← All 28 quarterbacksHISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
Tier 3
Assigned under FindMeMyQB’s published achievement routes and explicit editorial exceptions. This is not an NFL designation or a validated predictive score. Pre-draft evidence is kept separate from NFL accomplishments.
This profile presents sourced paraphrases where available, not a complete scouting record. Historical republications are labeled. Missing data is not a negative evaluation.
2015 AP Second-Team All-Pro.
At least 1 AP First- or Second-Team All-Pro selection OR a top-3 AP MVP finish with votes OR 2 Super Bowl starts OR 3 conference-championship starts OR 2 top-5 AP MVP finishes with votes OR a top-5 AP MVP finish with votes plus 2 conference-championship starts.
Evaluation cutoff: end of the 2025 NFL season, including its postseason and awards. The 2026 season is excluded. Future season updates wait until the postseason and awards are complete.
2003 · Round 1 · Pick 1
Cincinnati Bengals
College: USC
Primary draft / entry record →
Draft year, round, overall selection and selecting team checked against the linked primary source on November 13, 2026. Draft-day trades are distinguished from the selecting team.
Cincinnati reported unanimous internal support for selecting Palmer first. This is selection reporting, not a full strengths-and-weaknesses report.
Source context: contemporaneous pre-draft selection reporting, 2003-04-24
Source dateline: April 24, 2003 in the article body; the page header instead shows April 23, 2003. Exact publication timing is unresolved
Not yet verified. No pro-day or college listing is substituted for Combine measurements.
Shared traits must be supported by comparable records, not inferred from success in the NFL. The core tables compare all 28 players using the same disclosed NCAA-passing and quarterback-start definitions. Mixed-entry measurement sources are labeled individually; film and advanced-stat archives are not complete.
College starts, seasons, age and development.
Completion rate, passing efficiency, touchdowns and interceptions, with season and competition context.
Recruiting history, scheme, responsibilities and supporting cast.
Source-labeled Combine measurements and testing; missing values shown honestly.
The cohort table contains source-labeled descriptive comparisons. No predictive conclusions have been validated, and missing or conflicting records are not treated as negative results.
Scouting summaries are paraphrases of the linked evaluator or reporter, not a consensus or verbatim report. A later republication date is not the original scouting date. This profile does not use an invented numerical scouting grade.
View the full evidence register →59.1% completion · 927/1,569 · 11,818 yards · 72 TD · 49 INT · 1.47:1 TD-to-INT · 7.53 yards/attempt
USC, 1998–2002
School totals include bowl games; differs from regular-season historical databases.
23 years, 120 days on 2003-04-26.
Born 1979-12-27. NFL draft selection date.
6 ft 5 in · 232 lb · BMI 27.5. 2003 official team report from Combine. Status: source verified.
Contemporaneous Combine reporting, whole-inch height; not original measurement sheet.
NCAA QB starts: 45.