With National Signing Day upon us and the NFL draft less than three months away, college football’s annual quarterback churn is in full effect. And 2018 will feature plenty of changes as the combination of graduation and early departures by underclassmen means nearly two thirds of the projected starting quarterbacks in the Power Five conferences alone will be new compared to this time last year.
But that’s what happens when Heisman Trophy winners Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson move on, as well as program standouts like Mason Rudolph and Luke Falk, not to mention talented underclassmen like Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.