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ESPN's Top 100 College Football QBs of the 2000s

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DMoney
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ESPN writer Bill Connelly recently released an article with his Top 100 College Football QBs of the 2000s. His list is below:
  1. Baker Mayfield — Oklahoma — 14,607 passing yards, 69% completion rate, 131 TD, 30 INT, 1,083 rushing yards, 21 rushing TD
  2. Cam Newton — Auburn — 2,908 passing yards, 65% completion rate, 30 TD, 7 INT, 1,586 rushing yards, 24 rushing TD
  3. Vince Young — Texas — 6,040 passing yards, 62% completion rate, 44 TD, 28 INT, 3,127 rushing yards, 37 rushing TD
  4. Tim Tebow — Florida — 9,285 passing yards, 66% completion rate, 88 TD, 16 INT, 2,947 rushing yards, 57 rushing TD
  5. Joe Burrow — Ohio State/LSU — 8,852 passing yards, 69% completion rate, 78 TD, 11 INT, 13 rushing TD
  6. Deshaun Watson — Clemson — 10,168 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 90 TD, 32 INT, 1,934 rushing yards, 26 TD
  7. Kyler Murray — Texas A&M/Oklahoma — 5,406 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 50 TD, 14 INT, 1,478 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD
  8. Lamar Jackson — Louisville — 9,043 passing yards, 57% completion rate, 69 TD, 27 INT, 4,132 rushing yards, 50 rushing TD
  9. Marcus Mariota — Oregon — 10,796 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 105 TD, 14 INT, 2,237 rushing yards, 29 TD
  10. Robert Griffin III — Baylor — 10,366 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 78 TD, 17 INT, 2,254 rushing yards, 33 rushing TD
  11. Trevor Lawrence — Clemson — 10,098 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 90 TD, 17 INT, 18 rushing TD
  12. Colt McCoy — Texas — 13,253 passing yards, 70% completion rate, 112 TD, 45 INT, 1,571 rushing yards, 20 rushing TD
  13. Johnny Manziel — Texas A&M — 7,820 passing yards, 69% completion rate, 63 TD, 22 INT, 2,169 rushing yards, 30 rushing TD
  14. Fernando Mendoza — California/Indiana — 8,247 passing yards, 69% completion rate, 71 TD, 22 INT, 473 rushing yards, 11 TD
  15. Kellen Moore — Boise State — 14,667 passing yards, 70% completion rate, 142 TD, 28 INT, 3 rushing TD
  16. Sam Bradford — Oklahoma — 8,403 passing yards, 68% completion rate, 88 TD, 16 INT, 5 rushing TD
  17. Jameis Winston — Florida State — 7,964 passing yards, 66% completion rate, 65 TD, 28 INT, 7 rushing TD
  18. Matt Leinart — USC — 10,693 passing yards, 65% completion rate, 99 TD, 23 INT, 9 rushing TD
  19. Andrew Luck — Stanford — 9,430 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 82 TD, 22 INT, 7 rushing TD
  20. Jayden Daniels — Arizona State/LSU — 12,750 passing yards, 66% completion rate, 89 TD, 20 INT, 3,307 rushing yards, 34 TD
  21. Bryce Young — Alabama — 8,356 passing yards, 66% completion rate, 80 TD, 12 INT, 7 rushing TD
  22. C.J. Stroud — Ohio State — 8,123 passing yards, 69% completion rate, 85 TD, 12 INT, 1 rushing TD
  23. Tua Tagovailoa — Alabama — 7,442 passing yards, 69% completion rate, 87 TD, 11 INT, 9 rushing TD
  24. Caleb Williams — Oklahoma/USC — 10,082 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 93 TD, 14 INT, 966 rushing yards, 27 TD
  25. Dillon Gabriel — UCF/Oklahoma/Oregon — 18,722 passing yards, 65% completion rate, 155 TD, 32 INT, 1,209 rushing yards, 33 rushing TD
