In the 2021 draft, I put BYU quarterback Zach Wilson in a rare tier of prospects at the position and it was only the presence of Trevor Lawrence that kept Wilson from going first overall. I wasn’t alone, the consensus decision months before the draft was that the Jaguars would draft Lawrence and the Jets would draft Wilson and there was little room for discussion. This was also in a relatively strong quarterback class prospects (note: I said strong class of PROSPECTS) as three of the next 13 picks would also be quarterbacks.
Wilson looked to be on a direct path to greatness according to me and many others, but that was simply a huge miss on my part.