Welcome one and all to yet another Draft "Expert" blog post! Much like previous posts, we will be ranking the best quarterbacks available for the 2022 NFL Draft!
I think I've said this every time, but, this list is subject to change every single week. These lists go off of a players week-to-week play and could change drastically depending on whether or not a player does really good or falls off a cliff (figuratively of course).
In this list you will see a new player at the number one ranking, some new faces in the top 10 as well as some not so new faces, some risers, some fallers, etc. Of couse, I hope you enjoy the list and don't hate me too much if it's not to your liking. Anyway, enjoy!
Pre-Season - https://www.theloganblackmanshow.com/post/the-draft-expert-pre-season-2022-nfl-draft-prospect-rankings-offense
Wk 1 - https://www.theloganblackmanshow.com/post/the-draft-expert-wk-2-quarterback-prospect-rankings
Wk 2 - https://www.theloganblackmanshow.com/post/the-draft-expert-wk-3-quarterback-prospect-rankings
Pictured: Kedon Slovis, USC; Malik Willis, Liberty; JT Daniels, Georgia
1. Malik Willis, Liberty (+1)
Wk 3 - 21/28 242 yds 4 touchdowns 0 interceptions/9 carries 77 yds 2 touchdowns v Old Dominion (45-17 W)
Season - 49/69 613 yds 7 touchdowns 0 interceptions/34 carries 225 yds 4 touchdowns
Malik Willis is a special football player. I don't give a rats ass about him playing for a smaller school in Liberty and not playing an insanely tough schedule, Malik Willis can just flat out ball. To me, he is the most complete quarterback in this draft class. No one comes close to him when it comes to arm talent mixed with insane speed and overall athletic ability. This weekend he put on an absolute show against Old Dominion, totaling 300 yards of total offense and six total touchdowns, leading Liberty to their 13th consecutive home win. Again, I don't really care who Malik Willis plays, all I know is that he is going to ball out and show off his insane skill set. I'm very happy to have Willis atop my quarterback prospect rankings.
Pre-Season - 3
Wk 1 - 2
Wk 2 - 2
Wk 3 - 1
Wk 4 - @ Syracuse
2. Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma (-1)
Wk 3 - 24/34 214 yds 1 touchdown 0 interceptions/6 carries 35 yds 1 touchdown v Nebraska (23-16 W)
Season - 74/99 761 yds 7 touchdowns 2 interceptions/18 carries 71 yds 2 touchdowns
Rattler and the Oklahoma Sooners have started a whole lot slower than people thought coming into this season. Prior to the season starting, Rattler was the clear cut number one overall quarterback prospect and the favorite to win the Heisman, now, that's changed. Obviously Rattler will still be up there when people talk about the Draft and the Heisman race but he's going to have to play a lot better if he wants his top spots back. Against Tulane, at home, he threw more interceptions than touchdowns and won the game by five points. Against Nebraska, a team who got ass pounded week one by a now 1-3 Illinois team, they won by seven, with Rattler not playing bad by any means, but played no where near his best. I think once the season ends Rattler could (and probably should) be back atop the quarterback prospect rankings, but for now, he'll have to settle for second place.
Pre-Season - 1
Wk 1 - 1
Wk 2 - 1
Wk 3 - 2
Wk 4 - v West Virginia
3. Sam Howell, North Carolina
Wk 3 - 14/21 307 yds 5 touchdowns 1 interception/15 carries 112 yds 0 touchdowns v Virginia (59-39 W)
Season - 52/82 867 yds 9 touchdowns 4 interceptions/39 carries 251 yds 2 touchdowns
Sam Howell came out the gate rough against Virginia Tech. Since the though, he has looked like the Sam Howell we know and love. In his past two games, Howell has thrown for just under 700 yards and has rushed for over 200 yards. Granted one game was against Georgia State, but Howell still had to show out, and he did. We knew this season would be rough to start for Howell and UNC due to a whole new skill position group, but Howell seems to have re-found his grove and is once again looking like one of the top quarterbacks in the 2022 class.
Pre-Season - 2
Wk 1 - 4
Wk 2 - 3
Wk 3 - 3
Wk 4 - v Georgia Tech
4. Matt Corral, Ole Miss (+1)
Wk 3 - 23/31 335 yds 3 touchdowns 0 interceptions/13 carries 68 yds 4 touchdowns v Tulane (61-21 W)
Season - 66-96 997 yds 9 touchdowns 0 interceptions/33 carries 158 yds 5 touchdowns
Matt Corral has looked borderline unstoppable at this point and time in the college football season. For someone who wanted to seem him cut down on some of the lapses in judgment this season, he has done that and more, looking insane in both the passing and running game, and better yet, has thrown zero interceptions! Now, Tulane isn't the toughest opponent in the world, but when you compare the way Corral and Ole Miss played against the Green Wave to Rattler and Oklahoma, the game looks even that much more impressive. I expect Corral to keep working his way up the list and if he continues his stellar play for the whole season, he may be the number one quarterback in this draft class. I am loving what I'm seeing from Matt Corral in 2021.
