NFL scouts favor Oklahoma State's Mestemaker as QB1 in '27 draft

The general tenor of on-field chaos of the 2026 college football season has rippled into the crop of top quarterbacks being evaluated for the 2027 NFL draft. That QB class, once considered both flush with talent and deep, has taken a significant hit since the start of the season. Players like Texas ' Arch Manning , South Carolina 's LaNorris Sellers and LSU 's Sam Leavitt haven't announced themselves as surefire prospects. ESPN conducted a midseason poll of 25 scouts and executives, asking who will be the top quarterback drafted next year.