 Sam Howell has some red flags as a quarterback prospect to be sure, but he also checks some key boxes. The red flag primarily is his sack rate. Howell got sacked on 12.2% of his drop access last year. That is almost double every quarterback prospect in this class outside of Malik Willis. But Howell is also young, experienced, and decently efficient. That same formula applies to guys like Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson and Deshaun Watson coming out, and none of those guys were top 5 picks. The red flags mean we can't view Howell's being in the same tier as those guys, and they make his top comp Paxton Lynch. Paxton Lynch is another young, experienced quarterback who had red flags coming out. But Howell has a blend of youth and experience that nobody else in this class possesses and that formula has led to big upside in the past.