2024 NFL Draft QB rankings: Where does Shedeur Sanders rank among the likes of Caleb Williams and Drake Maye?

The NFL and college football seasons may just be starting yet before you know it the 2024 NFL Draft will be upon us and it’s never too early to look ahead. And doing so it looks like the class of signal callers available next April could be one of the deepest in recent memories! Here are the early rankings as well as a few notes on draft-eligible signal callers.

Three quarterbacks have established themselves as the best of the 2024 class - Caleb Williams, Drake Maye and Shedeur Sanders.

Williams is a dynamic talent - on the field, in the huddle and on the sidelines. He’s been touted as a special player and is the favorite to be the first pick of next year’s draft. Maye has better size and a slightly better arm than the Heisman Trophy winner. He’s more of a game manager compared to Williams yet has shown the ability to carry a team on his shoulders.

Sanders is the X-factor of the class. His play this season has been nothing short of brilliant. The arm strength, the poise, the decision-making are incredible as has been his command and control of the situation at hand. If he continues to play at his present level I would not be surprised if Sanders is selected ahead of Drake Maye.

Quinn Ewers has a first-round grade on my board. He’s a throwback of sorts and a gunslinger that’s the perfect passer for a vertical offense.

The second tier of quarterbacks is also very strong. Sam Hartman does not pass the eyeball test yet all he does is win and make good decisions. The same can be said for J.J. McCarthy.

Several day three signal callers have the ability to make a charge up draft boards. Both Tyler Van Dyke and Michael Penix have played well in the early going. Van Dyke has made good decisions while Pennix has shown improved accuracy. The fourth round grade I stamped the pair with is a full two rounds higher than scouts presently grade them.

2024 NFL Draft QB rankings

QB Rankings
Grade	Rnd	Full Name	School	Yr
4.32	1st	Caleb Williams	USC	3Jr
4.23	1st	Drake Maye	North Carolina	3So
4.14	1st	Shedeur Sanders	Colorado	3Jr
4.04	1st	Quinn Ewers	Texas	3Jr
3.88	2nd	Jaxson Dart	Mississippi	4Jr
3.85	2nd	Sam Hartman	Notre Dame	5Sr
3.81	2nd	J.J. McCarthy	Michigan	3Jr
3.73	3rd	Devin Leary	Kentucky	6Sr
3.64	3rd	Bo Nix	Oregon	5Sr
3.54	4th	Tyler Van Dyke	Miami-Fl	4Sr
3.53	4th	Grayson McCall	Coastal Carolina	5Sr
3.49	4-5	Michael Penix	Washington	6Sr
3.48	5th	Michael Pratt	Tulane	4Sr
3.47	5th	Collin Schlee	UCLA	5Sr
3.45	5th	Jayden Daniels	LSU	5Sr
3.44	5th	Joe Milton	Tennessee	6Sr
3.43	5th	Taulia Tagovailoa	Maryland	6Sr
3.42	5th	Jordan Travis	Florida State	6Sr
3.41	6th	Riley Leonard	Duke	3Jr
3.40	5th	Ben Bryant	Northwestern	6Sr
3.39	5-6	Kedon Slovis	BYU	5Sr
3.38	6th	Cameron Ward	Washington State	4Sr
3.37	6th	KJ Jefferson	Arkansas	5Sr
3.36	6th	Spencer Rattler	South Carolina	5Sr
3.35	6th	DJ Uiagalelei	Oregon State	4Sr
3.34	6th	Phil Jurkovec	Pittsburgh	6Sr
3.33	6th	Brennan Armstrong	North Carolina State	5Sr
3.32	6th	Austin Reed	Western Kentucky	5Sr
3.31	6th	Will Rogers	Mississippi State	4Sr
3.30	6th	Gavin Hardison	UTEP	5Sr
3.29	7th	Payton Thorne	Auburn	6Sr
3.28	7th	Tyler Shough	Texas Tech	6Sr
3.26	FA	Jalon Daniels	Kansas	4Sr
3.25	FA	JT Daniels	Rice	6Sr
3.24	FA	Will Howard	Kansas State	4Sr
3.23	FA	Kurtis Rourke	Ohio	5Sr
3.22	FA	Connor Bazelak	Bowling Green	5Sr
3.21	FA	Cameron Rising	Utah	6Sr
3.20	FA	Spencer Sanders	Mississippi	5Sr
3.19	FA	Carter Bradley	South Alabama	4Sr
3.18	FA	Hunter Dekkers	Iowa State	4Jr
3.15	FA	Athan Kaliakmanis	Minnesota	3So
3.13	FA	Graham Mertz	Florida	5Sr
3.12	FA	Brett Gabbert	Miami-Oh	5Sr
3.11	FA	Rocky Lombardi	Northern Illinois	6Sr
3.10	FA	Gerry Bohanon	South Florida	5Sr
3.09	FA	Jack Plummer	Louisville	6Sr
3.07	FA	Tanner Mordecai	Wisconsin	6Sr
3.06	FA	John Rhys Plumlee	Central Florida	5Sr
3.05	FA	Jayden de Laura	Arizona	5Sr
3.05	FA	Emory Jones	Cincinnati	5Sr
3.03	FA	Garrett Shrader	Syracuse	5Sr

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