Several months before the 2024 NFL Draft, I was having lunch with a personnel man at the league’s annual scouting combine when the conversation turned to that year’s bumper crop of quarterbacks. As we ticked down the list and debated variables for each player, which ultimately included six first-round QBs, he closed the conversation with a nugget.
“The strongest arm — one of the strongest arms I’ve ever seen — may not even get drafted until Day 3,” he said. “This guy’s arm is as good as [Buffalo Bills quarterback] Josh Allen and might actually be stronger.”
I didn’t need to hear the name.