Rutgers ranks 109th solely because of Noah Vedral. Now, incoming JUCO product Jonah Johnson is set to take the reins of one of the most underwhelming offenses in the country. He made some nice throws in a collapsing pocket, which helped him earn the 13th-best passing grade under pressure in 2019, but as we know those aren’t stable year-to-year. On top of that, the Ole Miss QB produced 10 runs of 30-plus yards, six more than any other returning FBS quarterback. As an underclassman over the last two years, Purdy has earned passing grades of 88.0 and 82.2, respectively. As noted in the. He saw 49 designed carries in 2019 — nine of those resulted in a gain of 10 or more yards, and he added 13 broken tackles. Wiggins had a 73.3 passing grade, but he proved in that lone start that he can win with his mobility. While you shouldn’t put much stock into that limited sample, it’s worth noting he had four turnover-worthy plays. Northwestern suffered some of the worst quarterback play in the nation a season ago but hit the jackpot by snagging Ramsey from the transfer portal. Leary performed well in his first time seeing substantial action last year against Boston College, as he earned an 83.3 passing grade. We saw Tune have a couple starts in his first year of collegiate action in 2018 and it didn’t quite go so well. He earned a 63.7 PFF grade over five games and struggled to move the ball downfield, posting a lowly 28.3% accurate pass rate on throws of 10-plus yards. 1-ranked dual-threat quarterback coming out of high school, but we just haven’t seen enough from him to make us believe he will ever live up to that hype. Richardson will start the year as Central Michigan’s QB1, but it’s far from a guarantee that he’ll improve their passing attack. Gebbia will replace one of the most underappreciated quarterbacks in college football from 2019 in Jake Luton, who produced an 88.5 PFF grade. He has a gamer mentality, as PFF lead draft analyst Mike Renner. Newman's. He did manage to produce a big-time throw rate of 5.6% that ranked 21st, but that’s one of the few positives here. It’s … He had a 63.6 passing grade throughout the 2019 season but looked significantly better in his final three games as opposed to the rest of his year. Against North Dakota, he attempted four passes beyond the line of scrimmage and flashed some legit arm talent with three big-time throws. While his 2019 production was skewed heavily by three lights-out performances against the bad defenses of New Mexico, Bowling Green and Navy, Book had very few errant throws to speak of over the year, finishing the season with the fifth-lowest rate of QB-fault incompletions in 2019. Newman's mobility is a great attribute, but his arm talent is far superior. Texas might not have the same “elite program” status as they did in the early 2000s, but it's far from Ehlinger's fault. While you shouldn’t put much stock into that limited sample, it’s worth noting he had four turnover-worthy plays. Really, it won’t be too difficult to bolster the passing attack from what it was in 2019 as Bryce Perkins produced just a 58.5 passing grade. Visit ESPN to view College Football Total QBR for the current and previous seasons His arm strength, mobility and pocket presence are all elite, and there really is nothing that he does poorly. Lousiana Tech's J’mar Smith was one of the best quarterbacks in the Group of Five in 2019, producing an 82.8 PFF grade. The Commodores ranked 125th of the 130 FBS teams in expected points added per pass play and 128th in team passing grade (39.7). Collins, a transfer from TCU, will try and help snap that streak. Whether it’s Rocky Lombardi or Theo Day, things are not looking great for the Spartans at quarterback. Instead of taking a big step forward in 2019 after a solid 2018, Russo took a big step back — he went from an 82.2 passing grade in 2018 to a grade of 71.5 in 2019. The reason to worry about Book in 2020 is the 29 sacks he has invited since 2018, the most in the FBS over that span. Whether it’s Wolff or Smartt under center for the Monarchs, their passing attack won’t be pretty. 