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NFL draft position preview: Kenny Pickett, Malik Willis lead unheralded quarterback class

This is the first in a series of position previews for the 2022 NFL draft, which will be held April 28-30. We start with a quarterback class that lacks star power.

THREE NAMES TO KNOW

Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh: The former three-star recruit ascended last season – his fifth at Pittsburgh – with an ACC-record 42 touchdown passes that broke two records. He surpassed Dan Marino's Pittsburgh program record with 81 career TDs, and the ACC single-season mark of 41 previously set by Clemson's Deshaun Watson in 2016. Pickett (6-3, 220 pounds) is accurate and mobile, and finished third in Heisman voting.