Top 5 quarterbacks in college football for 2019

#5 Jordan Love, Utah State

I truly believe this could be that surprise first-round quarterback next year. At 6’4”, 220 pounds with a big arm and quick release, Love looks like an NFL signal-caller. Last season he completed 64 percent of his passes for 3567 yards, 32 touchdowns and six interceptions on 8.6 yards per attempt. He led the Aggies to a school-record 11 wins and had them finishing ranked 22nd in the final AP poll.

Utah State ranked second nationally with an amazing 47.5 points per game and Love had seven 300+ yard passing games, has a chance early on to prove himself versus LSU. If he doesn’t get the ball out quickly, he can throw off his back- foot with a defender in his face, not afraid of attacking the deep middle, especially with Dax Raymond at tight-end.

Without his top three receivers and a dynamic check-down option in Darwin Thompson available, Love will have to step up in 2019 and he will have a chance to prove himself early against LSU. The one things he really needs to stop doing is trying to lob balls into his guys instead of actually throwing.

Wild Card: Khalil Tate, Arizona

What Kevin Sumlin and that Wildcat coaching staff did to Tate last season was absolutely criminal. After going for 2875 combined yards and 26 touchdowns in only nine games, with almost half of it coming on the ground, averaging a crazy 9.1 yards per carry, I expected the explosive dual-threat QB to emerge as a Heisman Trophy candidate and keep Arizona in the Pac-12 hunt in 2018.

I thought the overall philosophy of trying to make Tate a pure pocket passer, the offensive play-calling and situational decision-making in the hands of the Arizona coaching staff were all atrocious. Of course, you want the young guy to develop as a quarterback, but watching most of his tapes through the last two years, it’s not hard to see how much more comfortable Tate gets if he can use his legs early on and let the game come to him.

You saw the talent in late-season wins over Oregon and Colorado as well as a one-point loss versus Arizona State. In those three games, Tate tossed 11 touchdowns compared to three picks, while the offense averaged 42 points per contest. Let’s hope his coaches have learned from their mistakes.

Just outside: Jake Fromm (Georgia), Sam Ehlinger (Texas), Mason Fine (North Texas), K.J. Costello (Stanford), Nathan Stanley (Iowa), Shea Patterson (Michigan) and Jalen Hurts (Oklahoma)

Edited by Raunak J