2025 rookie QBs: How Cam Ward, Jaxson Dart, Shedeur Sanders, 13 others have performed this year

The 2026 NFL draft seems to be shaping up similarly to the 2025 version, with only one or two top quarterbacks available for top picks. That doesn’t mean a player won’t present themselves in the draft process, pushing themselves into first-round consideration, but Fernando Mendoza and Dante Moore are the two big names. Moore has not made a decision whether he will enter this year’s draft or not, however.

The Cleveland Browns could have a historically good 2025 NFL draft class, but using two picks on quarterbacks, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders, could come back to bite them if neither locks down a roster spot for their rookie contract.

Altogether, 14 QBs were selected in this year’s draft. Now, with just a few games to go before the season ends, let’s take a quick look at how each has performed this season:

• Cam Ward: 14 starts, 2-12 record, 59% completion, 2,638 yards, 11 TDs, 7 INTs, 49 sacks, 76.5 rating
• Jaxson Dart: 9 starts, 2-7 record, 63% completion, 1,802 yards, 13 TDs, 4 INTs, 24 sacks, 92.7 rating
• Tyler Shough: 6 starts, 3-3 record, 67% completion, 1,484 yards, 6 TDs, 5 INTs, 22 sacks, 85.9 rating
• Jalen Milroe: 0 starts, 3 games, 3 rushes, 4 yards
• Dillon Gabriel: 6 starts, 1-5 record, 60% completion, 937 yards, 7 TDs, 2 INTs, 18 sacks, 80.8 rating
• Shedeur Sanders: 4 starts, 1-3 record, 52% completion, 946 yards, 5 TDs, 6 INTs, 13 sacks, 68.1 rating
• Kyle McCord: 0 games
• Will Howard: 0 games
• Riley Leonard: 2 games, 58% completion, 145 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT, 1 sack, 56.5 rating
• Graham Mertz: 0 games
• Tommy Mellott: 0 games
• Cam Miller: 0 games
• Kurtis Rourke: 0 games
• Quinn Ewers: 1 game, 63% completion, 53 yards, 2 sacks, 81.8 rating

Two undrafted free agent rookie quarterbacks have also seen the field this season:

• Max Brosmer: 1 start, 4 games, 0-1 record, 63% completion, 168 yards, 0 TDs, 4 INTs, 4 sacks, 33.6 rating
• Brady Cook: 1 start, 2 games, 0-1 record, 57% completion, 339 yards, 1 TD, 5 INTs, 9 sacks, 44.3 rating

What stands out when you look at the numbers for the rookie quarterbacks this year? Anything specific about Gabriel and Sanders compared to the others?

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