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How unproven is the SEC at QB in 2016?
Posted on 8/27/16 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 8/27/16 at 2:50 pm
If we make some assumptions here based on the news out of camp for those schools who still have QB battles going on and we name Hurts (Bama), McIlwain (USC) and Eason (UGA) as starters at their respective schools, this is the SEC QB picture with stats included for the more unproven/first time starters
Florida- Del Rio 141 yards 0TD
Tennessee- Dobbs
Georgia- Eason 0 yards 0TD
Vandy- Schurmur 503 yards 5TD
Kentucky- Barker 364 yards 1TD
Missouri- Drew Locke 1332 yards 4TD
South Carolina- McIlwain 0 yards 0TD
Alabama- Hurts 0 yards 0TD
Ole Miss- Kelly
Arkansas- Allen 188 yards 1TD
LSU- Harris
A&M- Knight
State- Williams 434 yards 3TD
Auburn- White 1166 yards 1TD
Those 10 teams combined amount to 4,128 passing yards and 15 touchdowns.
The other 4 starters on this list..... 14,333 yards and 101 touchdown passes.
Of course, this list makes the assumption that 3 true freshman would be starting for SEC teams which may be unlikely. Bateman, Orth and Lambert are still in the mix at their schools. And unproven doesn't necessarily mean bad. At this time last year, Chad Kelly had 58 career passing yards and only 1 touchdown to his name.
Florida- Del Rio 141 yards 0TD
Tennessee- Dobbs
Georgia- Eason 0 yards 0TD
Vandy- Schurmur 503 yards 5TD
Kentucky- Barker 364 yards 1TD
Missouri- Drew Locke 1332 yards 4TD
South Carolina- McIlwain 0 yards 0TD
Alabama- Hurts 0 yards 0TD
Ole Miss- Kelly
Arkansas- Allen 188 yards 1TD
LSU- Harris
A&M- Knight
State- Williams 434 yards 3TD
Auburn- White 1166 yards 1TD
Those 10 teams combined amount to 4,128 passing yards and 15 touchdowns.
The other 4 starters on this list..... 14,333 yards and 101 touchdown passes. Of course, this list makes the assumption that 3 true freshman would be starting for SEC teams which may be unlikely. Bateman, Orth and Lambert are still in the mix at their schools. And unproven doesn't necessarily mean bad. At this time last year, Chad Kelly had 58 career passing yards and only 1 touchdown to his name.
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Posted on 8/27/16 at 2:53 pm to Lsuhoohoo
had no idea it was this bad
SEC trotting out CUSA standard QBs
Posted on 8/27/16 at 2:54 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Kelly is proven the rest have work to do
Posted on 8/27/16 at 2:56 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Very much a question mark. Saban whiffed at quarterback recruiting imo a couple of years ago so our best option may end up being a freaking true freshman.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 2:56 pm to Piscinin
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had no idea it was this bad
Plus Harris and Knight may not belong on the "proven" list. They certainly have room to improve their games in 2016 but compared to the rest of the SEC, I guess they belong in the more established grouping.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 2:58 pm to Lsuhoohoo
It's a formative year for Barker. Plenty of high end potential and excellent weaponry at his disposal in the backfield and wide out. I'm sure there will be plenty of ups and downs.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 3:35 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Looks like a lot of the unproven QBs are underclass men , so things could be a lot different in 2 years. What makes this QB class seem so bad is that Kelly is the only good proven QB and the other 3 haven't shown they could actually pass the ball. I would take half of the unproven QBs over Harris , Knight and Dobbs any day.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 3:44 pm to Lsuhoohoo
When Brandon Harris is ranked in the top third of SEC QBs heading into the season...that's all you need to know.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 3:47 pm to tjv305
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I would take half of the unproven QBs over Harris , Knight and Dobbs any day.
I wouldn't. We can't all get Bama walkon/ Oregon State rejects .
Posted on 8/27/16 at 3:53 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Allen, Knight and Eason will be the best of the new QBs...mostly because of offensive scheme. Knight and Allen are veteran players. Eason will have his freshman moments, but he looks damn good
Posted on 8/27/16 at 3:57 pm to sugatowng
And at the end of the season, people will be scratching their heads and asking "how'd Bama win another championship with an unknown at QB?"
Posted on 8/27/16 at 4:01 pm to Sid E Walker
The Bama QB situation is just weird that there is not one veteran guy to take the position...lots of recruiting stars
Posted on 8/27/16 at 4:08 pm to Sid E Walker
quote:Amen to that. Maybe not after this year...we have a lot of unprovens, but after Harris and Barker are done I'm quite certain I'll be glad we had Barker. Harris is a placeholder.
When Brandon Harris is ranked in the top third of SEC QBs heading into the season...that's all you need to know.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 4:11 pm to sugatowng
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Allen, Knight and Eason will be the best of the new QBs...mostly because of offensive scheme. Knight and Allen are veteran players. Eason will have his freshman moments, but he looks damn good
Allen is not a veteran player, he's just much older than most rookies.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 4:26 pm to Chill98
And there is something to be said for that
Posted on 8/27/16 at 4:30 pm to sugatowng
I agree the Bama qb situation is unusual. It has to do with Saban's process.The truth is the qb is simply not as important to Bama as other schools. Saban does not want to rely on one player to win. It is hard to argue with his success.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 7:01 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Hurts won't start for Bama. Not week one.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 10:05 pm to Lsuhoohoo
What's bad is Kelly will be middle of the pack by the end of the year.
Posted on 8/27/16 at 10:50 pm to UKWildcats
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but after Harris and Barker are done I'm quite certain I'll be glad we had Barker. Harris is a placeholder.
It's cool that you'd take Barker over Harris and also call him a placeholder, but IMO, that's a narrow view. Too many people pay attention to media with hot takes and raw stats, and not the games. Harris was nowhere near as bad as people act like he was. He also didn't have much help on the play calling, receiving, and blocking end, even after he had to play with an injury. That'll change this year though as well as his own individual improvements.
LSU's pass offense is going to suprise people in a good way this year.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 1:16 am to Lsuhoohoo
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How unproven is the SEC at QB in 2016?
Harris is 3rd team all SEC.
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