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Best Pro QBs produced by each FBS school

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  • In the course of replying to another thread, I started doing this: checking out who were the best Pro QBs that have been produced by various schools. Well, here I will give the data for each FBS school and their best 3 QBs....or at least the power conferences, and perhaps I will do the others as well depending on time. By best I am using the single statistic used by Pro Football Reference and their Career Production average. At least lets say these are the most "productive" QBs in a career, if not best. Lets start with those QBs produced by each school currently in:

    The SEC:

    Alabama: Joe Namath 94, Ken Stabler 94, Bart Starr 90

    Missouri: Babe Laufenberg 4, Steve Pisarkewisc 2, Chase Daniels 1

    Georgia: Fran Tarkenton 149, Matt Stafford 44, Zeke Bratkowski 20

    Florida: Steve Spurrier 26, Rex Grossman 23, Tim Tebow 12

    South Carolina: Anthony Wright 10, Bill Troup 10, Mike Hold 1

    Tennessee: Peyton Manning 172, Pat Ryan 13, Bobby Scott 10

    Kentucky: George Blanda 95, Babe Parilli 60, Tim Couch 30

    Vanderbilt: Jay Cutler 69, Billy Wade 48 (only 2 that registered)

    Miss. St.: Joe Reed 12, Bruce Threadgill 3 (only 2 that registered)

    Auburn: Cam Newton 49, Jason Campbell 48, Dick Wood 17 (yes....Dick Wood 😊

    Ole Miss: Eli Manning 89, Archie Manning 75, John Fourcade 12

    Arkansas: Joe Ferguson 80, Tavaris Jackson 21, Lamar Mhan 9

    Texas A&M: Ryan Tannehill 20, Ed Hargett 12, Karl Sweetan 9

    LSU: Bert Jones 80, Stan Humphries 50, YA Tittle 44 * Tittle played some times when CA not computed

    BOLD: HOF

  • Here are the best QBs produced by each school in the PAC-12

    Oregon: Dan Fouts 122, Chris Miller 52, Bob Berry 38

    Stanford: John Elway 138, John Brodie 99, Jim Plunkett 85 (too early for Luck

    Washington: Warren Moon 119, Mark Brunell 96, Chris Chandler 77

    Washington St.: Drew Bledsoe 103, Mark Rypien 56, Tim Rosenbach/Jack Thompson 13 each

    Arizona St.: Danny White 84, Jake Plummer 77, Bill Kenney 51

    Arizona: Nick Foles 16 (so far), Eddie Wilson 3 (only 2 registered)

    UCLA: Troy Aikman 97, Billy Kilmer 75, Jay Schroeder 62

    USC: Carson Palmer 88, Bill Nelsen 53, Rodney Peete 46

    Utah: Scott Mitchell 49, Alex Smith 48, Lee Grosscup 4

    Colorado: Kordell Stewart 59, Koy Detmer 4, Craig Penrose 3

    Cal: Aaron Rodgers 88, Craig Morton 82, Steve Bartkowski 70

  • Here are the best QBs produced by each school in The Big Ten:

    Purdue: Drew Brees, 134, Len Dawson 110, Bob Griese 104, Jim Everett 87

    Michigan: Tom Brady 145, Jim Hargaugh 78, Brian Griese 53,

    Ohio St.: Mike Tomscak 43, Kent Graham 23 Terrelle Pryor 7 (Tom Tupa QB/Punter: 29)

    Michigan St.: Earl Morrall 68, Tony Banks 42, Jim Ninowski 28

    Maryland: Boomer Esiason 68, Neil O'Donnell 59, Bob Avellini 28

    Penn St.: Kerry Collins 81, Milt Plum 53, Pete Liske 18

    Rugters: Ray Lucas 12, Mike McMahon 6 (only 2 that registered)

    Illinois: Jeff George 65, Tony Eason 36, Jack Trudeau 23

    Wisconsin: Russell Wilson 31, Randy Wright 14, Bryce Bollinger/Ron Vanderkellen 6 each

    Minnesota: Spergon Wynn...yes, Spergon Wynn 2, Mike Hohensee 1, Bill Garnaas -0- (pre 50s)

    Nebraska: Vince Ferragamo 32, Jerry Tagge 8, Bruce Mathison 6

    Iowa: Rudy Bukich 30, Chuck Long 11, Mark Vlasic 3

    Northwestern: Randy Dean 2, Brett Basanez -0-......Otto Graham....no score, pre-statistic

    Indiana: Trent Green 94, Babe Laufenberg 4, Rich Badar -0-

    more later

  • Here are the best QBs produced by each school in the ACC:

    Florida St.: Brad Johnson 74, Christian Ponder 20, Steve Tensi 20

    Clemson: Steve Fuller 29, Charlie Whitehurst 3, Charlie Saratt -0-

    Louisville: Johnny Unitas 114, Chris Redman 9, Jeff Brohm 2

    Boston College: Matt Hasselback 85, Matt Ryan 76, Doug Flutie 51 (NFL only)