1, while Ohio State's Justin Fields takes the No. Still, he has the potential to skyrocket up this list if he continues to have performances similar to that of his lone start. He is a former four-star who fielded offers from Alabama, LSU and Georgia before settling on Washington and, as noted in the PFF College Magazine, he threw an impressive deep-over route on one of his four dropbacks in 2019. Whether it be via the air or on the ground, Fields can go toe-to-toe against the best defenses in the country and actually projects better to the next level than anyone on this list. Hatcher is currently locked in a quarterback competition with Logan Bonner, but this, King was quite easily one of the best quarterbacks in the country in 2018. So, while Brennan is in a position to succeed, he's just not at the level of Burrow. on pace for at least While Arkansas will have an improvement at the quarterback position in Franks, it’s a marginal change and he will likely be at best an average quarterback considering the supporting cast. His performance under pressure was frightening (he ranked 129th in passing grade in 2018), and his downfield passing was inconsistent. He is a former four-star who fielded offers from Alabama, LSU and Georgia before settling on Washington and, as noted in the. He’ll clearly have big shoes to fill, and despite seeing just a small sample of him on the field, there’s reason to worry about how he will fare. Against BYU in Week 14 last year, Baker produced a 74.3 passing grade and three big-time throws while having no turnover-worthy plays. All season long, we’ve taken a stab at ranking the college football starting quarterbacks at the FBS level. O’Connell came in when Plummer got hurt and showed that he can provide explosive plays for Purdue — he had a 5.8% big-time throw rate, which was over two percentage points more than Plummer. Matthew Stafford: Pos: QB, Career: 165 G, 14 TD, ProBowl, Lions 2009-2020, born FL 1988 But he will be far less stable on a throw-for-throw basis than Plummer. As a passer, he was wildly inconsistent — 11 of his 45 passes that traveled 10-plus yards downfield were a big-time throw but 18 were a quarterback-fault incompletion. He had an average depth of target of just 7.1 yards, the third-lowest mark in the FBS. His touch downfield is arguably the best in the country, and it was instrumental in him producing the second-best deep (20-plus-yard throws) passing grade among Power 5 quarterbacks. His passing grade went from 90.0 that year down to 76.1 in 2019, and he nearly doubled his turnover-worthy play total. Nate Stanley was a great decision-maker and protected the ball well in 2019, which helped him produce an 87.6 PFF grade that trailed only Justin Fields in the Big Ten. eight turnover-worthy throws that weren’t an INT), but he’s still an above-average quarterback. As noted in the PFF College Magazine, McCaffrey understands how to get through progressions, he just needs more reps. Purdue’s quarterback situation is in better shape than most make it out to be — it isn’t great, but it is by no means the reason for the team's massive struggles. Mack Brown has the North Carolina program on the rise, and the move to kick off this particular butterfly effect was him flipping Sam Howell's commitment from Florida State. Whether he's carrying the ball or catching the defense off guard with a deep shot, Hammond consistently provides value for this Air Force offense. D’Eriq King, Miami (RS Sr.) Young’s prime was short but, man, was it good. Inconsistent is perhaps the best way to describe his 2019 campaign. There still is hope at quarterback for the Cornhuskers, but it’s with Luke McCaffrey. Florida's Kyle Trask leads rankings of the best college quarterbacks through Week 12, while three QBs from the ACC make the top 10. He is also more than capable of doing damage with his arm, as he earned the third-best passing grade from a clean pocket last season. Daniels’ accuracy is well below-average, but the natural talent is certainly there. He ended up posting just a 58.3 PFF grade. Ehlinger produced 33 big-time throws last year, tying for the second-most in the country. The Middle Tennessee signal-caller ranked fifth in the entire FBS — and this list includes running backs — in total runs that came with 10 or more yards after contact. There is, however, one glaring concern we have with Jones going into his first year as the Crimson Tide starter: His negatively graded play rate on throws from a clean pocket (screen passes excluded) ranked 131st of 150 FBS quarterbacks. They’ll need Shough to reverse course from that, and from the very limited snaps we have seen from him, it looks like the former four-star recruit might just do that — specifically with his