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Mel Kiper Jr.: Texas' Quinn Ewers Has 'Strong Case' to Be QB1 in 2025 NFL Draft

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Quinn Ewers might just be moving up draft boards early on in the 2024 season. ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. certainly believes as much.

"In my opinion, right now, he's got to be right there as the elite quarterback in this draft at QB1, with Carson Beck out of Georgia, Shedeur Sanders [at Colorado]... Cam Ward at Miami, Jalen Milroe from Alabama will be there to challenge," he said Thursday on First Draft (2:35 mark). "But I think you can make a strong case right now that Ewers is QB1 in this draft.