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Notre Dame's CJ Carr already drawing No. 1 pick buzz for 2027 NFL Draft

Entering the season, Notre Dame football quarterback CJ Carr's hype was so big that one analyst tipped him as a potential Heisman finalist. After Carr and Co. trounced the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday, another analyst believes Carr might be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2027 NFL Draft.

"I am not a NFL Draft expert," Dan Wetzel wrote on Twitter. "And this is just his fourth game, but based on his accuracy, touch, athleticism, and reading of defenses, it would not surprise me if Notre Dame’s CJ Carr was the first overall pick in 2027.