  26. Philip Rivers — NC State — 13,484 passing yards, 64% completion rate, 95 TD, 34 INT, 17 rushing TD
  27. Carson Palmer — USC — 11,818 passing yards, 59% completion rate, 72 TD, 49 INT, 9 rushing TD
  28. Case Keenum — Houston — 19,217 passing yards, 69% completion rate, 155 TD, 46 INT, 23 rushing TD
  29. Jalen Hurts — Alabama/Oklahoma — 9,477 passing yards, 65% completion rate, 80 TD, 20 INT, 3,274 rushing yards, 43 rushing TD
  30. Bo Nix — Auburn/Oregon — 15,352 passing yards, 66% completion rate, 113 TD, 26 INT, 1,613 rushing yards, 38 TD
  31. Russell Wilson — NC State/Wisconsin — 11,720 passing yards, 61% completion rate, 109 TD, 30 INT, 1,421 rushing yards, 23 TD
  32. Pat White — West Virginia — 6,049 passing yards, 65% completion rate, 56 TD, 23 INT, 4,480 rushing yards, 47 rushing TD
  33. Ben Roethlisberger — Miami (Ohio) — 10,829 passing yards, 66% completion rate, 84 TD, 34 INT, 7 rushing TD
  34. Justin Fields — Georgia/Ohio State — 5,701 passing yards, 68% completion rate, 67 TD, 9 INT, 1,133 rushing yards, 19 TD
  35. Michael Penix Jr. — Indiana/Washington — 13,741 passing yards, 63% completion rate, 96 TD, 34 INT, 13 rushing TD
  36. Diego Pavia — New Mexico State/Vanderbilt — 10,255 passing yards, 62% completion rate, 88 TD, 27 INT, 3,094 rushing yards, 31 TD
  37. Rex Grossman — Florida — 9,164 passing yards, 61% completion rate, 77 TD, 36 INT, 6 rushing TD
  38. Colin Kaepernick — Nevada — 10,098 passing yards, 58% completion rate, 82 TD, 24 INT, 4,112 rushing yards, 59 rushing TD
  39. Jason White — Oklahoma — 7,922 passing yards, 63% completion rate, 81 TD, 24 INT, 2 rushing TD
  40. Troy Smith — Ohio State — 5,720 passing yards, 63% completion rate, 54 TD, 13 INT, 1,168 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD
  41. Graham Harrell — Texas Tech — 15,793 passing yards, 70% completion rate, 134 TD, 34 INT, 12 rushing TD
  42. Chase Daniel — Missouri — 12,515 passing yards, 68% completion rate, 101 TD, 41 INT, 10 rushing TD
  43. Ken Dorsey — Miami — 9,565 passing yards, 58% completion rate, 86 TD, 28 INT, 2 rushing TD
  44. Stetson Bennett — Georgia — 8,429 passing yards, 65% completion rate, 66 TD, 21 INT, 14 rushing TD
  45. Mac Jones — Alabama — 6,126 passing yards, 74% completion rate, 56 TD, 7 INT, 2 rushing TD
  46. Landry Jones — Oklahoma — 16,646 passing yards, 64% completion rate, 123 TD, 52 INT, 3 rushing TD
  47. Alex Smith — Utah — 5,203 passing yards, 66% completion rate, 47 TD, 8 INT, 1,072 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD
  48. Collin Klein — Kansas State — 4,724 passing yards, 61% completion rate, 30 TD, 15 INT, 2,485 rushing yards, 56 rushing TD
  49. Colt Brennan — Hawaii — 14,193 passing yards, 70% completion rate, 131 TD, 42 INT, 15 rushing TD
  50. Aaron Murray — Georgia — 13,166 passing yards, 62% completion rate, 121 TD, 41 INT, 16 rushing TD
  51. Byron Leftwich — Marshall — 11,903 passing yards, 65% completion rate, 89 TD, 28 INT, 6 rushing TD
  52. Eric Crouch — Nebraska — 4,481 passing yards, 52% completion rate, 29 TD, 25 INT, 3,434 rushing yards, 59 rushing TD
  53. Brady Quinn — Notre Dame — 11,762 passing yards, 58% completion rate, 95 TD, 39 INT, 6 rushing TD
  54. Eli Manning — Ole Miss — 10,119 passing yards, 61% completion rate, 81 TD, 35 INT, 5 rushing TD
