ESPN list of 60 best CFB QB’s since 2000

[3rd Koast Kang]

College football's 60 best quarterbacks of the 2000s

The top 25

1.Baker Mayfield
2. Cam Newton
3. Vince Young
4. Tim Tebow
5. Joe Burrow
6. Deshaun Watson
7. Kyler Murray
8. Lamar Jackson
9. Marcus Mariota
10. RG3
11. Trevor Lawrence
12. Colt McCoy
13. Johnny Manziel
14. Kellen Moore
15. Sam Bradford
16. Jameis Winston
17. Matt Leinart
18. Andrew Luck
19. Tua Tagovailoa
20. Phillip Rivers
21. Carson Palmer
22. Case Keemun
23. Jalen Hurts
24. Russell Wilson
25. Pat White

Let’s discuss

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Rather difficult to judge without knowing the criteria that they used to determine this ranking.

Seems like it was just made to generate clicks and controversy as all rankings are to be honest.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

How the fukk is Baker ahead of anyone else in the top 8?

 

[PortCityProphet]

Sees #1.
Ignores rest of the list.
Makes post.
Exits thread forever.

 

[CrimsonTider]

#1 Mac Jones

fukk this list

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

They hoed Jameis

 

[MikelArteta]

Bahaha how is baker mayfield number 1?

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

ESPN+ brehs, can we get a copy of the article and the explanation for their rankings?

I hate how they've moved everything behind a paywall.

 

[Big Boss]

Baker over Cam and Vince

 

[3rd Koast Kang]

ESPN+ brehs, can we get a copy of the article and the explanation for their rankings?

I hate how they've moved everything behind a paywall.

This is the beginning of the article



In the last year of the 20th century, quarterback play in college football seemed to be making a quantum leap. Virginia Tech's Michael Vick was showing us a combination of rushing and passing prowess that we didn't realize was possible, while Georgia Tech's Joe Hamilton was combining 3,000-yard passing with 700-yard rushing. Mike Leach was, through Oklahoma's Josh Heupel, introducing the Air Raid offense to its eventual home, the Big 12. Purdue's Drew Brees was, through Joe Tiller's Basketball-on-Grass spread, throwing 70-plus times in Big Ten games.

Everything we thought was evolving at the turn of the century did so, and then some. Quarterback play in the 2000s has evolved to include numbers we never thought imaginable: 3,500/1,000 seasons, 200 passer ratings, completion rates nearing 80%.

As we wait to see where the position will go in the 2020s, let's step back and take stock in what we've seen so far by ranking the best quarterbacks of the century to date.

This was, to be honest, an even more difficult task than I imagined. We've seen single-season explosions from the Cam Newtons of the world, and we've seen controlled, four- or five-year fires from Case Keenums and Baker Mayfields that produced seemingly untouchable career totals. How do you compare a Keenum or Kellen Moore to a Newton or Joe Burrow? Very carefully! I'm sure you will not disagree with a single one of the picks below!

 

[smitty22]

Baker over Cam and Vince

And No Braxton, JT, or Troy

 

[Swagnificent]

How the fukk is Baker ahead of anyone else in the top 8?

Exactly.

How can he be ahead of anyone with a heisman AND national title?

 

[iamduval]

I’m sorry, baker has won how many national championships? Didn’t a qb come right behind him and win a heisman? Smh

 

[Big Boss]

Is Baker even top 10???

 

[jadillac]

Baker deserves to be #1 as much as anyone else does.

Uou can't make me think a qb with 1 great year is better than a guy with 3 consecutive.

Not his fault out defense was 129th dead last














We're top 20 defense now tho and top 15 coming this year.