A list of the 61 non-Big Ten QBs drafted in the first round between Kerry Collins and Dwayne Haskins
The Washington Redskins broke a 24-year streak when selecting Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins with the No. 15 pick in the 2019 NFL draft.
Until Haskins, no Big Ten quarterback had been chosen in the first round of the draft since Penn State’s Kerry Collins went No. 5 to the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 NFL draft.
Seriously.
In that stretch, quarterbacks from FCS schools like Carson Wentz (North Dakota State) and Joe Flacco (Delaware) were taken in the first round. Teams like the New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars each took three first-round quarterbacks. None of them were from the Big Ten.
Here are all the 61 quarterbacks who were selected between Collins and Haskins. It’s a lengthy list full of guys who had Hall-of-Fame careers, some who became competent pros, some who had below-average careers and some whose names you may have completely forgotten.
1997
Jim Druckenmiller, Virginia Tech (San Francisco, No. 26)
1998
Peyton Manning, Tennessee (Indianapolis, No. 1)
Ryan Leaf, Washington State (San Diego, No. 2)
1999
Tim Couch, Kentucky (Cleveland, No. 1)
Donovan McNabb, Syracuse (Philadelphia, No. 2)
Akili Smith, Oregon (Cincinnati, No. 3)
Daunte Culpepper, UCF (Minnesota, No. 11)
Cade McNown, UCLA (Chicago, No. 12)
2000
Chad Pennington, Marshall (New York Jets, No. 18)
2001
Michael Vick, Virginia Tech (Atlanta, No. 1)
2002
David Carr, Fresno State (Houston, No. 1)
Joey Harrington, Oregon (Detroit, No. 3)
Patrick Ramsey, Tulane (Washington, No. 32)
2003
Carson Palmer, USC (Cincinnati, No. 1)
Byron Leftwich, Marshall (Jacksonville, No. 7)
Kyle Boller, Cal (Baltimore, No. 19)
Rex Grossman, Florida (Chicago, No. 22)
2004
Eli Manning, Ole Miss (San Diego, No. 1)
Philip Rivers, North Carolina State (New York Giants, No. 4)
Ben Roethlisberger, Miami, Ohio (Pittsburgh, No. 11)
J.P. Losman, Tulane (Buffalo, No. 22)
2005
Alex Smith, Utah (San Francisco, No. 1)
Aaron Rodgers, Cal (Green Bay, No. 24)
Jason Campbell, Auburn (Washington, No. 25)
2006
Vince Young, Texas (Tennessee, No. 3)
Matt Leinart, USC (Texas, No. 10)
Jay Cutler, Vanderbilt (Denver, No. 11)
2007
JaMarcus Russell, LSU (Oakland, No. 1)
Brady Quinn, Notre Dame (Cleveland, No. 22)
2008
Matt Ryan, Boston College (Atlanta, No. 3)
Joe Flacco, Delaware (Baltimore, No. 18)
2009
Matt Stafford, Georgia (Detroit, No. 1)
Mark Sanchez, USC (New York Jets, No. 5)
Josh Freeman, Kansas State (Tampa Bay, No. 17)
2010
Sam Bradford, Oklahoma (St. Louis, No. 1)
Tim Tebow, Florida (Denver, No. 25)
2011
Cam Newton, Auburn (Carolina, No. 1)
Jake Locker, Washington (Tennessee, No. 8)
Blaine Gabbert, Missouri (Jacksonville, No. 10)
Christian Ponder, Florida State (Minnesota, No. 12)
2012
Andrew Luck, Stanford (Indianapolis, No. 1)
Robert Griffin III, Baylor (Washington, No. 2)
Ryan Tannehill, Texas A&M (Miami, No. 8)
Brandon Weeden, Oklahoma State (Cleveland, No. 22)
2013
EJ Manuel, Florida State (Buffalo, No. 16)
2014
Blake Bortles, UCF (Jacksonville, No. 3)
Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M (Cleveland, No. 22)
Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville (Minnesota, No. 32)
2015
Jameis Winston, Florida State (Tampa Bay, No. 1)
Marcus Mariota, Oregon (Tennessee, No. 2)
2016
Jared Goff, Cal (Los Angeles Rams, No. 1)
Carson Wentz, North Dakota State (Philadelphia, No. 2)
Paxton Lynch, Memphis (Denver, No. 26)
2017
Mitchell Trubisky, North Carolina (Chicago, No. 2)
Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech (Kansas City, No. 10)
Deshaun Watson, Clemson (Houston, No. 12)
2018
Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma (Cleveland, No. 1)
Sam Darnold, USC (New York Jets, No. 3)
Josh Allen, Wyoming (Buffalo, No. 7)
Josh Rosen, UCLA (Arizona, No. 10)
Lamar Jackson, Louisville (Baltimore, No. 32)
2019
Kyler Murray, Oklahoma (Arizona, No. 1)
Daniel Jones, Duke (New York Giants, No. 6)