There aren’t a ton of prospects who are viewed as legitimate ‘sure things’ when coming out of college. A lot of them end up being drafted first-overall for that reason, especially if they fall at the quarterback position. Joe Burrow, the 2020 first-overall pick, was one of them, the cleanest-reviewed quarterback prospect since Andrew Luck.
While his first season was a disappointment in terms of results, though, Burrow helped lead the Cincinnati Bengals to not just a division title, but their first postseason victories in over three decades. In fact, he took them all the way to the Super Bowl, becoming the first-ever first-overall quarterback to do that by his second year.