While stereotypes around black quarterbacks have weakened, they are still drafted lower than their white counterparts and some old perceptions linger
They were just kids back then, a couple of 16 year olds running plays at quarterback camps. It would be years before DeShone Kizer would land at Notre Dame and Deshaun Watson would win a national title at Clemson. But even in those days at passing clinics in Portland, Oregon and Columbus, Ohio there was an understanding that as African American quarterbacks a future was possible for them that hadn’t always been there in the past.
“[We used to say to each other] how cool would it be if we were two of the top quarterbacks coming out in whatever draft class we decided to come out in … and the impact that would be able to make as African American quarterbacks in the league,” Kizer said on Wednesday on the eve of the NFL Draft.
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