When Haskins announced he was leaving Ohio State to pursue an NFL career he appeared to be the clear-cut No. 1 quarterback in this year’s draft. When Kyler Murray announced he would be playing pro football instead of baseball the discussion between which of the two quarterbacks should be the first taken began heating up.
A look at recent history and you can see there could be a quite a difference in Haskins’ initial contract if he is the first QB taken or the second one.
Here is a list of the top two quarterbacks taken in the first round of each of the last 10 drafts:
- 2009 Matthew Stafford 1, Mark Sanchez 5
- 2010 Sam Bradford 1, Tim Tebow 26
- 2011 Cam Newton 1, Jake Lockler 8
- 2012 Andrew Luck 1, Robert Griffin 2
- 2013 E.