accuracy, an area in which Herbert struggled. The dual-threat quarterback produced a 91.7 PFF grade in his first year as a starter for the Golden Flashes, third in the FBS. Clifford’s not a liability for Penn State, but he’s not going to generate many big plays without his receiving corps doing most of the work for him. Then, something clicked for Strong in Week 10. To celebrate the release of the 2020 College Football Preview Magazine, PFF presents its 2020 College Football Quarterback Rankings. He had 22 QB-fault incompletions in which the targeted receiver had open separation, the second-most in the FBS. Hammond produced rushing and passing grades that both sat above 79.0 this past year. On top of that, he converted pressure to sacks 29.4% of the time (worst rate among Power Five quarterbacks). He had an uncatchable pass rate on throws 10-plus yards downfield of 53.3%, the third-worst in the FBS. Garbers was fifth in big-time throw rate and 17th in turnover-worthy play rate in that span and just looked far more comfortable on the field. He took two true dropbacks (five in total) in 2019 and had a big-time throw on each, while Bean had a 46.5 passing grade and five turnover-worthy plays (one big-time throw) on 38 dropbacks. mobility is a great attribute, but his arm talent is far superior. Doege is a prime breakout candidate after impressing on a limited sample in 2019. From 2018 up until Week 11 this past year, Vitt was consistently performing at a poor level, recording a lowly 56.7 pass grade. As we stated in the, , Fields routinely finds the open receiver and delivers an accurate ball, hardly ever making a mistake. The Minnesota scheme and great supporting cast certainly played a role in him producing the second-best positively graded throw rate in the country last year. Lane Kiffin might be able to squeeze out some passing success with play-action concepts, but Plumlee has a long way to go at this stage. Morgan's 2019 season was one of the most significant year-to-year improvements we have ever seen by a Power 5 quarterback. That said, his accuracy is truly as bad as it gets for the position. He’s an uber-athlete, and that played a big part in him earning a 77.2 rushing grade and the sixth-highest rate of carries resulting in a 10-plus yard gain among FBS quarterbacks in 2019 (26.4%). His 82.8 PFF grade from 2018 took a dip to 63.7 in 2019, but assuming the injury bug doesn't hit him again, we are confident in him thriving in Mike Leach's infamous Air Raid attack. Brown isn’t a lock for the starting job, but he’s seemingly the most likely heir to Dan Ellington, who produced a solid 73.5 PFF grade in 2019 and is now on the coaching staff. College Football Starting Quarterback Rankings for 2018 By Steven Lassan , 5/8/18, 10:00 AM EDT Athlon ranks all 130 starting quarterbacks for the 2018 season. Against non-Power-5 defenses, Adkins produced a 79.5 passing grade. Other than that, though, he looked unrefined, especially under pressure. Reynolds' value in both the running and passing game makes him one of the top quarterbacks in the Group of 5. He's a big reason why the team had the eighth-most-efficient offense among all 130 FBS teams in terms of EPA per play this past season. Watson has attempted only 34 passes in his career, and nearly half of those came behind the line of scrimmage. Costello suffered an injury-riddled 2019 and looked nothing like the top-tier passer we saw in 2018 when he was taking the field for Stanford. Thompson is a reliable game manager for the Wildcats. Ranking college football's best QBs through Week 13: Trevor Lawrence makes a move. His TD-to-INT ratio is misconstrued (e.g. O'Hara earned a 78.3 passing grade over his final four starts in 2019, improving from a 57.3 passing grade in Weeks 1-9. TeamRankings.com is solely responsible for this site but makes no guarantee about the accuracy or completeness of the information herein. Every single one of those passes were deemed catchable, but 11 of those were behind the line of scrimmage. He is a mobile quarterback and can make plays off structure, but he has a lot to improve on with his decision-making. Losing Mason Fine is a damaging blow for North Texas. Updated 11/13/2020 at 5:27pm CST He put up 12 big-time throws on 40-plus-yard attempts, three more than any other FBS quarterback. As an underclassman over the last two years, Purdy has earned passing grades of 88.0 and 82.2, respectively. , the