The Houston Texans could use a quarterback in the 2022 NFL draft, but they may have already taken that quarterback a year ago in the 2021 draft.
According to Stanford coach David Shaw, his former signal caller, Davis Mills, who was selected by the Texans in Round 3 (No. 67 overall), would be considered the best quarterback in the 2022 class had he decided to stay another year with the Cardinal.
“What Davis did last year — didn’t start early, played some games in the middle and then finished up — he’s arguably the second-best rookie quarterback this past year behind Mac (Jones) and, at some places, probably outperformed Mac,” Shaw said on The Rich Eisen Show via Raymond Lucas of 247 Sports. “This was part of our conversations with Davis, whether or not he was going to come back, because — just as you mentioned — this (2022) quarterback class isn’t great and, if Davis would’ve come back, I feel very strongly that he would be the top quarterback in the draft. So the Texans just got the top quarterback in the draft a year ahead of when he would’ve been the top quarterback.”
