Quarterbacks snatched up in NFL draft
Fred Jeter | 5/6/2021, 6 p.m.
Quarterbacks were in high demand in this year’s NFL draft.
A record eight quarterbacks were selected in the first three rounds. That broke the record of seven in 2012, when the list included former Richmonder Russell Wilson.
Here’s the 2021 list:
Round one, pick one: Trevor Lawrence (Clemson) by the Jacksonville Jaguars; round one, pick two: Zach Wilson (Brigham Young) by New York Jets; round one, pick three: Trey Lance (North Dakota State) by the San Francisco 49ers; round one, 11th pick: Justin Fields (Ohio State) by the Chicago Bears; round one, 15th pick: Mac Jones (Alabama) by the New England Patriots Round two, 64th pick: Kyle Trask (Florida) by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; round three, 66th pick: Kellen Mond (Texas A&M) by the Minnesota Vikings; round three, 67th pick: Davis Mills (Stanford) by the Houston Texans; round six, 218th pick: Sam Ehlinger (Texas) by the Indianapolis Colts Three of the quarterback picks are Black — Lance, Fields and Mond. Lance is the son of a Black father and white mother, Carlton and Angie Lance.
Carlton Lance starred in football at Southwestern Missouri State and later played in the Canadian and World Football Leagues.
A native Minnesotan, Lance threw for 28 touchdowns while suffering no interceptions in leading North Dakota State to a 16-0 record and the 2019 FCS championship. The Bison played only one game in the fall of 2020 due to the pandemic.
