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PFF Pre-Season Starting QB Rankings

Postby leopold » Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:03 pm

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42. SMU: SHANE BUECHELE
Buechele is now the clear-cut starter for the Mustangs after battling, and ultimately losing, the job to Sam Ehlinger at Texas. Buechele has a lot of arm talent and with the QB controversy conversation behind him, will look to build on some impressive tape that follows him. He has strong accuracy and if he can increase his yards per attempt average that may have plagued his time at Texas, he could be as good as some of the other electric quarterbacks in his new conference.

The others:

126. ARKANSAS STATE: LOGAN BONNER
Averaging just 5.2 yards per attempt and sub-50.0% completion percentage isn’t a way to wow fans or analysts as Bonner returns with a lowly 48.8 overall grade from last season. Perhaps hopeful, it was an improvement from the 45.1 overall grade he put forth in 2017

5. NORTH TEXAS: MASON FINE
If you haven’t heard of Mason Fine by now, you’ve missed out. The North Texas record holder for seemingly every passing category, Fine is a wizard with the ball, routinely hitting highlight-reel passes just as quick as he takes what the defense gives him and hits tight-window opportunities when warranted. His stretch of nine games to open the season last year with a game grade of at least 75.4 or higher is unrivaled and he is as fun a quarterback to watch that college football offers in 2019, regardless of competition level.

108. TEXAS STATE: TYLER VITT
As the season wore on a year ago, Vitt’s accuracy did as well and he culminated the year with three straight tough outings. There was some promise in his game, though, most notably a solid performance against Louisiana but he failed to complete over 62.0% of his passes in seven of his nine games a year ago.

87. TCU: ALEX DELTON
Delton has attempted 174 passes over the past three seasons and 2018 was his lowest-graded year. In fact, he’s seen his grade dip in each of the three seasons as he’s increased his snaps. Still, he has the dual-threat ability and one of the nation’s top receivers as his safety blanket and could make some magic happen for the Horned Frogs this year.

44. USF: BLAKE BARNETT
Barnett has found his home, finally, in Tampa. After failed stints at Alabama and Arizona State, he finally showed what made him such a highly sought after recruit in high school. He had only three game grades lower than 69.9 a season ago and routinely lit up the competition in the AAC. An underappreciated aspect of his game also came out a season ago as he toted the ball 82 times for 427 yards and 27 combined rushing conversions. Potentially an even bigger ‘breakout’ year is coming for this former highly-touted recruit.

57. TULSA: ZACH SMITH
The Baylor-transfer Smith suits up for Tulsa after a year removed from football. He had a subpar year in 2017 with the Bears but his 2016 season was a completely different story. A former 3-star prospect with a big arm, Smith can move the ball for the Golden Hurricanes but will just have to block out that 2017 season and look to do what he did during his freshman season with Baylor for future success.

22. TEMPLE: ANTHONY RUSSO
Russo littered the field with big plays a year ago, averaging 7.5 yards per attempt and an average of 11.0 depth of target. He had five game grades of 80.0 or higher and combined for 127 first downs and touchdowns in the passing game. He put his big arm on display and led the Owls to a 7-3 record as the starter. Russo has an NFL build and with another year like 2018, don’t be surprised if you hear his name in connection with the 2020 NFL Draft.

4. HOUSTON: D’ERIQ KING
Perhaps the nation’s most electric player with both his arm and legs, King leads the Cougars in 2019 behind the second-highest overall grade from a quarterback a season ago. He had four games with elite grades and another three with ‘very good’ grades while he torched defenses on the ground to the tune of 7.6 yards per attempt. For his career, he’s gained 1,227 yards on the ground and thrown for another 4,255 and he’ll certainly the Houston leaderboards in each of those statistics this season.

47. MEMPHIS: BRADY WHITE
A regular fixture on our Team of the Week in the AAC last year, White dominate action early a season ago with three elite game performances. The trouble with that, though, is he followed some up with poor outings as the AAC schedule wore on. He’ll have to remove those from his repertoire moving forward if the Tigers want to compete this season. Good thing is, he’s shown that ability to dominate action like his predecessors at Memphis.

79. ECU: HOLTON AHLERS
By all accounts, Ahlers’ freshman season went as well as it could. He’s got a strong release and finished with a top-10 rushing grade among returning quarterbacks. If he can lean on his rushing ability and continue to improve as a passer, we’ll see him on the rise on this list in no time.

71. NAVY: MALCOLM PERRY
Perry runs the option offense at Navy as good as anyone recently has. His 2,377 rushing yards, 1,245 yards after contact and 77 missed tackles forced all paved way to the fact that he’s lost just seven fumbles on 313 carries. He’ll do more of the same this year as he’s been remarkably consistent over the past two seasons.

112. TULANE: JUSTIN MCMILLAN
An LSU-transfer, McMillan is a dual-threat quarterback with accuracy issues in the pocket. His adjusted completion percentage from a clean pocket ranks 103rd out of 119 quarterbacks returning to action this year.
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Re: PFF Pre-Season Starting QB Rankings

Postby JasonB » Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:07 pm

Buechele and Eason are severely underrated on that list.
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Re: PFF Pre-Season Starting QB Rankings

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:27 pm

Looks like 9-3 to me.
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Re: PFF Pre-Season Starting QB Rankings

Postby SMU Pom Mom » Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:06 pm

I'm sorry but Nevada's QB is Carson Strong and that is the best thing I had seen all day. It's like if SMU had a QB named Dallas Pride or something.
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