FOOTBALL Ranking all 133 QB Situations

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TIER 8: Top of the Group of 5, even if that term makes Mike Aresco roll his eyes (12 players, 11 jobs)​

Boise State's Taylen Green
Georgia State's Darren Grainger
Ohio's Kurtis Rourke
Memphis' Seth Henigan
Louisiana Tech's Hank Bachmeier
New Mexico State's Diego Pavia
San Diego State's Jalen Mayden
San Jose State's Chevan Cordeiro
South Alabama's Carter Bradley
SMU's Preston Stone or Alex Padilla
Toledo's Dequan Finn.

• Only two quarterbacks outside the Power 5 return after posting a Total QBR of 70 or better last year: UTSA's Frank Harris and Ohio's Rourke (73.8), who along with Hendon Hooker was the only QB last year to throw for 3,000 yards and 25 touchdowns with less than five interceptions.
• Pavia missed New Mexico State's Week 7 game with an injury, but when he returned he was a different QB, accounting for 13 touchdowns, 2 interceptions, 10.2 yards-per-attempt and the second-best Total QBR in FBS (90.2).
• Henigan and Grainger are among just seven returning QBs who accounted for at least one touchdown in every game last season. The others: Williams, Reed, Leonard, Penix and Travis.
• If San Diego State can keep the pocket clean, Mayden could become a star. When he didn't face pressure last season, he completed 70% of his throws with 10 TDs, four picks and averaged 9.83 yards-per-pass. Of course, get Mayden outside the pocket, and he's not bad either. He posted a 96.8 QBR outside the pocket last season, tops in FBS.
• Finn averaged 3.7 more yards-per-attempt vs. zone coverage last season than he did man, but he saw man coverage from opposing defenses just 33% of the time.
• Take away a brutal Mountain West title game against Fresno State, and the latter half of Green's season would've been an indisputable breakout performance: Six games, 64% completions, more than 1,600 total yards, 17 touchdowns and no picks. Of course, all six of those defenses ranked 63rd or worse in expected points added per game and 71st or worse in opponent Total QBR. Fresno State, however, was a top-50 defense, and Green finished that game completing just 45% of his throws for 175 yards, 1 TD and 2 interceptions.
• Five returning players tied for the most games with three or more passing touchdowns last year with 8: Williams, Maye, Hartman, Reed and ... South Alabama's Bradley.

Not much about Hank, but he’s in tier 8 out of 20. ULL’s two guys in tier 18, & ULM in tier 20.