This is the first article in my series that will rank the top players at each position going into the 2009 season. Since it's said that winning begins with a great quarterback, that is where my series will start.
2008 saw some great quarterback play all over the country with records just falling by the way side. Hopefully the 2009 aerial attack doesn't disappoint. So with no further ado, here are my top 10 quarter backs for 2009:
1. Tim Tebow - Sr, University of Florida
Tebow finished the 2008 campaign as the fourth-ranked passer in the country with an efficiency rating of 172.4. He also finished the year third in Heisman voting and 2008 national champion.
Everyone knows Tebow has all the intangibles that a quarterback needs. He posesses great character, true leadership skills, and a determination to win.
Everyone also knows that Tim is a terrific runner as a quarterback. People fail to realize his true skills as a passer, however. Tim finished the year completing 64.4 percent of his passes for 2746 yds, 30 touchdowns, and ONLY four INT's. WOW, 30 TD's to four INT's is simply astounding considering the defenses he went up against.
Tebow tops my list, just like I think he should everyone's, and the next stop for Tim Tebow will be the first ever to win back-to-back BCS titles, and his third in four years.
2. Sam Bradford - Jr, University of Oklahoma
Sam finished as the highest rated passer for the second straight year in 2008. He also finished with the Heisman trophy, a Big 12 championship, and a BCS title game appearance.
Sam surprised everyone by returning for his Junior year because he likely would have been one of the first two passers taken in the upcoming draft. Sam will return only one of his top receiving threats in 2009, and only one offensive lineman.
That spells a bit of a down year for Bradford, and a bad decision to stay in school.
Nevertheless, Sam is easily one of the best quarterbacks in America, and his 2008 stats back that up.
In 2008 Sam finished with an efficiency rating of 180.8, and completed 67.91 percent of his passes for 4720 yds, 50 TD's, and eight INT's. Those numbers are astounding, and the main reason he was able to haul in the Heisman over my No. 3 quarter back for 2009.
3. Colt McCoy - Sr, University of Texas
It's no coincidence that these are my top three signal callers. These are also my top three teams for 2009, and in both cases I think that these three quarterbacks, and their teams, are head and shoulders above the rest of the country.
Colt finished the 2008 season as the third highest rated passer with a rating of 173.8. He also finished the season as Heisman runner-up, and Fiesta bowl champion, which gave McCoy a 3-0 record as a starter in bowl games.
McCoy certainly had some impressive stats of his own in 2008. He set an NCAA record for completion percentage at 76.67 percent, and threw for 3859 yds, 34 td's and only 8 int's.
McCoy had a big year breaking all kinds of records both nationally and at UT.
This next quarterback on this list will be a shocker to most everyone, but when he is done with his career, he should be quite the record holder as well.
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