QB draft class considered sub-par, but it includes surprise name not many are discussing

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Look at the list of quarterbacks drafted in the second round of the NFL draft the past decade, and you understand that round is basically a graveyard where starting quarterback careers are buried.

With some exceptions such as Derek Carr, Jimmy Garoppolo and probably Andy Dalton, the players on that list were generally unremarkable and never authored careers as starters for very long.

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(Don’t include Jalen Hurts in that because the jury is still out on him).

And yet it’s that second round where multiple NFL scouts have told OutKick that the quarterback with perhaps the most talented arm in this year’s draft will be selected.

That quarterback is Carson Strong of the University of Nevada.

Nevada quarterback Carson Strong calls signals to teammates during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against California, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)

"Everyone knows he comes with a medical red flag, but his arm, makeup, leadership, accuracy are first-round caliber coming out," one NFL personnel man said Monday.

If you’ve never heard of Strong among the top names of this year’s quarterback class, it’s precisely because he’s supposed to be a surprise. He’s not supposed to factor as a first rounder. In fact there’s a little mystery going on about him.

"I don’t have anything for you on him, what else you got going on today, you all moved in yet?" one scout texted.

The reason for the misdirection could be the 2022 draft class is offering precious little certainty about the quarterbacks. Some personnel people are calling this a sub-par class for passers.