In the 2021 draft, I put BYU quarterback Zach Wilson in a rare tier of prospects at the position and it was only the presence of Trevor Lawrence that kept Wilson from going first overall. I wasn’t alone, the consensus decision months before the draft was that the Jaguars would draft Lawrence and the Jets would draft Wilson and there was little room for discussion. This was also in a relatively strong quarterback class prospects (note: I said strong class of PROSPECTS) as three of the next 13 picks would also be quarterbacks.
Wilson looked to be on a direct path to greatness according to me and many others, but that was simply a huge miss on my part. He can’t blame injuries and he can only partially blame the New York Jets, but Wilson was traded to the Denver Broncos as a salary dump on Monday because he’s just been a very bad player.
There’s little hope for a rebound, with or without Sean Payton.
So which prospects in NFL Draft history were you sure would succeed and then they successfully proved you wrong? It can be Rams or non-Rams.