Wildcats' passing attack will continue to be a big-play threat with Thompson under center. on pace for at least He led the NFL in completion percentage five times, passing touchdowns four times, and passer rating six times. Most of that success was built off of play-action or RPO concepts, and his play did take a dip on true dropbacks on those throws, but he did exactly what New Mexico needed him to. Hatcher is currently locked in a quarterback competition with Logan Bonner, but this should be Hatcher's job to lose. He generated an 86.8 rushing grade on 36 attempts, with 11 resulting in a gain of 10-plus yards. Things have been worse for Werts through the air — he has produced a 48.6 career grade on true dropbacks (no screen, RPO, play-action pass, designed rollout). Ramsey had an underappreciated 2019 season as he filled in for the injured Penix in Indiana. Players like Trevor Lawrence simply don't come around often. Willis does bring some great rushing ability to the table. He had a -13 differential in big-time throws and turnover-worthy plays last year (9:22), which was tied for fourth-worst in the country. We'll send you our latest predictions and analysis. He has underwhelmed throughout his Rutgers career and attempted only 68 passes in 2019. Morgan's 2019 season was one of the most significant year-to-year improvements we have ever seen by a Power 5 quarterback. Hooker routinely made great throws outside the numbers and was actually fifth in college football in his time as the starter in passing grade on such throws. Chambers rings in near the FBS average not because of his arm but because of his legs. He was a three-star recruit who ranked 510th nationally in the 2019 class, according to 247Sports. 2020 NFL Draft Quarterback Rankings – Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak It’s one of the more interesting NFL Draft years for quarterbacks in a long, long time. Jurkovec, an incoming transfer and former 2018 four-star recruit (83rd nationally, according to 247Sports), has the chance to be the best quarterback the program has had in the PFF College era. When kept clean, Nix earned a 69.2 passing grade, which ranked 107th among 130 FBS quarterbacks. He ranked 17th in passing grade on passes thrown less than 9 yards downfield in 2019, consistently delivering a catchable ball. Accuracy is a massive issue with Guarantano — in terms of accuracy rate, he actually ranks last among FBS quarterbacks with at least 160 pass attempts that traveled 10 or more yards since 2018. Daniels — under center. If he cuts down on the fumbles in 2020 — something we'd expect from him with a year under his belt — Slovis will shoot even further up this list. Of the 130 FBS programs, the team ranked 121st in passing grade. We have seen two different versions of Starkel in his collegiate career: an above-average quarterback with Texas A&M in 2017 (75.7 passing grade) and a poor one with Arkansas in 2019 (57.6 passing grade). He tied for 18th in uncatchable pass rate on throws of 19 yards or less and was seventh in passing grade. He’s undersized at 5-foot-9 and had a turnover-worthy throw on one of his three pass attempts in his first year in 2019. He’ll climb up this list if we continue to see that type of play in 2020. The Cal signal-caller earned just a 60.7 passing grade from Week 1 of 2018 to Week 4 of 2019, but in his six starts after that — he missed time due to injury — he improved that mark to 88.6. To join our email list and get notified when we launch the 2021-22 College Football section (about a week before the season starts). While Cole McDonald was incredibly volatile as Hawaii's starting signal-caller in 2019, he led an efficient downfield passing attack. 2 There's little debate about the No. He had an 80.8 rushing grade in 2019, ranking eighth among FBS quarterbacks. He started the final four games and led an aggressive passing attack, as he had the seventh-highest rate of 20-plus yard pass attempts, and it worked out for Trotter and South Alabama. He has attempted only 90 passes in his career but has limited uncatchable throws and produced seven big-time throws. While he didn't have many big-time throws to his name, he also made very few mistakes, ultimately finishing eighth among FBS quarterbacks in turnover-worthy play rate (1.8%). If Purdy cleans that up, he'll skyrocket. He finally saw some game action in 2019 and made one start against New Hampshire. Bowers' positively graded throw rank of 111th says a lot about both him as a passer and the Northern Illinois offense as a whole. Printed from TeamRankings.com - © 2005-2021 Team Rankings, LLC. Zergiotis struggled massively in his true freshman campaign in 2019, recording a 45.3 PFF grade while fumbling seven times. He makes good decisions with the ball, he has excellent accuracy and mobility for a college quarterback, and he can take his play even further if he cuts down on his tendency to bail out of clean pockets. 