In the end, the best of the best of the 2021 NFL rookie class was found largely on the first two days of the draft. Four of the top 10 players in our final rookie rankings of the season -- which factored in only regular-season performance -- were selected in the 2021 draft's top 10 picks. And every player who made the top 10 was selected in either the first or second round.
But even after all of the discussion about the quarterbacks leading up to the draft and through the preseason, few of the class' signal-callers were among the league's best first-year players.