The NFL's most accurate passer, Anderson, came from Augustana College (Illinois). Mike Brown and Bill Walsh advised Paul Brown to pick Anderson in Round 2, but the Bengals founder waited until the 1971 third round to grab the unusual prospect.
Small-school quarterbacks have been in the top five before, but Bradshaw's No. 1 pick is unique in the common draft season. The eventual FOX star was not a first-round pick out of Louisiana Tech.
While Central Florida has enjoyed success as a Group of Five program, stationed in the American Athletic Conference presently, Culpepper played for the school's first Division I teams.
DeBerg began his college career in 1972; he was still in the NFL by 1998. While this is deceiving, as the journeyman/QB groomer took a few years off, the San Jose State alum covered considerable ground as a pro
Playing for what is now known simply as Louisiana University, Delhomme saw several years pass between his Ragin' Cajun seasons and a legitimate NFL starter opportunity.
Its hallowed academic status notwithstanding, Harvard qualifies as small for football purposes. The Ivy League program produced one of the NFL's iconic journeymen in Fitzpatrick, who is the only quarterback to ever start for nine NFL teams.
Though wildly scrutinized, Flacco is a Super Bowl MVP who has played 15 NFL seasons. After transferring from Pittsburgh to Delaware, Flacco joined Matt Ryan as 2008's first-round quarterbacks.