Week four of the college football has just concluded, and two quarterbacks, South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers and LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier, were huge winners before anybody even took a snap. ESPN conducted a poll of 25 NFL scouts and executives to find out who they think will end up as the top quarterback selected in the 2026 draft.

Seven different quarterbacks received votes, but two stood out, far above the rest. ack as the answer for QB1 among the 25 different responses.

LaNorris Sellers was the top vote-getter with 8 while Garrett Nussmeier was right there with him at 7.

Then came a significant drop off to Miami’s Carson Beck (3), Oklahoma’s John Mateer (3), Penn State’s Drew Allar (2), Arizona State‘s Sam Leavitt (1) and Texas’ Arch Manning (1).

For Sellers and Nussmeier, I can’t think of more perfect definition, worthy of Webster’s even, of “improving your draft stock.”

When game time came this weekend, Sellers went out and threw for 300 yards, as well as two touchdowns, to go along with no interceptions. Albeit it came in a loss, at Missouri. Sellers is averaging 10 yards per pass this season, to go along with a 164.1 passer rating.  

Moving on to Nussmeier, he went 25/31 passing on Saturday, for three TDs and 273 yards. The second generation quarterback (his father is Doug Nussmeier) is completing nearly 70% of his passes on the season.Â