  55. Cam Ward — Washington State/Miami — 11,281 passing yards, 66% completion rate, 87 TD, 23 INT, 17 rushing TD
  56. Kyle Trask — Florida — 7,386 passing yards, 68% completion rate, 69 TD, 15 INT, 8 rushing TD
  57. Jordan Lynch — Northern Illinois — 6,209 passing yards, 62% completion rate, 51 TD, 14 INT, 4,343 rushing yards, 48 TD
  58. Denard Robinson — Michigan — 6,250 passing yards, 57% completion rate, 49 TD, 39 INT, 4,495 rushing yards, 42 TD
  59. Dan LeFevour — Central Michigan — 12,905 passing yards, 66% completion rate, 102 TD, 36 INT, 2,948 rushing yards, 47 rushing TD
  60. David Carr — Fresno State — 7,458 passing yards, 63% completion rate, 65 TD, 22 INT, 9 rushing TD
  61. Brad Banks — Iowa — 3,155 passing yards, 58% completion rate, 30 TD, 7 INT, 7 rushing TD
  62. Jaxson Dart — USC/Ole Miss — 11,970 passing yards, 65% completion rate, 81 TD, 27 INT, 1,541 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD
  63. Keenan Reynolds — Navy — 4,001 passing yards, 52% completion rate, 31 TD, 8 INT, 4,559 rushing yards, 88 rushing TD
  64. Joey Harrington — Oregon — 6,911 passing yards, 55% completion rate, 59 TD, 23 INT, 18 rushing TD
  65. Mason Rudolph — Oklahoma State — 13,618 passing yards, 63% completion rate, 92 TD, 26 INT, 17 rushing TD
  66. Patrick Mahomes — Texas Tech — 11,252 passing yards, 64% completion rate, 93 TD, 29 INT, 22 rushing TD
  67. Todd Reesing — Kansas — 11,194 passing yards, 64% completion rate, 90 TD, 33 INT, 15 rushing TD
  68. Aaron Rodgers — Cal — 5,469 passing yards, 64% completion rate, 43 TD, 13 INT, 8 rushing TD
  69. Kenny Pickett — Pitt — 12,303 passing yards, 62% completion rate, 81 TD, 32 INT, 20 rushing TD
  70. Matt Barkley — USC — 12,327 passing yards, 64% completion rate, 116 TD, 48 INT, 6 rushing TD
  71. Max Duggan — TCU — 9,618 passing yards, 60% completion rate, 73 TD, 28 INT, 1,856 rushing yards, 28 rushing TD
  72. Zach Wilson — BYU — 7,652 passing yards, 68% completion rate, 56 TD, 15 INT, 15 rushing TD
  73. Andy Dalton — TCU — 10,314 passing yards, 62% completion rate, 71 TD, 30 INT, 1,611 rushing yards, 22 rushing TD
  74. Kevin Kolb — Houston — 12,964 passing yards, 62% completion rate, 85 TD, 31 INT, 21 rushing TD
  75. J.T. Barrett — Ohio State — 9,434 passing yards, 64% completion rate, 104 TD, 30 INT, 3,263 rushing yards, 43 rushing TD
  76. AJ McCarron — Alabama — 9,019 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 77 TD, 15 INT, 3 rushing TD
  77. Brad Smith — Missouri — 8,644 passing yards, 56% completion rate, 56 TD, 32 INT, 4,193 rushing yards, 44 rushing TD
  78. David Greene — Georgia — 11,528 passing yards, 59% completion rate, 72 TD, 32 INT, 5 rushing TD
  79. Geno Smith — West Virginia — 11,662 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 98 TD, 21 INT, 4 rushing TD
  80. Brandon Weeden — Oklahoma State — 9,260 passing yards, 70% completion rate, 75 TD, 27 INT, 1 rushing TD
  81. Dak Prescott — Mississippi State — 9,376 passing yards, 63% completion rate, 70 TD, 23 INT, 2,521 rushing yards, 41 rushing TD
  82. Timmy Chang — Hawai'i — 17,072 passing yards, 57% completion rate, 117 TD, 80 INT, 6 rushing TD
  83. Kurtis Rourke — Ohio/Indiana — 10,693 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 79 TD, 21 INT, 13 rushing TD
