BYU Cougars quarterback Jaren Corridor (3) passes through the recreation towards the Utah Tech Trailblazers at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
Former BYU Cougars quarterback Jaren Corridor is simply barely faraway from being chosen by the Minnesota Vikings with the 164th decide (fifth spherical) of the 2023 NFL draft on Saturday, however he’s already made NFL historical past.
In reality, he made it as quickly as his title was referred to as.
Corridor was the twelfth quarterback taken within the draft, and along with his choice coming within the fifth spherical, that set a brand new document for many quarterbacks ever taken by means of 5 rounds because the frequent draft period started in 1967.
Via 4 rounds there have been simply eight taken, however Houston’s Clayton Tune and UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson have been taken back-to-back at picks 139 and 140, after which Penn State’s Sean Clifford went at No. 149 to tie the document, which was beforehand set in 1995.
No extra QBs have been taken within the fifth spherical after Corridor, and just one was taken within the sixth spherical (Stanford’s Tanner McKee, who's a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints like Corridor, was taken at No. 188 by the Philadelphia Eagles).
Only one QB was additionally taken within the seventh and ultimate spherical, as TCU’s Max Duggan was chosen with the 239th decide by the Los Angeles Chargers.
Listed below are all of the quarterbacks who have been chosen within the 2023 NFL draft (decide quantity in parenthesis):
- Bryce Younger, Carolina Panthers (1).
- CJ Stroud, Houston Texans (2).
- Anthony Richardson, Indianapolis Colts (4).
- Will Levis, Tennessee Titans (33).
- Hendon Hooker, Detroit Lions (68).
- Jake Haener, New Orleans Saints (127).
- Stetson Bennett, Los Angeles Rams (128).
- Aidan O’Connell, Las Vegas Raiders (135).
- Clayton Tune, Arizona Cardinals (139).
- Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Cleveland Browns (140).
- Sean Clifford, Inexperienced Bay Packers (149).
- Jaren Corridor, Minnesota Vikings (164).
- Tanner McKee, Philadelphia Eagles (188).
- Max Duggan, Los Angeles Chargers (239).