Pro execs, scouts, coaches rank and evaluate the top QB prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft

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1. Cam Ward

"There's one guy that's head and shoulders above the rest in Cam Ward," a quarterbacks coach for an AFC team said. "He's the one that you [see] a bona fide starter. The natural comparison is (Patrick) Mahomes and Caleb Williams from last year. The same type of playmaking ability and arm talent."

"He's a special arm talent," an AFC quarterbacks coach said. "The ball comes out of his hand a little different than most, and I think he's going to be a top-10 thrower in our league immediately, and that's pretty rare."

2. Shedeur Sanders

One longtime NFL assistant coach said his time with Sanders was "the worst formal interview I've ever been in in my life. He's so entitled. He takes unnecessary sacks. He never plays on time. He has horrible body language. He blames teammates. ... But the biggest thing is, he's not that good."

"His college tape looked like Caleb Williams without the elite physical arm talent," an NFC coordinator said. "I'm sorry: You can't play that game at this level. So, you've got to be banking on him making a jump from a decision-making, in-the-pocket, on-time, under-pressure [perspective], where you don't have evidence of that on tape."

3. Jaxson Dart

"Dart is the toughest motherf----- there is," an AFC GM said. "He makes all the throws. He's got everything you want. But then he just does some dumb things. I think if you put him in the right system and use his athletic traits and his toughness and let him throw the ball 20 to 25 times until he learns the game more, learns to lead more and all that, you could have something. But this kid could also be Will Levis 2.0."

"I could teach my dog to f---ing run those concepts," an AFC executive said. "[Kiffin] makes it very simple."

4. Jalen Milroe

"He's a 22 mph-on-the-ground guy," another AFC coordinator said. "He's got a fastball that's not very accurate. He doesn't know when to take it off the ball. We heard out of Alabama all the skill [players] would've transferred if he came back. He wants to be known as a pocket quarterback and your best skill is you're frickin' fast."

Said an AFC executive who saw Milroe play live: "This is the fastest guy on the goddamn field. He was outrunning angles. He's just so f---ing erratic. He's a smart enough kid, but not a fast processor. Has to see it open. Doesn't have anticipation. He's the typical big, rifle-armed f---er who throws everything f---ing hard and fast and will throw a good pass and then the next five, you don't know where the f--- they're going to end up.

5. Tyler Shough

6. Quinn Ewers

"There's just no juice in his body," an NFC assistant coach said. "He's little. Arm strength lacks. Athleticism lacks. I don't really know the upside of that kid. When you put their film on and (Arch) Manning comes in the game, the ball is just jumping off his hand in comparison."

"The Texas kid, I wasn't a fan of," an AFC coordinator said. "He can hit short and intermediate, but he's like an all-arm thrower. He never uses his lower body and he's not accurate down the field."

7. Will Howard

Said an AFC coordinator: "He just doesn't throw it very good. He doesn't generate a lot of velocity. But he's a big, athletic dude. Got good leadership. He can't generate a lot of power, and it's weird because he's such a big guy."

"He played really well down the stretch," an AFC executive said. "He's a bigger guy (6-4 1/4, 236). He has some running ability. I thought he was going to be a little faster. But he kind of came on late. His arm's, frankly, a little disappointing for his size. Not a lot of velocity and drive and zip on it."

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