    North Carolina St.: Phillip Rivers 107, Roman Gabriel 98, Erik Kramer 41

    Syracuse: Donovan McNabb 107, Jim Del Gaizo 3, Todd Philcox 3

    Wake Forest: Norm Snead 87, Karl Sweetan 9, Ron Smith 4

    Georgia Tech: Rick Strom 1, Andy Hall/Joe Hamilton/Jim Bob Taylor all -0-

    Duke: Sonny Jurgenson: 101, Dave Brown, 27, Al Woodall 13

    North Carolina: TJ Yates: 3, Scott Stankavage -0- (only 2 that registered)

    Miami: Jim Kelly 103, Vinny Testaverde 97, Bernie Kosar 67

    Virginia: Matt Schaub 68, Aaron Brooks 65, Don Majkowski 39

    Pitt: Dan Marino 145, Matt Cavanaugh 15, Alex Van Pelt 7

    Virginia Tech: Michael Vick 91, Don Strock 18, Jim Druckenmiller 1

    Bold-HOF

  • Best Pro QBs produced by the current teams of The Big 12:

    TCU: Andy Dalton 36, Kent Nix 10, Hunter Enis 4.....note Sammy Baugh played before stat developed

    Baylor: Cotton Davidson 41, Robert Griffin III 28, Don Trull 16

    Kansas St.: Steve Grogan 90, Lynn Dickey 65, Josh Freeman 38

    Oklahoma: Troy Aikman 89, Sam Bradford 26, Landry Jones and others -0- (Aikman played mostly with UCLA)

    Texas: Vince Young 33, Bobby Layne 20 (played mostly pre-stat) Colt McCoy 11

    West Virginia: Marc Bulger 57, Jeff Hostetler 56, Geno Smith 7

    Oklahoma St. Brandon Weeden 11, Rusty Hilger 5 (only 2 to register)

    Texas Tech: Billy Joe Tolliver 26, Several others with -0-

    Kansas: John Hadl 104, Bobby Douglas 37, Frank Seurer 1

    Iowa St.: Seneca Wallace 14, David Archer 14, Sage Rosenfels 13

  • Best QBs produced by the current members of the American Athletic Conference:

    Memphis Steve Matthews 1 (only player registered)

    Central Florida Daunte Culpepper 86, Blake Bortles (incomplete data) only 2 registered

    Cincinnati: Jacky Lee 17, Greg Cook 10, Tom O'Malley -0-

    Houston: Kevin Kolb 13, David Klingler 10, Andre Ware 5

    East Carolina: Jeff Blake 68, David Garrard 61, several registerd -0-

    Temple: Henry Burris 1, Steve Joachim -0-, Tim Riordan -0-

    South Florida: BJ Daniels -0- only player registered

    Tulane: Bubby Brister 41, JP Losman 19, Shaun King 19

    Tulsa: Gus Frerotte 56, Jerry Rhome 6 only one registered

    Connecticut: Dan Orlovsky 6, Bob Leahy -0-, TJ Rubley -0-

    SMU: Don Meredith 71, Mike Livingstone 43, Josh McCown 24

  • Harbaugh is really our second best QB in the NFL? huh. I didn't know that

  • How is the rating calculated? I'm surprised at the gap between Brady and Manning being that big.

  • What about independents?

  • How is the rating calculated? I'm surprised at the gap between Brady and Manning being that big.

    @mld-woody said:

    How is the rating calculated? I'm surprised at the gap between Brady and Manning being that big.

    Statistically, Manning is far and away the best regular season QB ever.

    Zombo

  • How is the rating calculated? I'm surprised at the gap between Brady and Manning being that big.

    @mld-woody said:

    How is the rating calculated? I'm surprised at the gap between Brady and Manning being that big.

    Go to PFR and look up their methodology of doing this. It seems a highly complex mathematical thing. You are probably better equipped to comprehend it than I am.

  • Stanford so far has the most if you include Luck. Elway has two Super Bowl rings, as does Plunkett. Luck will get his share too. Browns might take a look at Stanford's current quarterback.

  • @mld-woody said:

    How is the rating calculated? I'm surprised at the gap between Brady and Manning being that big.

    Go to PFR and look up their methodology of doing this. It seems a highly complex mathematical thing. You are probably better equipped to comprehend it than I am.

    @the-gipper said:

    Go to PFR and look up their methodology of doing this. It seems a highly complex mathematical thing. You are probably better equipped to comprehend it than I am.

    Awe.... Shucks...

  • @the-gipper said:

    Go to PFR and look up their methodology of doing this. It seems a highly complex mathematical thing. You are probably better equipped to comprehend it than I am.

    Awe.... Shucks...

    @mld-woody said:

    Awe.... Shucks...

    You should be far more adept at math than I am certainly.