Pre-Season - 8
Wk 1 - 6
Wk 2 - 5
Wk 3 - 4
Wk 4 - BYE (Wk 5 - @ no.1 Alabama)
5. Desmond Ridder, Cincinnati (-1)
Wk 3 - 20/36 210 yds 1 touchdown 1 interception/10 carries 45 yds 1 touchdown @ Indiana (38-24 W)
Season - 54/83 748 yds 7 touchdowns 2 interceptions/20 carries 72 yds 2 touchdowns
This was Cincinnati's first real test of the 2021-22 season, playing on the road against a once ranked Indiana team that had a decent amount of hype surrounding them going into the season. Though they got destroyed by Iowa week one 34-6, a close game was expected against Cincinnati, who came in being ranked eighth. After struggling early in the game Cincinnati woke up and defeated Indiana 38-24. Though Ridder did have a fumble and threw an interception, he and Cincy still did enough to come away with the victory. Though his week one numbers were better than his most recent numbers, he's still easily a top five quarterback in the 2022 Draft class.
Pre-Season - 4
Wk 1 - 3
Wk 2 - 4
Wk 3 - 5
Wk 4 - BYE (Wk 5 - @ no.12 Notre Dame)
6. Carson Strong, Nevada
Wk 3 - 27/40 262 yds 1 touchdown 1 interception/5 carries -14 yds 0 touchdowns @ Kansas State (38-17 L)
Season - 83/122 955 yds 7 touchdowns 2 interception/9 carries -17 yds 0 touchdowns
This was going to be a tough game for Nevada. Going on the road and facing a Big 12 opponent is usually pretty difficult, especially when you have zero prior history playing against said team. Now, I thought Nevada had enough weapons on the offensive side of the ball to win this game, ultimately though, it just wasn't enough and they proceeded to lose to K-State by 21 points. Though they lost by 21, Strong did not that bad of a game at all, especially when throwing to Romeo Doubs. For now, I don't think Strong did anything to move up the list but he certainly didn't do anything to move down, so he'll stay here at number six.
Pre-Season - 5
Wk 1 - 5
Wk 2 - 6
Wk 3 - 6
Wk 4 - BYE (Wk 5 - @ Boise State)
7. Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA (+3)
Wk 3 - 14/24 278 yds 3 touchdowns 0 interceptions/13 carries 67 yds 0 touchdowns v Fresno State (40-37 L)
Season - 33-60 668 yds 7 touchdowns 1 interception/29 carries 88 yds 0 touchdowns
Much like Kenny Pickett before, Dorian Thompson-Robinson put together a nice little performance this weekend, despite losing by three to Fresno State. Yes UCLA lost to an unranked team, but that same unranked team also pushed the now third ranked Oregon Ducks to the brink, losing 31-24 in Eugene, so it's not like they lost to a bad football team or anything. That being said, the "hype train" surrounding UCLA is pretty much gone now, but we still shouldn't take our eyes off of DTR. He's a very talented quarterback and I expect him to keep on getting better as the season progresses.
Pre-Season - 13 (out of 20)
Wk 1 - Honorable Mention (out of 10)
Wk 2 - 10
Wk 3 - 7
Wk 4 - @ Stanford
8. JT Daniels, Georgia (NEW-ish)
Wk 3 - 23/31 303 yds 3 touchdowns 1 interception/1 carry -7 yds 0 touchdowns v South Carolina (40-13 W)
Season - 45/61 438 yds 3 touchdowns 2 interceptions/3 carries -15 yds 0 touchdowns
Welcome back to the top-10 JT Daniels! After missing the last game against UAB due to injury, Daniels put together an impressive display against a pretty solid South Carolina defense (before playing Georgia, they ranked 4th in total defense). After Stetson Bennett's performance against UAB, there were some rumblings of a possible quarterback competition, but with Daniels slinging the football the way he did Saturday, those are pretty much buried. If Georgia really wants to challenge for a National Title this year, the offense is going to have to keep playing like they have the past two weeks. Daniels is not the most athletic, nor does he have the strongest arm, but with him as their starter, Georgia hasn't lost a game. I don't know if he'll ever be my number one quarterback (or even top five), but for now, he's found his way back into the top 10.
