Utah’s Cam Rising is frequently praised when studying collegiate football quarterbacks over the offseason.
If you look a little closer, you could find mention of Jake Retzlaff or Gerry Bohanon of BYU; however, the discussion around them usually consists of more questions than answers.
You can get some analysis on Bryson Barnes and Spencer Petras of Utah State if you actually conduct any research.
But as of right now, everything has changed thanks to ESPN’s newest product.
Staff writer David Hale examined all 134 FBS quarterback situations, breaking into each one and classifying the quarterback rooms into 19 tiers (really, 21 given he had several A and B tiers).
“Cream of a questionable crop” is the title of Tier 1.
The QB group from Utah is grouped alongside Noah Fifita of Arizona, Shedeur Sanders of Colorado, Jalon Daniels of Kansas, and Cam Ward of Miami.
Hale writes, “You could make a strong case, numerically, for any of these starting quarterbacks to be in our top tier.” To be honest, you could swap out this bunch with the one above and get away with it other than a few dirty stares.
Hale pointed out that the only uncertain aspect about Rising is the recovery from injuries. It is quite difficult to undermine Rising’s performance on the field.
“It’s pretty easy to quantify just how much Rising means to Utah statistically,” he writes. “Over the past three years with Rising at QB, the Utes averaged 6.6 yard per play, 7.6 yards per dropback, posted an 83.9 QBR and scored 39.1 points per game in his starts. With anyone else at QB, 5.3 yards per play, 5.7 yards per dropback, a 51.3 QBR and they averaged 24.2 points per game. How many other QBs in the country are worth 15 points per game to their teams?”
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