Top 10 Best College Quarterbacks of All Time
Timothy Richard Tebow is an American professional baseball outfielder in the New York Mets organization and a former professional American football player in the National Football League. Threw a touchdown pass, going 1/1 in the national championship in 2006. In 2007, he won the Heisman Trophy, throwing 32 touchdowns on a 66% completion percentage and rushing for 23 touchdowns as well. In 2008, he threw for 30 touchdowns with only four interceptions, achieving a 64.4% completion percentage.
After losing 31-30 to Ole Miss in week 4, he gave an emotional speech expressing his shame for letting down the fans and promised that no quarterback in college football would ever work harder than him, lead a team harder, or have a team that worked harder than his. The Gators did not lose another game, winning 51-21 against No. 4 LSU, 49-10 against No. 8 Georgia, 56-6 against No. 24 South Carolina, and 45-15 against No. 23 Florida State. They won the SEC Championship 31-20 against No. 1 Alabama and then the national championship game 24-14.
Returning for his senior season, the Gators started 12-0 but lost the SEC Championship game 13-32. He had a remarkable last game, winning the Sugar Bowl 51-24 against No. 4 Cincinnati, with help from Angel Hernandez, throwing 17/18 for 295 yards and three touchdowns in the first half, finishing with 533 yards total. He finished four seasons with 88 passing touchdowns and 57 rushing touchdowns.
Peyton Williams Manning is a former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League for the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos.Honestly, what is the purpose of playing football? If your goal is to win games, perform great on the biggest stage, and win championships, then nobody was better than Tommie Frazier. Frazier was a four-year starter, losing only three games. Two of his losses were during his freshman year, one of which was in the Orange Bowl vs. No. 7 ranked FSU (he still won the MVP of the game). The third loss was in the Championship game to FSU during his sophomore year (again, he won the MVP award).
Frazier didn't lose a single regular season game after his freshman year and won consecutive undefeated National Championships in his final two years. He won the MVP award in four major bowl games (three Orange Bowls, one Fiesta Bowl), including three consecutive National Championship games.
If all you care about is throwing for a lot of yards, regardless of winning big games, go ahead and choose someone else.
Vincent Paul Young, Jr. is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for six seasons.
Andrew Austen Luck is a former American football quarterback who played his entire career for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League.
Jonathan Paul Manziel is an American professional Canadian football quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the NFL's Cleveland Browns with the 22nd overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft. Towards the end of the 2015 season, Manziel endured numerous scandals,... read more Then he became one of the worst quarterbacks in NFL history.
Roger Thomas Staubach, nicknamed Captain America and Captain Comeback, is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League.
Cameron Jerrell Newton is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He had previously played with the Carolina Panthers from 2011 to 2019, and for the New England Patriots in 2020. In November 2021, he signed with his old team, the Carolina Panthers. Auburn QB was probably the best ever! He's probably almost the only reason I watch the Panthers! Gonna go deep in the playoffs, then lose right before the Super Bowl! The Packers and Steelers are going, or the Saints and Colts are going! I hope it's the second one! I love Drew Brees and I love Andrew Luck!
The best I've ever seen in my lifetime.
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No one had a better year than Burrow. He looked like a pro playing with college kids.
John Constantine Unitas, nicknamed "Johnny U", or "The Golden Arm", was an American professional football player from the 1950s through the 1970s. Ever heard of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm?
Marcus Ardel Tafuna Taulauniu Mariota is an American football quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League. If you replaced any of the above QBs with Mariota, he would outproduce them easily. He would've won a national championship if he had been targeting his top four wide receivers instead of the fifth-string guys who weren't even supposed to play until the year after he left. He was a clutch QB and rarely turned the ball over.
First ever to have that kind of a touchdown to interception ratio, even considering all turnovers. He didn't even have 10 turnovers his final year and had over 60 total touchdowns. He should be at least top 3, seeing as he outplayed Andrew Luck every time they matched up in college.
Baker Reagan Mayfield is an American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. This guy would win games that shouldn't have been won by the Sooners. Extremely fun to watch also.
Second best passer efficiency seasons of all time. Second most efficient career passer ever, only after Sam Bradford. Take away his walk-on year at Tech and he's the GOAT, no doubt.
Robert Lee Griffin III, nicknamed RG3, is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He's really good! He should be #1. I don't agree with this list, but watching RG3 play is amazing.
Casey Austin "Case" Keenum is an American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.
Drew Christopher Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League.
He is the only player to have back to back to back 5,000 yards in three seasons straight. Brees also has the all time best completion percentage with 66.95%.
Jon Steven Young is a former professional American football quarterback who played 15 seasons in the National Football League and is best known for his 13 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.
John Albert Elway Jr. is a former American football quarterback and current executive vice president of football operations and general manager of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League.
Ryan Timothy Tannehill III is an American football quarterback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He previously played for the Miami Dolphins from 2012 to 2018.
Samuel "Sam" Jacob Bradford is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams with the first overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma and as a redshirt sophomore Bradford became only the... read more
Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr., nicknamed Joe Cool and The Comeback Kid, is a retired American football quarterback.
He's a pretty good QB! Probably when he's done with college, he will be in the top 3 picks in the draft! Probably 2nd because some of the college players these days are really good!