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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/Diligent_Cantaloupe on 2024-01-23 17:18:11.
From youth-league flag football to the NFL to everything in-between, the quarterback is the most important position on the field in modern football at every level. Which team in CFB history has faced the most demanding gauntlet of good-to-great QBs in a single year?
For LSU’s submission, I think it happens to line up with 2019 National Championship team’s season in small part due to the extra game in the 4 team CFP format.
In order of great to good that year, with student classification after the name (counting redshirt years as a normal year), and * classification if returning starter/full year or more of starting experience…
- Trevor Lawrence … JR*
- Jalen Hurts … SR*
- Tua Tagovailoa … JR*
- Jordan Love … SR*
- Sam Ehlinger … JR*
- Kyle Trask … JR
- Jake Fromm … JR*
- Kellen Mond … JR*
- Bo Nix … FR
By the numbers:
‐ 3 Heisman runner-ups (and 5 total finalists)
‐ 7 of 9 QBs with at least a full season of starting experience in years prior (13 cumulative years), and all but Nix being upperclassmen
‐ 3 first-round picks, with all 9 being drafted (assuming Nix gets drafted)
‐ 4 current NFL starters, all of which have led their team to the playoffs at some point (3 this year alone), and 7 of 8 eligible QB’s still on active NFL rosters (Mond was relegated to the Colts practice squad a few months ago)
I’d imagine some former PAC-12 and BIG-12 members could probably be able to come up with some quality lists. (Also, despite this in-part being an importance of quarterbacks post, FSU was robbed.)