2026 NFL Draft: Summer Top 10 Quarterback Rankings
James Foster has begun his deep dive of players eligible for the 2026 NFL Draft and started with quarterbacks, everyone's favorite. And the Top 10 begins with a banger.
The 2026 quarterback class is an intriguing collection of promising but unproven talent.
Compared to the 2025 class, there are significantly more underclassmen worth paying attention to. However, they lack the polish and résumés of players like Caleb Williams or Drake Maye, who were already penciled in as first-round picks after their sophomore seasons.
There are some fifth and sixth-year quarterbacks further down the board, but the class is composed primarily of high-upside juniors and seniors. The sheer number of inexperienced and/or underdeveloped prospects creates a massive range of outcomes for the class as a whole. And with lucrative NIL deals waiting for those who return to school, this piece could become a 2027 quarterback watchlist.
I don’t have a first-round grade on any of these quarterbacks, but I have five prospects with Day 2 grades, each of whom has a realistic chance to be the first overall pick. It wouldn’t surprise me if three or four take the necessary steps and emerge as lottery picks.
Arch Manning is another wild card, but he doesn’t have enough tape to evaluate, so he won’t be included in this piece.
You can view my full 2026 Draft guide with scouting reports, skill ratings, athletic testing and more here.
Summer Scouting Top 10 QBs
1. LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina
Biggest Strength: Athleticism
Biggest Weakness: Accuracy
Archetype: Project Dual-Threat
NFL Comparison: Anthony Richardson/Daunte Culpepper
LaNorris Sellers is a developmental quarterback with unreal physical traits, but only one year of starting experience. He has a rocket arm and can easily push the ball 60+ yards downfield or zip it into tight windows between zone coverage.
Listed at 6030, 240, Sellers is built like a MIKE Linebacker, and he moves like one. His top speed of 19.08 mph in 2024 was 91st percentile for quarterbacks, and would have been 51st percentile for defensive backs.
Sellers’ size, speed and burst give him rare sack-breaking ability and lead to some miraculous scrambles and play extensions. He led Power-4 quarterbacks with 11 scramble conversions on third or fourth down last year.
While his athletic tools are exceptional, his timing and pocket presence are underdeveloped, resulting in a fairly high sack rate. He tends to lock his eyes onto one side of the field, leaving him oblivious to blindside pressure. His 19.1% pressure-to-sack rate is below average, although it improved from 27% over the first six games to 9.6% over the last six.
Aside from physical traits, every facet of Sellers’ game needs considerable development. While his combination of youth, inexperience and athletic upside makes him my top-ranked quarterback, he needs to grow significantly in multiple areas before I’d feel comfortable starting him in the NFL.
2024 On-Target Rate by Field Level (colors scaled RYG relative to all FBS QBs):
Sellers’ ball placement was adequate on a small sample of deep passes, but he was inaccurate at every other level of the field in 2024. According to Sports Info Solutions, Aidan Chiles was the only 2026 quarterback with a lower On-Target Rate last year.
He has poor field vision and is particularly uncomfortable targeting the intermediate middle. He lingers on his first read and struggles to work through his progressions quickly to hit his second or third option on time. There are few anticipatory throws on Sellers’ tape, as he needs to see his receiver break open to pull the trigger.
He also fumbled 11 times last year, more than any Power-4 quarterback besides Taylen Green (12). However, those weren’t a result of him being careless or loose with the football. He keeps both hands on the ball and tucks it when stepping up in the pocket, but he simply doesn’t have a tight enough grip to keep it secured through contact.
For quarterbacks 1-7, I’ll include a skill ratings table like this:
These ratings are scaled relative to NFL starters, with 50 = adequate, ≥ 75 = very good, and ≤ 25 = poor.
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