NFL QB bust Paxton Lynch final pick on Day 1 of USFL draft

The last pick on the first day of the USFL draft was once a first-round NFL pick, QB Paxton Lynch

This is not where Paxton Lynch expected to be hearing his name on 2/22/22.

However, the former No. 1 pick of the Denver Broncos in 2016 — No. 26 overall — finds himself chosen as the last pick Tuesday on the first day of the USFL draft.

Lynch was released by Denver in 2018 and the spiral … not the kind he was expecting to throw for years — has gone downward since.

It got so bad that earlier in the day he was released by the CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders. As the third-string quarterback, he did not dress for games last season and spent most of the time on the one-game injured list.

In fact, the New York Post ran a story on Tuesday saying Lynch’s career had hit a new low.

This is a new start for a player who once was hoped to be a franchise quarterback by John Elway and the Broncos’ brass.