This year's crop of quarterbacks at the NFL Draft has been viewed as a less-than-stellar class. The likes of Liberty's Malik Willis, Pittsburgh's Kenny Pickett, and Ole Miss' Matt Corral have all been mentioned as potential signal-callers to be selected in the first two rounds of the draft, though none have overly excited pundits to this point. Willis spoke to reporters at the Combine and made a bold declaration ahead of the NFL Draft, as reported by ESPN.

Liberty's Malik Willis believes he should be the first quarterback off the board in next month's NFL draft. But, he admitted, it's not exactly up to him.

“I don't make those decisions,” he said Wednesday morning at the NFL combine.

And then after a beat, Willis dryly added “I hate that for me.”

Malik Willis believes that he should be the first quarterback selected off the board in the NFL Draft. Willis also showed a sense of humor, adding that he can't make that call, which he “hates for himself.”

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Willis is a solid passer and can move really well for a quarterback, an attribute that very well could push NFL teams to make him the first quarterback selected in the draft.

The Liberty quarterback threw for 2,857 yards, 27 touchdowns and 12 interceptions while running for another 878 yards and 13 scores. When asked which NFL quarterbacks he modeled his game after, Willis mentioned Michael Vick, Russell Wilson, Drew Brees and Tom Brady.

That is quite an interesting blend of signal-callers. If Willis can even approach the level of any of any of those players in the NFL, teams will be kicking themselves if they don't make him the first QB selected off the board in this year's draft.