  84. Teddy Bridgewater — Louisville — 9,817 passing yards, 68% completion rate, 72 TD, 24 INT, 6 rushing TD
  85. Matt Ryan — Boston College — 9,313 passing yards, 60% completion rate, 56 TD, 37 INT, 11 rushing TD
  86. Carson Beck — Georgia/Miami — 11,725 passing yards, 70% completion rate, 88 TD, 32 INT, 7 rushing TD
  87. Shedeur Sanders — Colorado — 7,364 passing yards, 72% completion rate, 64 TD, 13 INT
  88. Bailey Zappe — Western Kentucky — 5,967 passing yards, 69% completion rate, 62 TD, 11 INT
  89. Braxton Miller — Ohio State — 5,295 passing yards, 59% completion rate, 52 TD, 17 INT, 3,314 rushing yards, 33 rushing TD
  90. McKenzie Milton — UCF/Florida State — 9,458 passing yards, 61% completion rate, 75 TD, 28 INT, 1,066 rushing yards, 20 rushing TD
  91. Jake Browning — Washington — 12,296 passing yards, 65% completion rate, 94 TD, 34 INT, 16 rushing TD
  92. Hendon Hooker — Virginia Tech/Tennessee — 8,974 passing yards, 67% completion rate, 80 TD, 12 INT, 2,079 rushing yards, 25 rushing TD
  93. Max Hall — BYU — 11,365 passing yards, 65% completion rate, 94 TD, 40 INT
  94. Brock Purdy — Iowa State — 12,170 passing yards, 68% completion rate, 81 TD, 33 INT, 1,177 rushing yards, 19 TD
  95. Desmond Ridder — Cincinnati — 10,239 passing yards, 62% completion rate, 87 TD, 28 INT, 2,179 rushing yards, 28 TD
  96. B.J. Symons — Texas Tech — 6,378 passing yards, 64% completion rate, 59 TD, 25 INT, 6 rushing TD
  97. Tajh Boyd — Clemson — 11,904 passing yards, 107 TD, 39 INT, 1,165 rushing yards, 26 TD
  98. Trevone Boykin — TCU — 10,728 passing yards, 61% completion rate, 86 TD, 37 INT, 2,049 rushing yards, 27 TD
  99. Bryce Petty — Baylor — 8,195 passing yards, 63% completion rate, 62 TD, 10 INT, 21 rushing TD
  100. J.J. McCarthy — Michigan — 6,226 passing yards, 68% completion rate, 49 TD, 11 INT, 632 rushing yards, 10 TD
 

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Mendoza is too high but if Joe Burrow is the fifth best than there is no logical explanation for Dwyane Haskins who had 58 career touchdowns to not be on the top 100 quarterbacks list.

Other stuff like Jalen Hurts ahead of Ken Dorsey is nonsense. Jayden Daniels deserved his heisman but I fail to see how he had a better career than Cam Ward
 
why cam ward so low
 
This is the most garbage list I have ever seen in my life. Carson Beck all the way at the bottom in the low 80’s…. Next to Shadeur Sanders?! Are you kidding me!

Bo nix at 30!!

Diego pavia at 36!!

Truly amazing work. It’s impossible to be this incompetent
 
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The point of these lists is to get people so mad that they then forward it around and link it on their message board. Thus, anyone but Cam Newton at #1.
 
cowboycane said:
The point of these lists is to get people so mad that they then forward it around and link it on their message board. Thus, anyone but Cam Newton at #1.
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Yeah… I’m not a big Cam Newton fan by any stretch but winning a Natty with that team was a **** of an accomplishment.

Wasn’t it like 3 or 4 players from that team made an NFL active roster? And by year 3 him and Nick Fairley were the only ones still in the league?
 
CFB changed too much in the last 25 seasons. Hard to compare.
 
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