College Quarterback Update
There will be just three finalists in New York this Saturday when the Heisman Trophy is awarded for 2008.
And, they are all quarterbacks: Colt McCoy (left) of Texas, Sam Bradford (middle) of Oklahoma and the reigning Heisman holder Tim Tebow (right) of Florida.
All are college juniors, which makes them eligible for the 2009 NFL Draft.
McCoy said this week he will return to Texas for his senior season. That’s what he says now. Tebow has not said publicly what his plans are.
This week, Bradford said he would weigh his options about going pro after obtaining information from the NFL. His father Kent Bradford and OU’s quarterback coach Josh Heupel will gather the information.
Underclassmen must declare by January 15.
“It’s going to be a process,” Bradford told the Oklahoman newspaper. “Even if I think I know what I want to do right now, there’s kind of a need to get as much information as possible so that looking back on this decision years down the road you don’t regret anything because you didn’t go after the information needed to make the right decision.”
Bradford had surgery on his injured left thumb on Sunday, repairing torn ligaments. He’s now wearing a crimson color cast that extends to his elbow. He’s expected to wear the cast for 10 days and it will be replaced by a smaller hand cast.
Back in October, we highlighted the top 25 college quarterbacks who might be available for the NFL Draft. Here are the season statistics for those quarterbacks. Eight of the 25 are done for the year. The other 17 have bowl games to play, beginning Dec. 20 and running through the BCS Championship Game on January 8.
Here are the numbers:
| QB/School/Grade |
GÂ |
AÂ |
CÂ |
%Â |
Yds |
TDÂ |
IÂ |
Next          |
| Sam Bradford Oklahoma SO-RÂ |
13 | 442 | 302 | 68.3 | 4464 | 48 | 6 | Florida/BCS Title |
| Colt McCoy Texas JRÂ |
12 | 375 | 291 | 77.6 | 3866 | 43 | 7 | Ohio State/Fiesta |
| Zac Robinson OK State JR |
12 | 264 | 177 | 67.1 | 2735 | 24 | 8 | Oregon/Holiday |
| Tim Tebow Florida JRÂ |
13 | 268 | 174 | 64.9 | 2515 | 28 | 2 | Oklahoma /BCS Title |
| Chase Daniel Missouri SRÂ |
13 | 484 | 358 | 73.9 | 4135 | 37 | 15 | Northwestern/Alamo |
| Nathan Brown C. Arkansas SR |
12Â | 375Â | 254Â | 67.7Â | 3206Â | 31Â | 4Â | Done/10-2Â |
| Nate Davis Ball State JRÂ |
13Â | 372Â | 249Â | 66.9Â | 3446Â | 26Â | 7Â | Toledo/GMACÂ |
| Graham Harrell Texas Tech SRÂ |
12 | 568 | 406 | 71.5 | 4747 | 41 | 7 | Ole Miss/Cotton |
| Case Keenum Houston SO-R |
12 | 556 | 375 | 67.5 | 4768 | 43 | 10 | Air Force/Armed Forces |
| Max Hall BYU JR |
12 | 431 | 300 | 69.6 | 3629 | 34 | 13 | Arizona/Las Vegas |
| Matt Sanchez USC JR |
12 | 331 | 213 | 64.4 | 2704 | 30 | 10 | Penn State/Rose |
| Matt Stafford Georgia JRÂ |
12Â | 352Â | 215Â | 61.1Â | 3209Â | 22Â | 9Â | Michigan St./Citrus |
| Tim Hiller W. Michigan JR |
12 | 480 | 320 | 66.7 | 3527 | 34 | 8 | Rice/Texas |
| Dan LeFevour C. Michigan JRÂ |
10 | 336 | 223 | 66.4 | 2531 | 19 | 5 | Fla. Atlantic/Motor City |
| Chase Holbrook N. Mexico St SRÂ |
12Â | 456Â | 309Â | 67.8Â | 3361Â | 25Â | 14Â | Done/3-9Â |
| Juice Williams Illinois JR |
12Â | 381Â | 219Â | 57.5Â | 3173Â | 22Â | 16Â | Done/5-7Â |
| Josh Freeman Kansas St JRÂ |
12Â | 382Â | 224Â | 58.6Â | 2945Â | 20Â | 8Â | Done/5-7Â |
| Colin Kaepernick Nevada SO-RÂ |
12 | 336 | 184 | 54.8 | 2479 | 19 | 5 | Maryland/Humanitarian |
| Rudy Carpenter Arizona St SRÂ |
12Â | 351Â | 213Â | 60.7Â | 2493Â | 16 | 9Â | Done/5-7Â |
| Tom Brandstater Fresno State SRÂ |
12 | 348 | 208 | 59.8 | 2478 | 17 | 11 | Colorado St. /New Mexico |
| Cullen Harper Clemson SRÂ |
12 | 323 | 204 | 63.2 | 2395 | 11 | 12 | Nebraska/Gator |
| Rhett Bomar Sam Houston SRÂ |
10Â | 436Â | 245Â | 56.2Â | 3355Â | 27Â | 13Â | Done/4-6Â |
| John Parker Wilson Alabama SRÂ |
13 | 293 | 169 | 57.7 | 2096 | 9 | 6 | Utah/Sugar |
| Hunter Cantwell Louisville SRÂ |
12Â | 377Â | 221Â | 58.6Â | 2493Â | 16Â | 16Â | Done/5-7Â |
| Curtis Painter Purdue SRÂ |
10Â | 379Â | 227Â | 59.9Â | 2400Â | 13Â | 11Â | Done/4-8Â |
I’d almost forgotten that going into the season, Curtis Painter and Cullen Harper were considered the best senior QBs and possible 1st round talents! Now it looks like they’ll be mid rounders at best.
I think the Chiefs will go with defensive help first ,second and maybe third rounds but by the fourth or fifth I think they will swing with Josh Freeman or Matt Sanchez if they are there.
They both are juniors but if they do decide to come out they may fall there .
Grahm Harrell……. if we take a QB he looks like Tom Brady.
Just get me players who can play the game, I do not care who or what position.
NFL fan,
Chiefs have been drafting defensive talent first day for a long time (there is plenty of data supporting this) and it is just not working.
Just like Dorsey will take awhile to develop, so will a highly drafted defensive end. Thus the pass rush, in that scenario, wouldnt actually get fixed for awhile.
If the chiefs want to find immediate production for their pass rush, than they will have to look to free agency.
Really?!, I would say that is some more pf your BS find, Javon Kearse, D. Thomas, Richard Dent, LT, Many many other rookies have made immediate impacts on there perspective teams, granted they weren’t all D-Ends pre say but they were all PASS RUSHERS.