Great State Debate - which state produced best QBs

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For the fifth state in this debate, it came down Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana.

Although Louisiana counts Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Terry Bradshaw, Bert Jones and Joe Ferguson among its all-time best, the state is lacking in Heisman Trophy winners and current college starters and high school standouts.

Florida had a number of topflight college stars this season, including Denard Robinson of Michigan, Geno Smith of West Virginia and Aaron Murray of Georgia. And in the pros, of course, there's Tebow. But the Sunshine State has no Hall of Famers, and its highest-ranked high school quarterback this year is Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) senior Faton Bauta, who's rated No. 29 at the position by ESPNU.

Meanwhile, Georgia has two Heisman Trophy winners (Cam Newton, Charlie Ward) and one Hall of Famer (Fran Tarkenton) but, like Florida, doesn't have a high school quarterback rated among the top 25 by ESPNU and has hardly any current college stars.

That left Alabama as the recipient of the fifth and final spot in the Great State Debate. The Yellowhammer State can count one Hall of Famer, one Heisman winner, several current NFL starters, the starting quarterback of the newly crowned national champs and the No. 1 quarterback in the ESPNU 150, Jameis Winston.

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