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Where Did College Football Teams Find Their Starting Quarterbacks for 2017?

As college football programs sign new future star quarterbacks while faces we became familiar with move on to the NFL, it is time to figure out just where all of this talent comes from.

For the third year in a row, Athlon Sports has tracked the roots of every projected starting quarterback for the upcoming season in the Power Five conferences, along with BYU and Notre Dame.

In 2015, there were 26 states that produced these QBs. Last year that number grew to 28. This year, it’s back to 26 states.

Some results are surprising.