It's easy, and perhaps lazy, to suggest the NFL is a copycat league. Sometimes, however, that comparison is apt. After seeing the success the San Francisco 49ers experienced with seventh-round quarterback Brock Purdy last season, NFL teams appear desperate to hit on their own version of Purdy in the 2023 NFL Draft.
That might explain why a record number of quarterbacks have already been selected in the 2023 NFL Draft. With the 164th pick in the draft, the Minnesota Vikings selected BYU quarterback Jaren Hall. That selection made Hall the 12th quarterback to be taken in the draft, setting an NFL record within the first five rounds in the Common Draft era, which began in 1967.