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.
