The college football season is winding down with only one week left, while the NFL season still has seven weeks remaining. There are still many questions surrounding the future of football’s most promising quarterback prospects. Specifically, who will be the top quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft class? Is it Caleb Williams from Southern California, Drake Maye from North Carolina, or someone else?
Additionally, who will have the high picks needed to draft these top quarterback prospects? The upcoming game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots could determine which team secures the better draft pick next April.
With many uncertainties still ahead, we’ve ranked the top quarterback prospects using ESPN’s QBR metric. This ranking accounts for each quarterback’s contributions to winning, including their impact on passes, rushes, turnovers, and penalties.
QBR measures the degree of success on each play and the credit the quarterback deserves. It also considers the strength of opposing defenses faced. The final result is an efficiency rating on a 0-to-100 point scale.
According to ESPN’s QBR metric for the 2023 college football season, here are the top quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft class with one week left to play:
1. Jayden Daniels, LSU (QBR: 94.9)
2. J.J. McCarthy, Michigan (90.7)
3. Bo Nix, Oregon (89.7)
4. Carson Beck, Georgia (85.8)
5. Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma (85.7)
6. Michael Penix Jr., Washington (85.0)
7. Kyle McCord, Ohio State (83.8)
8. Caleb Williams, Southern California (82.4)
9. DJ Uiagalelei, Oregon State (81.4)
10. Jordan Travis, Florida State (80.0)
11. Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss (79.4)
12. Drake Maye, North Carolina (79.3)
13. Quinn Ewers, Texas (78.0)
14. Sam Hartman, Notre Dame (75.7)
15. Michael Pratt, Tulane (75.3)
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