For the first time in a dozen years, the Arizona Cardinals selected a quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft by taking UCLA QB Josh Rosen on Thursday night.
The Cardinals traded their No. 15 overall pick with the Oakland Raiders to move up to the No. 10 overall pick in the draft and grab Rosen. The Cardinals also traded a third- and fifth-round pick to the Raiders as part of the trade.
Feeling 🌹y. #CardsDraft pic.twitter.com/vKqVuVnqwv
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) April 27, 2018
Motivated beyond words...let’s go win championships, @AZCardinals. #BeRedSeeRed
— Josh Rosen (@josh3rosen) April 27, 2018
The 6-foot-4, 218-pound Rosen threw 59 touchdowns and 26 interceptions during his three seasons at UCLA. He was a Freshman All-American and the Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year in 2015, and a Second-Team All-Pac-12 selection last season when he threw 26 TDs and 10 interceptions.
Rosen is the first quarterback the Cardinals have selected in the first round since they took USC's Matt Leinart, also with the 10th overall pick, in 2006.
The 21-year-old Rosen is a native of Manhattan Beach, California and was the top-rated quarterback in the nation coming out of St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California.
According to his NFL.com draft profile, "Josh Rosen's footwork and mechanics make him as pretty a quarterback as you will find in this year's draft," but "the biggest concern with Rosen is that his on-field success requires many elements to stay on schedule."
The Cardinals traded up to get Josh Rosen. pic.twitter.com/uYZlHkn2mh
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 27, 2018
