Over three hours into the 2018 NFL Draft, four quarterbacks had already been taken, the Ravens had already made a selection and Lamar Jackson waited, and waited, for his name to be called.
Jackson, one of the best college quarterbacks ever, watched quarterbacks Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen and Josh Rosen all get picked before him — all in the top 10 selections.
And on draft night, the Ravens were rewarded when they traded back into the first round with the Eagles for the 32nd selection. They sent the 52nd and 125th picks and a 2019 second-round pick to acquire Jackson, a trade that has a clear winner in hindsight.
On the draft stage, immediately after being selected, Jackson did an interview with NFL Network’s Deion Sanders and spoke bluntly about the future.
“I’m a Raven, it’s on,” he said.
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As for his draft slide, that still remains a mystery.
At Louisville in 2016, Jackson threw for 3,543 yards and ran for 1,571 with a combined 51 touchdowns. He won the Heisman Trophy, the youngest player to ever win the Heisman. In 2017, he totaled 5,261 yards and 45 touchdowns, but still found himself facing questions about his NFL career. Famously, he refused to work out as a wide receiver at the NFL Combine.
Revisionist history won’t look kind on the teams that passed on Jackson, though it’s worth pointing out that not even the Ravens thought Jackson would become what he did so quickly.
The Ravens traded out of 16th overall, then 22nd, and selected tight end Hayden Hurst 25th overall. If they’d known he’d hoist an MVP trophy after just his second season, the 2018 draft might have gone a bit differently.
Now, the story has been told time and time again. Jackson took the league by storm in 2019 and threw for 3,127 yards and 36 touchdowns while adding 1,206 yards and seven scores on the ground.
The league’s MVP will be on the cover of Madden 21 in the fall and ranks third in the NFL in jersey sales behind only Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady.
As for the rest of the 2018 class, their successes haven’t been nearly as immediate.
Mayfield regressed in his second season as a starter and is looking to find his footing once again. Darnold has thrown for 36 touchdowns and 28 interceptions in his first two seasons. Allen’s legs have given him a slight edge but his accuracy is still a major question mark, and Rosen is a backup on his second team.
There’s a clear winner of the 2018 quarterback class and it’s Jackson, the last quarterback picked in the first round.
In terms of where the Ravens got him and what he’s given the team, even as a first-round pick, he should be viewed as a steal.
Since 2010, the players to have won the MVP award were selected 199th, 24th, 7th, 1st, 24th, 1st, 3rd, 199th, 10th and now 32nd in the NFL Draft. Excluding Tom Brady’s 199th choice, there’s a clear path of players being selected in the top half of the first round winning the award.
And as for the picks the Ravens gave up for the trade to take Jackson? They turned out to be defensive end Kemoko Turay, cornerback Avonte Maddox and running back Miles Sanders.
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