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This quote tells a lot. Think about the number of kids we've had transfer the last several years (not all were top 50 QBs, but the point is taken - in the article): Grier, Driskel, Murphy, Brissett, Morningshine, Staver, etc.
Stewart Mandel on QB attrition: “I looked at four full classes of the top 50 quarterbacks. One hundred of the 200 finished their career at a different school from where they started. It’s high among the four- and five-star guys. Blake Barnett is a good example. Went through the Elite 11 circuit, got the accolades, spent two years committed to Alabama, gets beat out by Jalen Hurts and he’s gone. The days of Miami stockpiling quarterbacks, Florida State, waiting until their fourth or fifth year to get the job, it just doesn’t happen anymore. Guys expect to start within the first couple years. The numbers say that’s impossible, obviously. Only about 20 percent do. Even some of the ones that do, like Kyle Allen, end up transferring. It’s a constant churn out.”
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I remember the 90s when Miami & FSU always had a stud QB waiting and they were literally redshirt Juniors (Charlie Ward was a RS Jr). I think it wasn't until Chris Rix that FSU had a non-Jr QB start after 4-5 in a row.
Stewart Mandel on QB attrition: “I looked at four full classes of the top 50 quarterbacks. One hundred of the 200 finished their career at a different school from where they started. It’s high among the four- and five-star guys. Blake Barnett is a good example. Went through the Elite 11 circuit, got the accolades, spent two years committed to Alabama, gets beat out by Jalen Hurts and he’s gone. The days of Miami stockpiling quarterbacks, Florida State, waiting until their fourth or fifth year to get the job, it just doesn’t happen anymore. Guys expect to start within the first couple years. The numbers say that’s impossible, obviously. Only about 20 percent do. Even some of the ones that do, like Kyle Allen, end up transferring. It’s a constant churn out.”
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I remember the 90s when Miami & FSU always had a stud QB waiting and they were literally redshirt Juniors (Charlie Ward was a RS Jr). I think it wasn't until Chris Rix that FSU had a non-Jr QB start after 4-5 in a row.
