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Ranking 20 college football QBs with best chance to succeed in NFL

By Andrew Miller

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 05: Sam Darnold #14 of the USC Trojans throws the ball to score a touchdown in the second quarter against the Oregon Ducks at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 05: Sam Darnold #14 of the USC Trojans throws the ball to score a touchdown in the second quarter against the Oregon Ducks at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images) /
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LINCOLN, NE – SEPTEMBER 10: Quarterback Josh Allen #17 of the Wyoming Cowboys passes against defensive end Freedom Akinmoladun #91 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on September 10, 2016 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
LINCOLN, NE – SEPTEMBER 10: Quarterback Josh Allen #17 of the Wyoming Cowboys passes against defensive end Freedom Akinmoladun #91 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on September 10, 2016 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /

Something just feels right about Wyoming’s Josh Allen finding a home in the NFL as a franchise quarterback. Allen looks to be right alongside USC’s Sam Darnold at the end of the 2017 season as one of the two best quarterbacks in a loaded 2018 class.

At 6-foot-5, 225 pounds, Allen has the size that NFL teams look for in a prototypical pro-style quarterback. Allen has also showed the college football world the difference he makes with a team like the Wyoming Cowboys.

In his first full season as a starter, he took Wyoming to the Mountain West Championship Game and led them to eight wins. This came just one season after Wyoming won just two games in 2015. Fans expect the same type of result from the Cowboys behind Allen’s leadership again in 2017.

First and foremost, Allen needs to lower the rate at which he turns the ball over. He did manage 28 passing touchdowns last season but he also threw 15 interceptions. If nothing else, the 36 total touchdowns he posted shows his versatility as a pocket passer and a scrambler.

Allen is likely to have the most fragile draft stock of any projected 2018 first round pick. He can quickly solidify himself as a first round pick, or his draft stock can drop through the floor in the snap of a finger.

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