Pre-Season - 7
Wk 1 - 8
Wk 2 - Honorable Mention
Wk 3 - 8
Wk 4 - @ Vanderbilt
9. Kenny Pickett, Pitt (NEW)
Wk 3 - 23/31 382 yds 6 touchdowns 1 interception/10 carries 54 yds 0 touchdowns v Western Michigan (44-41 L)
Season - 74/104 939 yds 10 touchdowns 1 interception/26 carries 112 yds 1 touchdown
Kenny Pickett has quietly had a really good season for the Pitt Panthers. Though they're coming off a tough home loss to Western Michigan, a game in which they were favored to win by 15 points. They may have lost the match, but Pickett still put together a very nice display in both the passing a rushing department. Throwing for six touchdowns and totaling well over 400 yards of total offense. After this game, he is only four touchdowns away from passing his career high in passing touchdowns (13) and I expect him to break that with ease. I really like Kenny Pickett and would like to welcome him into the top 10!
Pre-Season - 16 (out of 20)
Wk 1 - N/R (out of 10)
Wk 2 - N/R
Wk 3 - 9
Wk 4 - v New Hampshire
10. Jayden Daniels, Arizona State (-3)
Wk 3 - 21/29 265 yds 0 touchdowns 2 interceptions/10 carries 8 yds 0 touchdowns @ no.23 BYU (27-17 L)
Season - 51/70 572 yds 2 touchdowns 3 interceptions/29 carries 173 yds 0 touchdowns
Provo, Utah is a very tough place to play, especially at night, and Arizona State succumbed to the pressure and fell to BYU. With Provo being a tough place to travel to, you need to be on your A-game, and Daniels and co were not. Though he completed a decently high percentage of passes, he still threw two interceptions and, to make it worse, zero touchdowns. After this game, Daniels has slipped down to throwing more interceptions than touchdowns this season and will need to play better against their tougher opponents if he wants to make further jumps up the list. I still really like Daniels, but for now, he finds himself on the edge of the top 10.
Pre-Season - 9
Wk 1 - 10
Wk 2 - 7
Wk 3 - 10
Wk 4 - v Colorado
Others
*in order of last name
Brennan Armstrong, Virginia (NEW)
Wk 3 - 39/54 554 yds 4 touchdowns 1 interception/8 carries -16 yds 0 touchdowns @ no.21 North Carolina (59-39 L)
Season - 87-121 1,298 yds 11 touchdowns 2 interceptions/20 carries 15 yds 2 touchdowns
D'Eriq King, Miami
Wk 3 - 38/59 388 yds 2 touchdowns 2 interceptions/12 carries 7 yds 0 touchdowns v Michigan State (38-17 L)
Season - 81/122 767 yds 3 touchdowns 4 interceptions/40 carries 96 yds 0 touchdowns
Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina
Wk 3 - 13/19 232 yds 3 touchdowns 1 interception/11 carries 12 yds 0 touchdowns @ Buffalo (28-25 W)
Season - 46/59 739 yds 6 touchdowns 1 interception/21 carries 52 yds 1 touchdown
Tyler Shough, Texas Tech (NEW-ish)
Wk 3 - 26/35 399 yds 4 touchdowns 0 interceptions/3 carries 4 yds 0 touchdowns v Florida International (54-21 W)
Season - 55/81 804 yds 6 touchdowns 2 interceptions/15 carries 8 yds 1 touchdown
Kedon Slovis, USC (-3)
Wk 3 - 1/2 8 yds 0 touchdowns 0 interceptions/1 carry -10 yds 0 touchdowns @ Washington State (45-14 W) (injured - neck)
Season - 52/80 487 yds 3 touchdowns 1 interception/10 carries 22 yds 0 touchdowns
I don't normally providing reasoning for players outside the top 10, but I think Slovis is a special case. Things have not been going very well for Kedon Slovis during the 2021-22 season. Before the season, I had the USC quarterback ranked 6th in my quarterback prospect rankings. Now, Slovis seems to be in free fall. After struggling mightily against Stanford, Slovis had an opportunity to put on a show against Washington State. Now, he didn't have the chance to really show anything as he left the game after the sixth play with an apparent neck injury. The big issue though is after he left the game, Freshman quarterback Jaxson Dart put on an impressive display throwing and running the ball. With Slovis' injury and his recent struggles and battles with consistency, we now have a quarterback battle on our hands. It may not be that long before Slovis drops completely off peoples draft boards. We may see him following in the footsteps of the quarterback he replaced due to injury, and enter the transfer portal.
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