Virtually every NFL team needs a franchise quarterback to find success–but not all teams go about finding that franchise quarterback the same way. Some draft them early, often (looking at you Cleveland). Some acquire other team’s former first round picks. And a few…well, a few have seemingly long since made a conscious decision not to draft a QB early, with one team not spending a first round pick on a quarterback since 1971–seven years before I was even born. Can you name all 32 teams most recent 1st Round QB?
**UPDATED FOR 2023–first time in a long time…some teams have taken more than 1 first round quarterback since we last updated this–and the one team still hasn’t since 1971.**
NOS
Archie Manning
1971
1971
KCC
Todd Blackledge
1983
1983
DAL
Troy Aikman
1989
1989
SEA
Rick Mirer
1993
1993
NEP
Mac Jones
2021
2021
PHI
Donovan McNabb
1999
1999
HOU
CJ Stroud
2023
2023
CIN
Joe Burrow
2020
2020
CHI
Justin Fields
2021
2021
SDC
Justin Herbert
2020
2020
NYG
Daniel Jones
2019
2019
PIT
Kenny Pickett
2022
2022
SF
Trey Lance
2021
2021
GBP
Jordan Love
2020
2020
AZ
Kyler Murray
2019
2019
OAK
JaMarcus Russell
2007
2007
ATL
Matt Ryan
2008
2008
BAL
Lamar Jackson
2018
2018
DET
Matthew Stafford
2009
2009
NYJ
Zach Wilson
2021
2021
RAM
Jared Goff
2016
2016
DEN
Paxton Lynch
2016
2016
CAR
Bryce Young
2023
2023
MIA
Tua Tagovailoa
2020
2020
IND
Anthony Richardson
2023
2023
WAS
Dwayne Haskins
2019
2019
BUF
Josh Allen
2018
2018
MIN
Teddy Bridgewater
2014
2014
JAX
Blake Bortles
2014
2014
CLE
Baker Mayfield
2018
2018
TEN
Marcus Mariota
2015
2015
TBB
Jameis Winston
2015
2015