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File QB-05 · National rank 15 · 2027 class

Drew Mestemaker

#17· Oklahoma State ·QB ·R-So ·2027 Draft · Austin, TX
6'3"Height 215 lbWeight
RepresentationExcel Sports Management Confirmed
Day 1 ConsensusDay 1 StarterElite TalentLimited Sample +3
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My Grade
9.0/10
Round 1 Caliber
Current · Draft Caliber
7.9 Floor range 1.7 Ceiling 9.6
9.6/10
Round 1 Caliber
Ceiling · +0.6
7.9/10
Day 2 Caliber
Floor · −1.1
Ceiling: Projected 2026 starter (QB1) — real opportunity to climb; close to ceiling (+0.6) · Big 12 draft-temper · QB premium.
Floor: Proven starter — high, stable floor · returning-starter role secures it; downside −1.1.
Grade last reviewed 1w ago
8.9+ Round 1 Caliber
7.8+ Day 2 Caliber
6.7+ Day 3 Caliber
5.6+ Priority UDFA
4.4+ UDFA
3.3+ Long Shot
2.2+ Raw Prospect
1.1+ Deep Project
0.0+ Non-Prospect
Grade History
9.0 2025
Re-graded after each season · 2025 is the beta baseline.
Scouting Notes

The kind of production breakout that reorders a draft board: after two years buried behind Vandegrift and North Texas depth charts, Mestemaker seized the Mean Green job in 2025 and led all of FBS with 4,379 passing yards on 68.9 percent accuracy, 34 touchdowns to nine picks and a 168.7 rating. He drives the ball with anticipation and layers throws over the middle, and the five rushing scores show a passer who'll take the free yards without building his game on them. National evaluators have him as an early first-round name in the 2027 class, QB3 in some rooms behind Arch Manning and Dante Moore. However, this is one season of separation from a Group of Five defense, and the jump to Big 12 speed at Oklahoma State is the whole projection — the ceiling is real, but so is the sample-size question on a passer who was a backup fifteen months ago. Command and accuracy carry a Round 1-caliber grade; the Power-4 slate will confirm or complicate it.