The Washington Commanders got who they believe will be their quarterback of the future on Thursday night when they selected reigning Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. But the team wasn’t done adding rookie quarterbacks even despite bringing in Daniels.
According to a report from NFL insider Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network, the Washington Commanders have decided to also sign former Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Sam Hartman as an undrafted rookie, and they’re giving him a pretty hefty bit of money for an undrafted rookie.
“The #Commanders gave former Notre Dame QB Sam Hartman one of the biggest guarantees among undrafted free agents: a $20,000 signing bonus and $225,000 base salary guarantee. A sign Hartman is in Washington’s plans for 2024,” Pelissero said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Obviously, this is some pretty significant news for the Commanders, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media as a result.
Washington has their QB3. #RaiseHail https://t.co/cuzDX9KDrt
— Josh Taylor (@JoshTaylorFB) April 28, 2024
The Commanders did some good things via the draft. I like what I’m seeing thus far in Quinn’s second stint as HC https://t.co/4sBpWJdMK9
— Ev Glaze (@Everett_G07) April 28, 2024
Jake Fromm, get ready to learn some State Farm, buddy. https://t.co/fh3BZlWF5b
— Trey007 (@Tresse007) April 28, 2024
Turns out this was a modeling contract for the uniform release. https://t.co/YZJJjDimYC
— Raymond Summerlin (@RMSummerlin) April 28, 2024
Very interesting. He could be a real possibility for QB3. Maybe they see him as a developmental project? Potential back up in a few years? https://t.co/SyN5GXGTbQ
— Alex Utano (@autano34) April 28, 2024
backup plan for Jayden Daniels.. remember, niners traded up for Trey Lance and drafted Brock Purdy last pick, Purdy ended up being the guy. always smart to double down at QB when you're drafting from scratch. https://t.co/zoX8yGez22
— Mike Obermuller (@obermuller_nfl) April 28, 2024
Washington also has quarterbacks Marcus Mariota, Jeff Driskel, and Jake Fromm in addition to Daniels and Hartman. Given that Daniels is expected to start and Mariota is expected to be his backup, it sounds like Hartman will be competing with Driskel and Fromm.
