Thursday, September 07, 2017

Week One TQBR

Even though the ratings are for only one game, I was anxious to review the early Total QB Ratings off ESPN.com. 
 
Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield resumes his usual spot near the top, joined by newcomer Kelly Bryant of Clemson. UGA’s Jake Fromm and GT’s TaQuon Marshall had good starts as well. Flops include West Coast media darlings Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen.
 
Two key quarterbacks went down with injuries in week one: Georgia's Jacob Eason and FSU's Deondre Francois (above) . The Seminole is out for the year, casting a dark shadow on FSU's playoff hopes.
 
I read Sports Illustrated's profile of USC QB Darnold, and came away impressed. Not another in a line of well groomed robo-QB's, but instead a well rounded fun-loving young man - a little bit of a homebody. He picked USC because it was the closest school to home despite another QB coming in the same year, and finished high school instead of enrolling early. Part of Darnold's success can be traced back to the years he spent playing high school basketball and baseball, unlike many of his contemporaries who focused exclusively on football.
 
1. 96.4 Kyle Shurmur Vandy
2. 94.7 Mason Rudolph OK State
3. 94.5 Baker Mayfield Oklahoma
5. 92.4 Jesse Ertz Kennesaw State: local boy
6. 92.0 Kelly Bryant Clemson
7. 91.1 Drew Lock Missouri
8. 90.1 Eric Dungy Syracuse
 
11. 89.1 Jake Fromm Georgia freshman
13. 88.7 Danny Etling LSU
16. 85.9 TaQuon Marshall Georgia Tech
19. 85.2 John Wolford Wake Forest
20. 85.2 McKenzie Milton UCF
21. 83.5 Shea Patterson Ole Miss
22. 82.4 Josh Jackson Virginia Tech
24. 80.9 JT Barrett Ohio State
28. 78.6 Ryan Finley NC State
 
30. 78.4 Brandon Wimbush Notre Dame
31. 78.4 Nick Fitzgerald Miss State
33. 77.1 Jake Bentley SC
34. 77.0 Will Grier WV: transfer from Florida
40. 70.2 Trace McSorley Penn State
44. 68.0 Quinten Dormady Tennessee
45. 67.7 Sam Darnold USC: slow start for Heisman pick
49. 65.5 Josh Rosen UCLA: another media darling
 
53. 63.3 Daniel Jones Duke
55. 61.3 Malik Rosier Miami
59. 69.6 Lamar Jackson Lou: slow start for Heisman winner
60. 58.9 Austin Allen Arkansas
63. 58.1 Stephen Johnson Kentucky “dual threat” ranks low
67. 54.7 Jalen Hurts Alabama
68. 53.9 Max Browne Pitt
 
75. 53.0 Chazz Surratt UNC
80. 50.7 Kurt Benkert UVA
84. 50.1 Deondre Francois FSU (above) out for the year
85. 49.3 Wilton Speight Michigan
86. 48.1 Connor Manning Georgia State
87. 47.3 Anthony Brown Boston College “dual threat”
90. 45.9 Jarrett Stidham Auburn
97. 43.1 Shane Buechele Texas
98. 43.0 Feleipe Franks, Florida freshman
 
100. 40.8 Kellen Mond Texas A&M
118. 18.9 Brett Rypien Boise State: son of Mark
121. 15.8 Brent Stockstill Middle Tenn
126. 10.9 Malik Zaire Florida
127. 07.8 Brandon Harris UNC
129. 04.5 Shai Werts Georgia Southern

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