The greatest college football quarterbacks of all time

LSU senior Joe Burrow had a season for the ages. He tossed an NCAA-record 60 touchdown passes, including five in the College Football Playoff National Championship, and led the Tigers to their first national title since 2007. The Ohio native also won the Heisman Trophy by a record margin. His achievements got us thinking about the greatest college quarterbacks of all time.

5. Kellen Moore (Boise State)

Playing in a mid-major conference worked against Kellen Moore, in terms of national championship chances and Heisman Trophy recognition, but he filled out the stat sheet on a regular basis for the Broncos.

 

Moore went 50-3 as a starter, including a 14-0 season in 2009 that ended with a victory in the Fiesta Bowl. He amassed 14,667 passing yards and sported a 142-28 touchdown-interception ratio.

4. Deshaun Watson (Clemson)

Deshaun Watson wasn’t able to earn a Heisman Trophy, but he led the Tigers to two consecutive national championship games. They lost to Alabama, 45-40, in the 2015 season, before they exacted revenge with a 35-31 triumph the next year.

 

Watson tallied 10,168 passing yards and 90 touchdowns and added another 1,934 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns.

3. Jameis Winston (Florida State)

Jameis Winston’s whirlwind college career was often marred by controversy, but there is no denying what an excellent athlete he was. He went 26-1 in two seasons for the Seminoles and took down the national championship and Heisman honors in 2013.

 

Winston gathered 7,964 passing yards and 65 touchdowns during his time in Tallahassee.

2. Vince Young (Texas)

Perhaps the greatest dual-threat quarterback in college football history, Vince Young finished second in the voting for the 2005 Heisman Trophy to running back Reggie Bush of USC but avenged that personal loss with a 41-38 team win over the Trojans in the Rose Bowl.

 

Young had just more than 6,000 passing yards and 3,000 rushing yards as a Longhorn.

1. Tim Tebow (Florida)

Tim Tebow became something of a running gag in the NFL, but he was nothing to joke about in college. He found nationwide fame when he notched both a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown as a freshman in the 2006 national title game, which his Gators won 41-14.

The following season, as the full-time starter for Florida, Tebow became the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy. A year later he won his second national title over the Oklahoma Sooners, and he took home offensive MVP honors.

 

Tebow finished with 9,285 passing yards (9.3 yards per attempt), a 66.4% completion rate, and an 88-16 touchdown-interception ratio. He also rushed for more than 2,900 yards during his time in Gainesville.

Honorable mention: Cam Newton, Charlie Ward, Michael Vick, Johnny Manziel, Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Andrew Ware

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