**JACKSONVILLE –** They're a big storyline because it's always that way.
But while quarterbacks will help define the top of the 2025 NFL Draft – and while they therefore will matter very much to the Jaguars – this is an intriguing draft year for the NFL's most important position.
_It's a good year at the spot. But not necessarily a great one._
"It's a solid overall year for quarterback," NFL Media and Jaguars Draft analyst Bucky Brooks said.
Brooks and most analysts project **Cam Ward of Miami** and **Shedeur Sanders of Colorado** as the draft's top two quarterbacks, with some disagreement over the order.
Brooks ranks Sanders – the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer and Colorado head coach Deion Sanders – as the top quarterback while most project Ward there. ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. also ranks Sanders No. 1, adding that "Cam Ward is the consensus No. 1 quarterback."
> "You're talking about an old-school, traditional pocket passer," Kiper said of Sanders. "With Cam, you're getting that new wave. He can create."
Brooks on Sanders: "He's more of your classic drop-back passer. He's going to put the ball in the hands of his playmakers and let the playmakers go to work."
Ward and Sanders are generally considered the position's top two players in the draft, with quarterback Jaxson Dart of Mississippi also projected as a first-round selection. Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe has been projected by some analysts as a second-round selection.
"The thing we don't know is which of these guys are going to emerge as stars," Brooks said. "If you look at the position, every year one or maybe two of the top guys kind of pop and become the guys we expect. I think this year will be the same.
> "The two top guys, Ward and Sanders, are to me a notch above the rest of the class. You should see those guys come off the board fairly quickly."