SEC East QB's 2014

There's really only three worth talking about, I wanted to write up something on each of them, but these seem to be the only ones worth mentioning. Feel free to nominate other qb suggestions for the non-obvious ones.


And this is in no particular order or ranking...


USC's Dylan Thompson


Through his junior year, he's played intermittently over the last 3 seasons, with his best performance against Clemson in 2012. Outside of that game, he has struggled. Thompson's completion percentage of 52% in 2012 and 58% in 2013 illustrates this. In his defense, the bulk of his stats for 2013 come from very tough road games against UCF and Missouri. Most quarterbacks struggled against Missouri last year, with a powerful secondary and the one-two punch of Michael Sam and Kony Ealy.

Playing behind a veteran line in 2014, Thompson still has Davis behind him and some good receivers returning. If Spurrier can get him dialed in, and find the Thompson that laid waste to Clemson in 2012, Thompson could end up getting Heisman talk by mid-season. We know the ability is somewhere in him.









UGA's Hutson Mason

5th year senior, Murray's backup since 2012, reported to have been practicing with the 1st team the whole time. He's been the Man in the Headphones between Murray and Bobo, knows the offense inside and out.

Only starting two games, the final two, vs Georgia Tech and Nebraska, Mason threw for 299 and 320, respectively. At that pace, over a 12 game regular season, he's on track to break 3700 yards, and break 4000 with a bowl game or SECC. Mason also had playing time against App St and Kentucky, averaging a 68.60% completion rate on a combined 35 attempts.

Proving he's ready to play big boy football in his first start on the road against Tech, Mason led the team back from a 20 point deficit, took it to overtime, and won. There's nothing eye-popping or elite about his ability, but all he has to do is get the ball into the hands of his play makers and Hutson Mason should do just fine.












Mizzou's Maty Mauk



As a freshman, Mauk was thrown into the fire as a starting quarterback in the SEC after starter James Franklin separated his shoulder in the Georgia game. As most freshmen do, he struggled. He started against Florida, Carolina, Tenn, and UK. His completion percentages, respectively, were 50, 40, 48, and 60. As soon as Franklin was healthy enough to play, Mauk was put back on the bench. His only good stat is 11 TD's to only 2 INT's.

He throws a pretty ball, and if Pinkel can work some magic with Mauk's accuracy, we'll see a much more dangerous quarterback in 2014. The biggest leap in a quarterback's stats generally happens between freshman and sophomore years. Mauk may not get much help though, with the departure of Josey and the presumed departure of Dorial Green-Beckham.





Florida- ETA: Murphy transferred, new OC, Driskel should be healthy, but is early enrollee Will Grier making a push for playing time?

Tennessee- Who will be your quarterback?

Vandy- Who will be your quarterback?

Kentucky- Who will be your quarterback?