Draft record-setter: 11 QBs taken in first 150 picks (News)

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Jan 2, 2023; Pasadena, California, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions quarterback Sean Clifford (14) warms up before the game between the Utah Utes and the Penn State Nittany Lions at Rose Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

The Green Bay Packers' selection of quarterback Sean Clifford from Penn State in the fifth round of the NFL draft on Saturday was a record breaker.

NFL Network reported that this is first draft in history in which 11 quarterbacks were taken in the first 150 picks. The Packers nabbed Clifford with pick 149.

Overall, 14 quarterbacks were selected in the three-day draft.

The Minnesota Vikings went on to add Jaren Hall of BYU with the 164th pick, making him the 12th quarterback selected in the first five rounds. In the sixth round, the count grew to 13 as the Philadelphia Eagles selected Tanner McKee of Stanford with the 188th pick.

TCU's Max Duggan, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, ended the flurry by going to the Los Angeles Chargers in the seventh round at pick No. 239.

The 14 QBs selected, and their draft number:

No. 1: Bryce Young (Alabama), Carolina Panthers

No. 2: C.J. Stroud (Ohio State), Houston Texans

No. 4: Anthony Richardson (Florida), Indianapolis Colts

No. 33: Will Levis (Kentucky), Tennessee Titans

No. 68 : Hendon Hooker (Tennessee), Detroit Lions

No. 127: Jake Haener (Fresno State), New Orleans Saints

No. 128: Stetson Bennett (Georgia), Los Angeles Rams

No. 135: Aidan O'Connell Purdue), Las Vegas Raiders

No. 139: Clayton Tune, (Houston) Arizona Cardinals

No. 140: Dorian Thompson-Robinson (UCLA), Cleveland Browns

No. 149: Sean Clifford (Penn State), Green Bay Packers

No. 164: Jaren Hall (BYU), Minnesota Vikings

No. 188: Tanner McKee (Stanford), Philadelphia Eagles

No. 239: Max Duggan (TCU), Los Angeles Chargers

--Field Level Media

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