College Football QB Rankings (Pre-season)

With about three months until college football dominates most of our time, I thought it would be fun to do a post spring ball rankings by positions. Leading up until the fall season, I will rank the top 10 players in QB, RB and WR and break them down by geographical location within the nation. I will judge the players by what they have done in the previous season and spring practice. By evaluating their work throughout the past year, I will be able to figure out who has the most potential to succeed next year and how they rank according to my calculations.

Southeastern Quarterbacks for 2009 - Fall:

1. Jevon Snead, Ole Miss. The best QB in the SEC this coming season, possibly in the nation. This guy is a winner and will have to do a lot himself for Ole Miss to win. You will hear a lot of his name this coming year because of his NFL potential and competing nationally with other QBs for individual awards.

2. Ryan Mallett, Arkansas. After sitting out a year because of his transfer from Michigan, Mallett is ready to start picking apart defenses in the SEC. Great pocket passer with a rocket of an arm and a huge presence under center. Resembles a lot like Matt Stafford but better I believe.

3. Austin Davis, Southern Miss. As a freshman he had huge numbers. Coached by Larry Fedora and with one more year under his belt he should have another great year. Don’t be surprised if you hear this guy’s name this coming year, along with Southern Miss.

4. Jordan Jefferson, LSU. I saw this guy play sparingly last year while LSU tried to figure out what to do with the QB position. After routing Ga Tech last year in the bowl game, it seems they have an answer.

5. Willy Korn, Clemson. Tough to say what will happen with this guy. I just have a gut feeling he is going to do pretty well in the ACC as long as the coaching staff doesn’t hinder him.

6. Nick Stephens, Tennessee. Even though as of now he is not the starter, more than likely he will be by the time the season starts. He seems to have more confidence than the starter Jonathan Crompton. Not sure how Crompton is still the starter, but not really sure about a lot of the things Tennessee has done in the off season.

7. Tyrod Taylor, Va Tech. Not a huge fan of his style of play, but I can not deny him. Really quick player and throws the ball if he has too. If he has matures a little more he should have a great year, however, history shows that Va Tech QB’s normally do not mature.

8. John Brantley, UF. The best QB on his team and he does not even play. Put on a show in the spring game, surrounded by speed, but because the guy in front of him was to selfish to move on, he will have to wait another year.

9. Cam Sexton, UNC. TJ Yates is transferring leaving the job to Cam Sexton, who led the team to several victories without skipping a beat when Yates went down with an injury.

10. Christian Ponder, FSU. Not completely sold on him. The only guy in the list that I saw in action at spring practice. I am just blindly hoping that somehow Jimbo Fisher does knows what he is doing.