Louisville football's Tyler Shough has emerged as one of the hottest names in the 2025 NFL Draft.
The 6-foot-4, 225-pound quarterback ran an amazing 40-yard dash with a time of 4.63 seconds, ranking No. 2 among quarterbacks in the event. Throughout the weekend, he displayed great results and reasons why he could be the best quarterback in this draft, and many experts are starting to agree.
After Shough's spectacular NFL Combine performance, he continues to raise his draft stock to the point where ESPN's Todd McShay has predicted the former Cardinals quarterback will be drafted in the first round.
Shough is ranked No. 30 in McShay's top 100 in the 2026 NFL Draft and was highly praised by the NFL Draft expert on the Ryen Russillo podcast.
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Tyler Shough played one year at Louisville, and in that year, many experts heavily praised his film. Greg Cosell listed it as the No. 2 best quarterback tape, and McShay suggested he might pick Shough above Colorado's star quarterback.
"Maybe you start him at two behind Cam Ward in terms of natural talent and what Ward could develop into," McShay stated on David Pollack's YouTube channel. "I might take him; if I didn't know anything about anything, I might take Tyler Shough over Shedeur Sanders."
The former Cardinals quarterback threw for career highs with 3,195 passing yards, 23 touchdowns, and a 62.7% completion percentage. He became just the 13th quarterback in the Cardinals program to throw for 3,000 yards or more.
The latest NFL draft stock update on Tyler Shough from McShay is that he is ready to claim that Shough is the most NFL-ready quarterback and will be the best quarterback from this draft class.
"There is immense growing intrigue for Tyler Shough," Todd McShay stated on the podcast. "He is the most NFL-ready out of all these quarterbacks. He is bigger, he is faster, and he's got just as strong an arm as he is up there with Cam Ward. Stronger arm than Dart, stronger arm than Shedeur."
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"I am telling you, Tyler Shough. It won't surprise me if he winds up being the best quarterback from this class when it is all said and done."
So, this may surprise some, but Tyler Shough has the full potential to be the best quarterback in this class—yes, above Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders. Shough continues to rise in NFL mock drafts, and that is because his age isn't an issue, and his glaring strengths outweigh his minor weaknesses.
The NFL draft is set to start on April 24, and in McShay's latest updates, it seems the Cardinals fans need to stay alert as their star quarterback draft stock continues to rise, and now is a potential first-round pick.