College Football: The Top 10 Best Schools for a Quarterback to Attend Right Now

Each prospect has to weigh a ton of options in deciding where he is going to play college football. Academics, location, campus life and more go into the decision.

Yet, we all know that football is the huge foundational part of the decision. For this read, I'm going to think like a hot shot high school QB prospect and give the perspective of the 10 best schools for a QB to attend right now.

Here we go!

10. Texas

Texas has to be considered in this scenario, as why not head to Austin and get coached up by Bryan Harsin?

Harsin runs a system with pro principles that requires a QB to have a large memory bank. The offense runs a ton of varying formations when running on all cylinders and the QB is asked to direct the orchestra.

Plus Texas has a ton of talent to surround a QB with and is always playing in big-time games.

9. Kansas

Yes, Kansas.

Charlie Weis knows how to develop QBs and runs an offense that will prepare a young signal-caller for the NFL.

He asks a lot out of his QBs in the mental part of the game, and you have to be a pitcher here rather than a thrower.

Plus, getting on the field would be a lot easier here than at other schools on this list.

8. Texas A&M

I would look hard at A&M as an up-and-coming QB prospect. Kevin Sumlin was at Houston and ran an offense that saw Case Keenum put up some sick numbers.

Now, that offense is at a big-time program like A&M, and oh yeah, I almost forgot, they're in the SEC now.

So why not head over to College Station, learn the offense, watch it adjust to SEC play and get the keys to the car in a few seasons with a chance to play SEC football in a great QB-friendly offense.

7. Florida

The Gators are going to be built on defense, but the offense will have some serious, serious talent. 

The program is an NFL-based setting, with Brent Pease running a pro-style system that QBs will like.

If I'm a QB, I look hard at Florida because of that reason, plus I know that there will be a large amount of talent around me.

6. Washington State

Two words: Mike. Leach.

Leach almost throws on every down, and if you're a QB in Pullman, you're going to throw so much that you're going to have to put yourself on a pitch count.

You can sign up to quarterback the Cougars and you could probably get on the field pretty early here too. Put up some nice numbers in an exclusively-passing offense in a conference known for tossing the rock?

Sign me up.

5. California

Cal, to me, is a normal program. The Bears have their several years of being an upper-echelon Pac-12 team, then they have their years of average play, which is the normal cycle of a program.

Jeff Tedford is a renowned QB coach and his offense put a lot of the QBs plate. He's tutored up Aaron Rodgers, Kyle Boller, David Carr, Trent Dilfer, Joey Harrington and even made Akili Smith the No. 3 pick in the draft.

Tedford knows what he's doing when it comes to QBs, plus Cal's campus is gorgeous. I'd be interested.

4. Washington

Washington may not be an overly sexy school saturated with 5-star recruits, but as a QB prospect, I'd listen to what Steve Sarkisian has to say.

For most of the glory years in the middle 2000s at USC, the QBs were coached up by Sark in Troy. Then he helped refine some things with Jake Locker, and now look at the year that Keith Price had last year.

Washington may be a place where we start to see more QBs look harder at.

3. Stanford

Sure, Andrew Luck was an outstanding player, but you can't decide on a school based on who went there before you.

I'd look hard at Stanford because the offense is a pro-style system through and through. It requires a QB to be so prepared each week and be excellent at the line of scrimmage.

Not just in the passing game, but getting the offense into the right running plays, as well. Stanford would really challenge your mental makeup and hone your complete grasp of an offense as a young QB.

2. Oklahoma

The Sooners do a great job of running a dual spread and pro-style offense. They have some spread stuff but do some pro stuff too on offense.

You get to be coached up by Josh Heupel and play in the Big 12, a conference where defense isn't that big of a deal sometimes.

Why not head to Norman, learn how to adjust play to play to varying personnel packages and groupings, toss the rock around a lot and play in some huge games?

1. USC

I'd look long and hard at USC. The Trojans really recruit extremely well at the skill positions, so having a group of WRs, TEs and RBs to throw to would not be missing talent.

The offense is a structured pro-style system that would have me under center for most of the game. I'd be in charge at the line, be asked to prepare extremely thoroughly and would have to be spitting out pro verbiage at a quick rate play after play.

I'd be surrounded by talent, in Los Angeles, being developed in an NFL way and be competing for championships. I'm good with that.

Edwin Weathersby has worked in scouting/player personnel departments for three professional football teams, including the New York Giants, Cleveland Browns and the Las Vegas Gladiators of the Arena League. He spent a year evaluating prep prospects & writing specific recruiting and scouting content articles for Student Sports Football (now ESPN Rise-HS). A syndicated scout and writer, he's also contributed to WeAreSC.com, GatorBait.net and Diamonds in the Rough Inc., a College Football and NFL Draft magazine.