I agree
- Patrick Mahomes (Texas Tech)
- Josh Allen (Wyoming)
- Rodgers (Cal)
- Wilson (Wisconsin) (3rd Round Pick)
- Drew Brees (Perdue).
A lot of people like Deshaun Watson, he did go to Clemson.
Also other than Eli, there haven’t been any Super-Bowl QB’s picked with the 1st or 2nd pick in the draft in the past 20 years. I put emphasis on the past 20 because College Football has changed a lot since then. This big school QB’s (Alabama, Clemson, LSU, USC etc) tend to more often times than not, get drafted and wind-up being a backup. The problem with most of these guys, is that they get to a team like the Jets or Browns and are set up to fail. Most of the players listed below that were successful went to a team that was ready to compete like the Steelers, Colts, and Eagles.
Jamarcus Russel
Tim Couch
David Carr
Sam Bradford
Jeff George
Alex Smith
Steve Bartowski
Vinny Testaverdi
Mike Vick
Matthew Stafford
Cam Newton
Drew Bledsoe
Carson Palmer
Andrew Luck
Jim Plunkett**
Eli Manning**
Troy Aikman***
Terry Bradshaw****
Peyton Manning**
John Elway**
Jameis Winston
Joe Burrow
Those are the Quarterbacks that have been drafted 1 overall. The *’s indicate Super Bowl wins.
Plenty of great QB’s went in the first round in later pics: Ben Roethlisberger (11), Jim Kelly (14), Marino (27), Rodgers etc.
Number 2 picks:
RG3
Rick Mirer
Ryan Leaf
Donovan McNabb
Marcus Mariota
Archie Manning
Bert Jones
Carson Wentz
Mitchell Trubiski
I’ve excluded guys like Sid Luckman and players that played before the Superbowl
Also of course just to add the players a lot of people consider g.o.a.t status-
Joe Montana 3rd Round. Brady 6th Round