NFL draft lore is filled with quarterback debates of No. 1 vs. No. 2. Last year, the comparisons between Alabama's Bryce Young and Ohio State's C.J.
Stroud echoed through the season. When they became the first two picks, it marked the ninth time in NFL history that quarterbacks have been taken with the top two choices.
The trend began back in 1971 with Jim Plunkett and Archie Manning, and it spanned generations to Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf in 1998.
It popped up, memorably, when Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III were picked in 2012. Entering the 2023 college football season, scouts overwhelmingly predicted to ESPN this week that it's a safe bet that USC junior Caleb Williams and UNC redshirt sophomore Drake Maye will go No.
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