3. Sam Darnold, QB, USC (New York Jets)
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After trading a bevy of draft picks to move up to the third overall pick with the hopes of landing one of the top quarterbacks in this draft, the New York Jets watched the guy whom many believed to be the best quarterback prospect fall into their laps in quarterback Sam Darnold.
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In his rookie season with the Jets, Darnold finished with a 4-9 record, but became the youngest quarterback in NFL history to post a quarterback rating with more than 110 in a game, and finished with the highest quarterback rating as a rookie (77.6).
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