Making History

When Joe Flacco was drafted out of the University of Delaware in 2008, he became the first FCS quarterback to be drafted in the first round since 1995 when Steve McNair was drafted by the Houston Oilers out of Alcorn State University.

Since then, Carson Wentz (North Dakota State) is the only other quarterback from an FCS school to be taken in the first round. While Flacco’s selection was viewed as a reach at the time, it has helped eliminate the stigma around small-school quarterbacks being taken earlier in the draft.