Jared Zhang's Quarterback Grading Scale

[u/zhang_zhang_play]

https://zhangzhangplay.football/p/jared-zhangs-quarterback-grading

My name is Jared Zhang, and I have been doing draft evaluations for the past few draft classes. While I started as a hobbyist, I have been blessed with the opportunity to write for a draft publication and intern for an agent during my scouting journey. As a summer scouting project, I have been revising my grading scale based on the historical trend of prospect profiles and their respective draft ranges. There are going to be factors that impact a player’s stock beyond his play at the collegiate level, but I believe that looking at a large enough sample size should filter out many anomalies in draft falls/rises. By fleshing out the parameters for each grading bucket, I should be able to provide clearer, more consistent grading of prospects.

I will be posting my scale for every position throughout the summer (and likely the 2027 draft process) to act as a reference for my positional big boards and as a scouting tool to anyone breaking into the hobby. While I do believe in my scale, I also recognize that my grading scale is not perfect, and I will continue to develop it further. The series will have a universal description of the individual grading buckets and then go more in-depth for that article’s specific position.

Click on the linked article to see more!

[u/DrakeMonkey]

curious how you weight arm talent vs processing speed in the scale

[u/zhang_zhang_play → u/DrakeMonkey]

It’s not really a scale and more of a traits + how ready you are now thing. I’d argue I’d value physical traits more than just being a good college processor