FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The announcement that Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert will be returning to school for his senior season is potentially the most significant NFL draft news of both this season and, perhaps, next.

It caused ripples everywhere from quarterback-starved NFL front offices to the beleaguered Pac-12 headquarters in San Francisco, which has been waiting for good news for quite some time. After talking to coaches, scouts and executives, here are five ripples that the news prompted through all levels of football.

1) The biggest impact is immediate in NFL front offices, particularly with quarterback-starved franchises like Denver, Miami, the New York Giants, Jacksonville, Washington and potentially Oakland. Those are spots that would prefer to build through the draft and have lost the most coveted option to do so.

NFL executives have felt all season that there was a strong likelihood that Herbert would end up the No. 1 pick in 2019. Certainly, the Cardinals wouldn’t take him there if they end up with the No. 1 pick, as they drafted UCLA’s Josh Rosen last season.

But instead of taking a top prospect like defensive end Nick Bosa from Ohio State, they could have commanded a ransom of picks so one of those needy franchises could move up to that spot. That would have allowed Arizona to fill multiple areas for their rebuild and exploit the quarterback desperation of those franchises. There were a lot of ticked-off executives around the NFL on Wednesday, as a thin quarterback class got thinner.

View photos Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert throws downfield against Arizona State during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Chris Pietsch) More

2) This move also reshuffles the quarterback deck for the 2019 draft. Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins and Duke’s Daniel Jones have long been assumed to be leaving for the NFL draft. But this move all but seals their decision. Could one climb all the way to No. 1?

The Dwayne vs. Daniel debate lacks some spice, as neither was considered in the same tier as Herbert. Haskins has made the biggest charge, as he evolved from looking overwhelmed earlier in the year at Penn State to slicing through the country’s No. 1 passing defense for 396 yards in a blowout of Michigan. He finished the year completing 70 percent of his passes with 47 touchdowns, numbers hard to top if he’d returned. Haskins is 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds but has just average athleticism.

“He can sling it, man,” one scout told Yahoo Sports about Haskins on Wednesday afternoon. “I wanted to see him take that next step that season [to making plays] when the play breaks down, extend the pocket with his feet. His ceiling is tremendously high.”

What about Jones? He’s got less buzz, thanks to Duke’s milquetoast 7-5 season that ended with a 59-7 loss to Wake Forest. Jones’ numbers don’t pop, as he missed two games to injury and finished with 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He’s 6-foot-5, 200 pounds and comes from the gilded lineage of being a David Cutcliffe quarterback.

“I think it’s a toss-up between Haskins and Jones,” said the scout. “I can see Haskins going No. 3 and Jones going No. 5. The thing with Jones is that Cutcliffe is a quarterback guru, so you know he’s going to be smart and efficient and learn the system right away.”

While those two are the likely top choices, Missouri’s Drew Lock and West Virginia’s Will Grier have a chance to move up because of the wide-spread quarterback need.

View photos Ohio State QB Dwayne Haskins looks to throw during the first half of the Big Ten championship game Dec. 5. (AP) More

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