There are still four-plus months before the early signing period, and rankings will no doubt change. But one question has jumped out about the Class of 2027: Where are the elite quarterbacks?For the first time since the Class of 2019, no quarterback ranks among the top 10 prospects nationally in the 247Sports Composite. And before several services shuffled their rankings earlier this week, no QB ranked inside the top 20.That changed when Nebraska commit Trae Taylor jumped from No. 25 to No. 11 after some strong performances on the summer camp circuit. The No. 2 quarterback, five-star Alabama commit Elijah Haven, is ranked No. 22. The only other five-star QB prospect in the class, Miami commit Israel Abrams, sits at No. 33.This is in stark contrast to previous recruiting classes.

QBs in the 247Sports Composite Top 10Top 25Top 50Class of 2027023Class of 2026346Class of 2025346Class of 2024233Class of 2023455Class of 2022126

The last two cycles featured quarterbacks who ranked No. 1 overall in their respective class, Bryce Underwood (Michigan) in 2025 and Keisean Henderson (Houston) in 2026.The 2023 cycle, notably, included four of the top eight national prospects: Arch Manning (No. 1, Texas), Nico Iamaleava (No. 3, Tennessee/UCLA), Dante Moore (No. 5, UCLA/Oregon) and Jackson Arnold (No. 8, Oklahoma/Auburn/UNLV).Why the shift?Brian Stumpf, who runs the Elite 11 quarterback camps, has an interesting theory: Some of the top quarterbacks in the ’27 class might be getting dinged because they are actually being seen too much.“In just looking back through the last couple classes,” he said, “I know Arch, Nico Iamaleava, Bryce Underwood, there’s been a couple of guys — like one big-time guy in each of the previous classes — that chose not to compete at some of the high-profile events in the summer.“And I think that can impact rankings from the standpoint of those guys stay away, and they don’t get — I don’t know if humanized is the right word — but people don’t see them in person and realize that they’re not robots or cyborgs. In some cases, the general recruiting media, if they don’t see them, they (might) just reference back to their early ranking.”