within the open subject together with his pace. However his uneven session on the mix — inaccurate passes, underthrown deep balls — speaks to how a lot improvement he’ll want within the NFL. He can throw with some zip, however his footwork and decision-making want enchancment.
Touted as a first-round choose early within the 2024 faculty soccer season, Milroe is now projected by some to go as late as the center rounds. His 20 dashing touchdowns final season ranked second amongst FBS quarterbacks and eighth amongst all gamers.
Will Howard, Ohio State
Measurables: 6-foot-4, 236 kilos
2024 stats (16 video games): 73.0% completion fee for 4,010 yards and 35 TDs with 10 INTs; 105 carries for 226 yards and seven TDs
A nationwide champion with the Buckeyes final season, Howard possesses nice dimension for the quarterback place. He led the Huge Ten in landing passes. He is very cell, too; pulling on learn choices is a part of his repertoire. However he is critiqued for being system-dependent, versus being a legit playmaker at quarterback. That, plus enjoying with superior expertise at Ohio State, muddies his perceived upside.
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Tyler Shough, Louisville
Measurables: 6-foot-5, 219 kilos
2024 stats (12 video games): 62.7% completion fee for 3,195 yards and 23 TDs with 6 INTs
Contemplating the league’s common impatience with creating passers, Shough’s age (he turns 26 in September) and expertise could possibly be a plus. He was in the identical recruiting class as Trevor Lawrence and backed up Justin Herbert at Oregon.
Shough’s well being historical past is regarding, nonetheless. He performed solely 15 video games in three years at Texas Tech as a result of accidents.
Like Howard, although, Shough has nice dimension. The arm expertise is there. He was efficient when well-protected at Louisville. His tape would not present a whole lot of mobility, however he did run a 4.63-second 40-yard sprint on the mix, a very good mark for a quarterback of his stature.
Quinn Ewers, Texas
Measurables: 6-foot-2, 214 kilos
2024 stats (14 video games): 65.8% completion fee for 3,472 yards and 31 TDs with 12 INTs
Ewers could make his throws look so easy. He has good pocket mobility. He received loads of video games at Texas. The largest knocks in opposition to him are that he wasn’t nice in opposition to stress in faculty, and, as a median athlete, he lacks escapability.
My choose for QB3?
Dart.
He is not a superior athlete on the place like Milroe and would not have the scale of Howard or Shough, however he is someplace in between. That, plus his manufacturing and proficiency throwing the deep ball in faculty soccer’s finest convention for 3 years, places him firmly within the dialog slightly below Ward and Sanders.
Dart has drawn some similarities to the Philadelphia Eagles‘ Jalen Hurts due to their related bodily profiles, although Hurts was the superior runner getting into the NFL.
“I really feel like we will do a whole lot of the identical issues,” Dart mentioned of the comparisons with Hurts. “Clearly, he is an elite participant, and I am attempting to achieve that stage. However he is been someone that I’ve tried to resemble in my sport simply due to his versatility, with the ability to run and throw the ball, and simply how robust he’s within the pocket.”
Milroe, although, may nonetheless rise to develop into the third quarterback taken. He has uncommon athleticism on the place, so it is doable a group with a veteran passer that may afford to be affected person in creating him may take a flyer on the Alabama starter excessive within the draft.
Ben Arthur is an NFL reporter for FOX Sports activities. He beforehand labored for The Tennessean/USA TODAY Community, the place he was the Titans beat author for a yr and a half. He lined the Seattle Seahawks for SeattlePI.com for 3 seasons (2018-20) previous to transferring to Tennessee. You may observe Ben on X at @benyarthur.
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