Year, round & overall pick
2018 · Round 1 · Pick 7
Buffalo Bills
College: Wyoming
HISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
Josh Allen
Tier 2
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 2?
2024 AP NFL MVP.
At least 1 AP NFL MVP award OR 3 distinct AP First- or Second-Team All-Pro seasons OR 2 Super Bowl MVP awards.
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: Athletic pocket-passer traits; Willingness and ability to extend plays with his legs. Questions: Passing production and efficiency declined from 2016 to 2017.
Source context: Original contemporaneous team editorial profile by Craig Peters
Publication: 2018-03-11
Measurements & testing
- 40-yard dash (seconds): 4.75
- Broad jump (inches): 119
- Vertical jump (inches): 33.5
- Three-cone drill (seconds): 6.9
- Short shuttle (seconds): 4.4
NFL team’s Combine reporting →
Other measurements remain unverified.
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.
56.2% completion · 365/649 · 5,066 yards · 44 TD · 21 INT · 2.10:1 TD-to-INT · 7.81 yards/attempt
Wyoming, 2015–2017
Wyoming NCAA career only; excludes Reedley JUCO2014. Includes bowls. Official Vikings draft profile explicitly scopes Wyoming and gives all totals.
Age when drafted.
21 years, 340 days on 2018-04-26.
Born 1996-05-21. NFL draft selection date.
Current entry evidence.
6 ft 4.875 in · 237 lb · BMI 28.2. 2018 NFL draft prospect record. Status: source verified.
Official pre-draft record; original measurement event not explicitly identified on table.
NCAA QB starts: 26. 26 Wyoming starts. Six additional Reedley JUCO starts are secondary-supported, excluded from NCAA-only total.