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Former NFL GM Scot McCloughan Says Kyler Murray Is the Best QB in the Draft, Despite Height

When it comes to unconventional quarterback selections in the NFL draft, you'd be hard-pressed to find a scout with a better track record than Scot McCloughan. As a senior personnel executive with the Seahawks in 2012, he pushed for the team to draft Russell Wilson; and as a consultant for the Browns last offseason, he pushed for general manager John Dorsey to draft Baker Mayfield No. 1 overall, a choice that appears to be panning out after Mayfield's transformative rookie campaign.

What both Wilson and Mayfield have in common is obvious: They're short. With each hovering around six-foot, height was a major question coming into their respective drafts.