11 pass attempts Cunningham still has room to grow as a passer and will always be more of a threat as a runner, but he helps form a genuinely potent offense alongside Tutu Atwell and Javian Hawkins. Granted, the quality of competition was low, but his athleticism shines when he carries the ball. Slovis ranked second to only Burrow in the percentage of accurate passes thrown beyond the line of scrimmage. As a passer, he did not fare well, and that’s not viable for an Oklahoma State offense that requires him to throw downfield a considerable amount. He looked solid in that outing, both through the air and on the ground. He can extend plays with his legs — evidenced by his 76.4 rushing grade — and he recorded the lowest negatively graded play rate of any quarterback in the FBS on his dropbacks under pressure. After earning a 63.4 PFF grade in 2018, Abraham raised his grade to 78.0 in 2019. Just insert the appropriate data into the form on the left then click the NFL, NCAA or AFL button to calculate the results and see them in this frame. From Week 8 and on, though, he didn’t look like an unrefined freshman anymore as he posted a passing grade of 75.2. Robinson can make some big plays with his legs, but he has to improve his decision-making. The best part? He makes good decisions with the ball, he has excellent accuracy and mobility for a college quarterback, and he can take his play even further if he cuts down on his tendency to bail out of clean pockets. Mills made six starts this past year and was really a mixed bag in those. Allen will have a tough act to follow, and he gave us a sneak peek at what we should expect in 2020 after filling in for a couple of starts in 2019. Trask displayed dependable accuracy (11th in FBS in accurate pass rate beyond the line of scrimmage), which again is the top trait you want in a quarterback, but also had really poor decision-making. However, it takes two to tango, and Morgan certainly did his part. Doege transferred to West Virginia after years of ordinary play at Bowling Green and immediately looked far better off. Strong struggled mightily in his first year starting for Nevada in 2019. Create your free quarterback profile and get discovered by the top college coaches. That said, Pickett failed to crack the top 100 when it came to big-time throw total, so he'll want to change that in 2020. Brown has attempted only 27 passes in his collegiate career. Arizona State quarterback Jayden Daniels could end up being the best quarterback in the Pac-12. Lewis offers the most upside, but regardless of who gets the job, the Buffs are going to take a step back at the position this year. He rarely made mistakes from a clean pocket, generating the highest clean-pocket passing grade in the Big 12 while recording a 20-to-2 big-time throw to turnover-worthy play ratio. They may have lost a bevy of key skill position players, but Seals should outperform their 2019 quarterback situation. Howell had an outstanding true freshman campaign in 2019 that saw him accumulate the second-most-valuable true freshman season ever recorded by a Power 5 quarterback. That said, it’s never a good thing when you have twice the amount of turnover-worthy plays than big-time throws, as Chambers did in 2019 (12 to six). Leary made six turnover-worthy plays in his next game against Wake Forest and went on to earn a 46.2 passing grade in his last five starts. There is, however, one glaring concern we have with Jones going into his first year as the Crimson Tide starter: His negatively graded play rate on throws from a clean pocket (screen passes excluded) ranked 131st of 150 FBS quarterbacks. It's a quarterback-driven sport, and the production at the position has never been better. He is a sharp decision-maker — he had only four turnover-worthy throws last year — and he has the ability to tie his feet and eyes together to get through reads. After a