As the 2025 season began, the volume of high-end quarterbacks resonated as one of the year's defining themes.

Heading into Week 4, there's still little clarity regarding who could emerge from that pack as the top quarterback for the 2026 NFL draft.

ESPN polled 25 NFL scouts and executives to see who they projected as the top quarterback for the upcoming draft. The responses were varied, as seven different quarterbacks came back as the answer for QB1 among the 25 different responses.

South Carolina 's LaNorris Sellers came back as the top vote-getter with 8, edging LSU 's Garrett Nussmeier (7). The next crop, in order are Miami 's Carson Beck (3), Oklahoma 's John Mateer (3), Penn State 's Drew Allar (2), Arizona State 's Sam Leavitt (1) and Texas ' Arch Manning

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