AJ McCarron is a future star

[Murdock2420]

(07-12-2015, 01:53 AM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: BUT SEC

Just a small list of "SEC" big game QB's who won the Heisman award.


Johnny Manziel
Cam Newton
Tim Tebow
Danny Wuerffel


This list is the SEC QBs taken in round one since the 90's

1994
 Heath Shuler
 Tennessee
 
1998
 Peyton Manning
 Tennessee

 1999
 Tim Couch
 Kentucky
 
2003
 Rex Grossman
 Florida

 2004
 Eli Manning
 Ole Miss
 
2005
 Jason Campbell
 Auburn
 
2006
 Jay Cutler
 Vanderbilt
 
2007
 JaMarcus Russell
 LSU
 
2008
 Matthew Stafford
 Georgia
 
2010
 Tim Tebow
 Florida
 
2011
 Cam Newton
 Auburn
 
2011
 Blaine Gabbert#
 Missouri
 
2012
 Ryan Tannehill#
 Texas A&M
 
2014
 Johnny Manziel
 Texas A&M

The SEC has a great deal of NFL ready talent, but rarely has NFL ready QBs. The exception being Peyton. SEC teams are stacked, and the QBs there I think get used to having the best at every position. It's a different game in the NFL, where the QB has to really be the driving force. 

McCarron looks like he might be a decent back-up. Time will tell, I just don't see a guy who never really had to be the deciding factor in a game, suddenly becoming a high level NFL QB.

Look at the top QBs in the league and you'll see a trend. They didn't come from stacked teams, they learned how to win with less and over come challenges. 

Rodgers played for Cal. Good school, but more known for the basketball history, and not the top school in their conference.

Rapeburger, from Miami of Ohio. Talk about winning with limited talent. Yeah, never trust him with your daughter, but the guy knows how to get it done.

Brees, played at Purdue. When was the last time Purdue was near the top of the Big 10? Exactly.

Flacco from Delaware....not a joke...dude played at Delaware. 

Brady, yeah he came out of Michigan, and is the closest you can find to a big time talent team. Let's be fair though, at the time Brady was there the shift had begun. The SEC and ACC where getting more players and Ohio State, Michigan State, and at the time Penn State were all rivals for Michigan in terms of talent.

It's just rare to find a guy who had the talents around him that a guy like McCarron had at Alabama and see that translate to NFL success.