Andy Dalton and the 2011 QB Draft Class

[BengalChris]

There were 12 QBs selected in the 2011 draft. Here are the stats of each of them.

In order drafted:
rd 1, pk 1: Cam Newton 68-55-1 att:3980 comp:2371 comp%:59.6 yds:29,041 tds:182 ints:108 rate:86.1 starts:124 games:125
rd 1, pk 8: Jake Locker 9-14-0 att:709 comp:408 comp%:57.5 yds:4,967 tds:27 ints:22 rate:79.0 starts:23 games:30
rd 1, pk 10: Blaine Gabbert 13-35-0 att:1498 comp:842 comp%:56.2 yds:9,063 tds:48 ints:47 rate:71.1 starts:48 games:56
rd 1, pk 12: Christian Ponder 14-21-1 att:1057 comp:632 comp%:59.8 yds:6,658 tds:38 ints:36 rate:75.9 starts:36 games:38
rd 2, pk 35: Andy Dalton 70-61-2 att:4449 comp:2757 comp%:62.0 yds:31,594 tds:204 ints:118 rate:87.5 starts:133 games:133
rd 2, pk 36: Colin Krapernick 28-30-0 att:1692 comp:1011 comp%:59.8 yds:12,271 tds:72 ints: 30 rate:88.9 starts:58 games:69
rd 3, pk 74: Ryan Mallett 3-5-0 att:345 comp:190 comp%:55.1 yds:1835 tds:9 ints:10 rate:66.8 starts:8 games:21
rd 5, pk 135: Ricky Stanzi 0-0-0 att:0 comp:0 comp%:0 yds:0 tds:0 ints:0 rate:0 starts:0 games:0
rd 5, pk 152: TJ Yates 4-6-0 att:324 comp:179 comp%:55.2 yds:2057 tds:10 ints:11 rate:70.7 starts:10 games:22
rd 5, pk 160: Nathan Enderle 0-0-0 att:0 comp:0 comp%:0 yds:0 tds:0 ints:0 rate:0 starts:0 games:0
rd 6, pk 180: Tyrod Taylor 23-21-1 att:1362 comp:839 comp%:61.6 yds:9,562 tds:54 ints:20 rate:89.8 starts:46 games:70
rd 7, pk 208: Greg McElroy 0-1-0 att:31 comp:19 comp%:61.3 yds:214 tds:1 ints:1 rate:79.2 starts:1 games:2

Clearly Newton and Dalton ended being the best two QBs in the class. Ironically, they both have the same TD% (4.6) and INT% (2.7).