Where do all the QBs come from?

[Patler]

32 teams, about 96 roster spots. 32 starters. From where?
QBs drafted in the first three rounds from 1982 to 2005:

1982
1 4 Art Schlichter QB Ohio State
1 5 Jim McMahon QB Brigham Young
2 44 Oliver Luck QB West Virginia
2 48 Matt Kofler QB San Diego State

1983
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 John Elway QB Stanford
1 7 Todd Blackledge QB Penn State
1 14 Jim Kelly QB Miami
1 15 Tony Eason QB Illinois
1 24 Ken O'Brien QB Cal-Davis
1 27 Dan Marino QB Pittsburgh

1984
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
2 38 Boomer Esiason QB Maryland
3 59 Jeff Hostetler QB West Virginia
3 80 Rick McIvor QB Texas
3 83 Jay Schroeder QB UCLA

1985
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
2 37 Randall Cunningham QB Nevada-Las Vegas
3 57 Frank Reich QB Maryland

1986
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 3 Jim Everett QB Purdue
1 12 Chuck Long QB Iowa
2 47 Jack Trudeau QB Illinois
3 67 Bubby Brister QB Louisiana-Monroe
3 71 Hugh Millen QB Washington
3 72 Robbie Bosco QB Brigham Young

1987
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 Vinny Testaverde QB Miami
1 6 Kelly Stouffer QB Colorado State
1 13 Chris Miller QB Oregon
1 26 Jim Harbaugh QB Michigan
3 64 Cody Carlson QB Baylor

1988
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
3 76 Chris Chandler QB Washington

1989
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 Troy Aikman QB UCLA
2 32 Mike Elkins QB Wake Forest
2 51 Billy Joe Tolliver QB Texas Tech
3 74 Anthony Dilweg QB Duke
3 83 Erik Wilhelm QB Oregon State

1990
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 Jeff George QB Illinois
1 7 Andre Ware QB Houston
3 59 Tommy Hodson QB Louisiana State
3 63 Peter Tom Willis QB Florida State
3 70 Neil O'Donnell QB Maryland

1991
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 16 Dan McGwire QB San Diego State
1 24 Todd Marinovich QB Southern California
2 33 Brett Favre QB Southern Mississippi
2 34 Browning Nagle QB Louisville

1992
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 6 David Klingler QB Houston
1 25 Tommy Maddox QB UCLA
2 40 Matt Blundin QB Virginia
2 46 Tony Sacca QB Penn State

1993
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 Drew Bledsoe QB Washington State
1 2 Rick Mirer QB Notre Dame
3 58 Billy Joe Hobert QB Washington

1994
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 3 Heath Shuler QB Tennessee
1 6 Trent Dilfer QB Fresno State

1995
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 3 Steve McNair QB Alcorn State
1 5 Kerry Collins QB Penn State
2 45 Todd Collins QB Michigan
2 60 Kordell Stewart QB Colorado
3 80 Stoney Case QB New Mexico
3 84 Eric Zeier QB Georgia

1996
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
2 42 Tony Banks QB Michigan State
3 85 Bobby Hoying QB Ohio State

1997
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 26 Jim Druckenmiller QB Virginia Tech
2 42 Jake Plummer QB Arizona State

1998
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 Peyton Manning QB Tennessee
1 2 Ryan Leaf QB Washington State
2 60 Charlie Batch QB Eastern Michigan
3 86 Jonathan Quinn QB Middle Tennessee
3 91 Brian Griese QB Michigan

1999
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 Tim Couch QB Kentucky
1 2 Donovan McNabb QB Syracuse
1 3 Akili Smith QB Oregon
1 11 Daunte Culpepper QB Central Florida
1 12 Cade McNown QB UCLA
2 50 Shaun King QB Tulane
3 77 Brock Huard QB Washington

2000
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 18 Chad Pennington QB Marshall
3 65 Giovanni Carmazzi QB Hofstra
3 75 Chris Redman QB Louisville

2001
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 Michael Vick QB Virginia Tech
2 32 Drew Brees QB Purdue
2 53 Quincy Carter QB Georgia
2 59 Marques Tuiasosopo QB Washington

2002
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 David Carr QB Fresno State
1 3 Joey Harrington QB Oregon
1 32 Patrick Ramsey QB Tulane
3 81 Josh McCown QB Sam Houston State

2003
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 Carson Palmer QB Southern California
1 7 Byron Leftwich QB Marshall
1 19 Kyle Boller QB California
1 22 Rex Grossman QB Florida
3 88 Dave Ragone QB Louisville
3 97 Chris Simms QB Texas

2004
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 Eli Manning QB Mississippi
1 4 Philip Rivers QB North Carolina State
1 11 Ben Roethlisberger QB Miami, O.
1 22 J.P. Losman QB Tulane
3 90 Matt Schaub QB Virginia

2005
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 1 Alex Smith QB Utah
1 24 Aaron Rodgers QB California
1 25 Jason Campbell QB Auburn
3 67 Charlie Frye QB Akron
3 69 Andrew Walter QB Arizona State
3 85 David Greene QB Georgia

Many with less than illustrious careers. Kind of makes you wonder what some temas have to play with behind center.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Patler,

You should post all of the starters in the league and what round they were drafted in. That would be interesting. I'd bet it's relatively similar to other positions, but would probably show that you don't need to draft a QB high.

[Patler]

Actually, the point I was hoping to make is that the good QB's play 12-15 years, some even longer. If about two good ones come out of each draft on average, the league stays supplied. The rest just come, stick around for a few years and go.

[oregonpackfan]

Patler,

You forgot to include in the 2005 draft that the New York Jets took U. of Oregon QB Kellen Clemens in the 2nd round.

OPF

[b bulldog]

Clemens will be a star in the NFL.

[Patler]

Patler,

You forgot to include in the 2005 draft that the New York Jets took U. of Oregon QB Kellen Clemens in the 2nd round.

OPF

Clemens was drafted in 2006, not 2005. I didn't include 2006 because we really have no clue about any of them yet.

[woodbuck27]

MAN O MAN ! Patler. :mrgreen: