Could Texas A&M football’s Conner Weigman be first QB selected in 2025 NFL draft? Pro Football Focus makes the case
It’s no secret that the quarterback for Texas A&M football, Conner Weigman, is one of the most talented passers in the country. Though he has yet a small sample size to his name due to unfortunate injuries, he was one of the highest-rated players in QBR last year (an opponent-adjusted statistic, for those of you complaining about the level of competition).
Even with the high level of play he has yet exhibited, even Texas A&M football fans are a bit surprised by the latest round of discourse around Weigman. Several have begun to ask the question: can Conner Weigman be the top quarterback taken in the 2025 NFL draft? PFF’s Trevor Sikkema put together an article arguing for why the answer should be “yes.”
I made the case for @AggieFootball QB Conner Weigman to be QB1 in the 2025 NFL Draft
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) June 14, 2024
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As Sikkema recognizes in his article, this is indeed high praise for a guy who only has a total of seven collegiate starts under his belt, spread across his freshman and sophomore years. However, as he mentions in the article, the “stable projection” metrics veritably sing Weigman’s praises.
In other words, those things that are necessary for a quarterback to excel in the long term are the exact areas where Weigman himself excels. He is in an elite percentile in many of these metrics, exceeding the likes of Carson Beck and Quinn Ewers—two of the most often-discussed QBs in the upcoming class.
So, how realistic is this result? It’s certainly not out of the question, for many of the reasons Sikkema lists—go give this one a read if you have about five minutes, by the way, it’s very informative. It would require, in my opinion, a healthy Weigman for a whole season, and for him to rise to a level that would net the Aggies a double-digit regular season win total.
It would be something of a shame if Weigman only ever notches 20 or so starts for the Aggies before heading off to the NFL draft, but that’s the kind of talent he has. If things go well this season, there is indeed a solid chance that we hear #15’s name called in the top few picks come next spring.