college football preview The most intriguing 2026 College Football QBs to watch from Arch Manning to DJ Lagway By Ryan Dunleavy Published Sep. 1, 2026, 5:03 p.m. ET Arch Manning #16 of the Texas Longhorns on the field during the Texas Longhorns Football Fan Day on April 18, 2026, at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images There won’t be 13 rookie quarterbacks starting Week 1 of the 2027 NFL season.
That said, a subplot of the simultaneous college football and NFL seasons is the hype surrounding the quarterbacks expected to enter the 2027 draft class.
“They won’t all be great,” one NFL personnel executive told The Post. “Some will help their cause. Some will go back to school for NIL. Some will have rough seasons. But there should be more enticing options in the first round, and the first three rounds, than there have been in recent years.”
Here are 13 names (alphabetically listed) to know:
