Year, round & overall pick
2020 · Round 1 · Pick 1
Cincinnati Bengals
College: LSU
HISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
Joe Burrow
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.
Evidence collection in progress
This profile presents sourced paraphrases where available, not a complete scouting record. Historical republications are labeled. Missing data is not a negative evaluation.
Why Tier 3?
Two top-5 AP MVP finishes: 4th in 2022 and 4th in 2024.
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.
Before the NFL.
Pre-draft reports
Strengths: Precision, anticipation and touch; Reading coverage and progressing through the field; Pocket movement, improvisation and toughness. Questions: Fit and comfort in an NFL offense remained part of the projection.
Source context: Retrospective republication explicitly quoting Lance Zierlein's 2020 NFL.com scouting report; NOT a newly discovered 2020 page
Publication: 2025-04-02
Measurements & testing
Not yet verified. No pro-day or college listing is substituted for Combine measurements.
Compare the evidence.
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.
Experience
College starts, seasons, age and development.
Production
Completion rate, passing efficiency, touchdowns and interceptions, with season and competition context.
Background
Recruiting history, scheme, responsibilities and supporting cast.
Physical profile
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.
Source and interpretation policy.
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 →College career passing.
68.8% completion · 650/945 · 8,852 yards · 78 TD · 11 INT · 7.09:1 TD-to-INT · 9.37 yards/attempt
Ohio State + LSU, 2016–2019
Derived sum of Ohio State 29/39,287yd,2TD,0INT and LSU621/906,8565yd,76TD,11INT. LSU table mislabeled Att.-Comp. but component totals independently explicit.
Age when drafted.
23 years, 135 days on 2020-04-23.
Born 1996-12-10. NFL draft selection date.
Current entry evidence.
6 ft 3.5 in · 221 lb · BMI 27.3. 2020 NFL draft prospect record. Status: source verified.
Official pre-draft record; original measurement event not explicitly identified on table.
NCAA QB starts: 28. Transferred OhioState toLSU; OhioState appearances add no starts.