strong year in 2018 when filling in for a few games for Mitchell Guadagni, Peters struggled mightily in his limited action in 2019. However, it takes two to tango, and Morgan certainly did his part. These 2021 college football recruiting rankings have been compiled after sifting through well over 2,000 names and even more video clips and highlight reels of the best high school football players in the country. On throws of 10-plus yards, Wilson produced a turnover-worthy play rate that failed to rank in the top 100 in the FBS. He produced a passing grade above 78.0 in each of his last three seasons starting for the Mean Green. Tuiti was really solid as a passer to the short and intermediate levels. His ball security was a constant issue and led to a poor 8.7% turnover-worthy play rate, which would have ranked at the bottom of the FBS had he qualified. Lawrence did that as a true freshman and true sophomore. , Guarantano commands the offense and understands timing and footwork; he just needs to find some consistency within his play. O'Hara also recorded a gain of 10-plus yards in every single game of his 2019 season, with all but one game having more than one of those runs. * Vs. TR Top 40 qualifier is Haener appeared in three games for the Huskies in 2018 and was boom-or-bust on a very limited sample. has now been made available to subscribers. TeamRankings.com is not affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA®) or March Madness Athletic Association, neither of which has supplied, reviewed, approved or endorsed the material on this site. Prior to joining the Flames in 2019 (sat out due to transfer rules), he saw limited action with Auburn. The big thing we want to see from Sirmon is composure in a collapsing pocket — an area Eason massively struggled in — but that’s being optimistic for someone with so little experience. The quarterback position is Connecticut’s Achilles' heel. , was how he failed to show up when the Ducks needed him most. He has, however, taken very good care of the football. No risk it, no biscuit. He's a star in the making for UCF. Howell had an outstanding true freshman campaign in 2019 that saw him accumulate the second-most-valuable true freshman season ever recorded by a Power 5 quarterback. While he didn't have many big-time throws to his name, he also made very few mistakes, ultimately finishing eighth among FBS quarterbacks in turnover-worthy play rate (1.8%). 67 pass attempts The three biggest games of Oregon’s 2019 season were Week 1 against Auburn, the Pac-12 Championship and the Rose Bowl, and those three happened to be Herbert’s three lowest-graded games of the year. Werts has been one of the most inconsistent quarterbacks in college football over the past few years, earning PFF grades of 54.0 (2017), 82.7 (2018) and 56.5 (2019). His big-time throw rate was 130th among the same group. His capability as a passer is a complete unknown. Ranking every starting quarterback in the SEC for the 2020 college football season. With Jamie Newman now gone, Pickett is in the conversation for the most accurate quarterback in the ACC, as his uncatchable-throw rate on passes thrown past the line of scrimmage was first in the ACC in 2019. Considering he’ll no longer be facing SEC defenses and has a great receiving arsenal at his disposal at San Jose State, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Starkel bounce back to his 2017 above-average form. If he can just be a little bit more poised under duress, Ridder and the Bearcats will be in great shape. This very well could have been Taulia Tagovailoa’s job, as he was granted a waiver from the NCAA after transferring, but Jackson was seemingly the frontrunner if he hadn’t opted out. He put up some of the best anticipatory throws in the country over that span and hardly ever commits a mistake when he's in rhythm. There’s hope with Tagovailoa, but I wouldn’t expect him to play at the same level as his older brother right out of the gate. Again, Vedral still has a lot to prove, but he is the better option. 2021 Dynasty Quarterback Rankings: After Patrick Mahomes, a big crowd battles for No. Without him, they are significantly lower. His accuracy is likely going to remain unchanged at this stage in his career. If it weren't for the unheralded play of Joe Burrow in 2019, Fields would have been the best quarterback of the 2019 season.
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