A recurring theme in this thread is that if a (our) QB is "any good", he'll be a three and done.
Conventional wisdom (as I understand it) is that college football players should only leave early if they're going to be drafted in the first three rounds. Of course, whether they will will actually get drafted that high if they do leave early is speculative for most.
Let's look at some data.
Last year in 7 rounds, NFL teams drafted 15 QBs. Only 6 of those 15 were in the top three rounds.
Round 1 #1 - Goff from California. He was an EE and then played three years.
Round 1 #2 - Wentz from North Dakota State. A 5th year senior.
Round 1 #26 - Lynch from Memphis - Redshirted, then played 3 years. A fourth year junior.
Round 2 #51 - Hackenberg from Penn State - a three year player.
Round 3 #91 - somebody from North Carolina State - a 5th year senior.
Round 3 #93 - Kessler from USC - a 5th year senior.
Conclusion: you have to be a huge amount better than just "good" to successfully leave college as a QB after three years and be drafted high in the NFL. Half of the serious money drafted QBs this year were in fact 5th year seniors. Only 2 QBs from SEC teams were drafted at all.
The "somebody" from NCSU was of course Jacoby Brissett. I'm sure some of you were furiously pounding "future NFL" about him on your keyboards when he was here, and it's just my shoddy memory that doesn't remember.
And the 14th of the 15 drafted QBs was Jeff Driskel. You/we didn't love him too much either.
(Of course, we have to acknowledge that both Brisset and Driskel were here under Muschamp.)