It’s a pretty rapid rise for the QB, who entered the 2024 season as a potential Day 3 selection in the 2025 draft. As Pauline notes, the player’s turnaround isn’t completely dissimilar to that of Jayden Daniels, who evolved from a fringe prospect into the eventual No. 2 pick.

Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan says that Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward are the best two quarterbacks in the draft.

A new top five thanks to the Patriots’ surprising win means new QBs for the Titans and Browns. But who’s going where?

Well, CBSSports.com’s latest mock draft does have a quarterback falling to the Giants at No. 3 — Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders. That projection follows Miami quarterback Cam Ward going first to the Titans and Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter going second to the Browns.

NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah ranked Miami quarterback Cam Ward just ahead of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders in his first big board for the 2025

All I can say after reviewing the top of this year's NFL Draft class is that it's going to be a lot of fun. With very few sure-fire studs at the top compared to a year ago, expect evaluations to differ wildly from person to person on how to stack up this class.

Twenty-one years ago, the Giants drafted a quarterback from Mississippi — Eli Manning — and he wound up bringing them two Super Bowl championships. Now, they need a franchise quarterback again. Could they find that guy at Ole Miss?