The Headliner: No. 24 pick Aaron Rodgers (46,946 yards, 364 TD, 84 INT; 3,122 rushing yards, 28 TD, 184 AV)

After three years holding the clipboard while Brett Favre did his thing, it didn't take long for Rodgers to become one of the best in the business. He won a Super Bowl in Year 3 as a starter and was named the NFL MVP in his fourth and seventh seasons as the Green Bay Packers' main guy. He has also been selected for eight Pro Bowls, including one this past season at age 36.

Perhaps most impressive is his microscopic interception rate. He has a career mark of 1.4 percent in that category, and he has somehow gotten better with age, throwing just six interceptions in 1,166 attempts (0.5 percent) over the past two seasons. The only other quarterback with at least 250 touchdowns and an interception rate below 2.1 percent is Tom Brady (1.8).

Supporting Act: No. 1 pick Alex Smith (34,068 yards, 193 TD, 101 INT; 2,601 rushing yards, 15 TD, 118 AV)

Alex Smith was OK for the team that took him No. 1 overall (San Francisco 49ers), but it wasn't until his age-29 season with the Kansas City Chiefs that he actually started to look worthy of that draft pick. Though he was still labeled a game manager who couldn't get it done in the postseason, Smith was selected to three Pro Bowls in his five years with the Chiefs.

Undercard
No. 250 pick Ryan Fitzpatrick (32,886 yards, 210 TD, 161 INT; 2,470 rushing yards, 19 TD, 96 AV)
No. 25 pick Jason Campbell (16,771 yards, 87 TD, 60 INT, 53 AV)
No. 230 pick Matt Cassel (17,508 yards, 104 TD, 82 INT, 51 AV)
No. 106 pick Kyle Orton (18,037 yards, 101 TD, 69 INT, 45 AV)
No. 213 pick Derek Anderson (10,878 yards, 60 TD, 64 INT, 22 AV)

Fitzpatrick was almost Mr. Irrelevant, yet he went on to have quite the career. He never landed as a franchise quarterback for anyone, but he has posted at least one 1,900-yard season with seven different franchises.

The sheer depth of this group is what elevated 2005 to No. 3 on our list. Not only is this the lone class to produce at least seven 10,000-yard quarterbacks, but No. 7 even went to a Pro Bowl with the Cleveland Browns.

Not bad for a class in which only one quarterback was selected in the top 20.