For me it's always been three key traits:

1. Commanding Leadership on and off the field. When you see a signal caller taking his time, calling the shots, going up to the line and pointing out this man or that man and changing the protection or play. That's usually a good sign that he's got an ability to understand what he's seeing out there and how to dictate them instead of being dictated.

2. Consistency. You rarely see a dip or drop in production. He either makes that same throw 9 times out of 10 or he doesn't. Or he rarely if ever has a bad game. And usually during his three or four year career in college he's either finishing in a bowl game as a winner or barely losing it.

3. Winning. He just wins week in and week out. Were they favored in that game? Doesn't matter. He pulls one out and wins it anyway.

That's typically what I look for. Don't care much for his height or division he plays in or where he's coming from program wise. Just as long as he can show off those three key traits. Don't care if you take him in RD1 or RD7. Just as long as he fits the bill in those regards.

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