Georgia Football: Will Aaron Murray Go Down as the Greatest QB in UGA History?

If you were to ask any Georgia Bulldog fan who is the greatest quarterback in school history, some would say Eric Zeier, others would say David Greene and there may be some fans would mention Fran Tarkenton or Matthew Stafford.

But will Aaron Murray be in that discussion when his career is all said and done?

In the win against Auburn last week, Murray surpassed Stafford for most touchdown passes in a season for a Bulldog. So far in his career, he has 51 touchdown passes and the school record is 72.

Murray is also on pace to break the conference record for most passing yards in a career that was set by Greene.

So based on the way Murray is playing, he will go down as one of the greats when it comes to putting up the numbers on the field. But in order for him to go down as the greatest in school history, he has to win an SEC title and possibly a national title.

If the Bulldogs win on Saturday against Kentucky, they will be back in the SEC championship for the first time since 2005. They have won eight consecutive games due to the play of Murray who has thrown 27 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

With at least three games left, Murray has a chance to throw for 35 touchdowns—11 more touchdown passes than he threw last season. With the team currently 8-2, they are already improved from last year and Murray has been a big reason why.

But can Murray lead this team to its first conference title in six years? Or their first 10-win season in three years?

If Murray can accomplish one of those two things then he is definitely on track to have a legendary career.

However, next year should be interesting for Murray because he has virtually all his entire offense coming back except for offensive lineman Ben Jones and Cordy Glenn. So the expectations for Murray are going to be high. He could be in the running for the Heisman and the Bulldogs could enter the season as Top Five team.

That is great, but this is somewhat similar to what happened in 2007-08 when the Bulldogs, who were led by Stafford, went on a huge run in 2007, ended the season ranked No. 2, came into the 2008 season as the No. 1 team and finished with a disappointing 10-3 mark.

The biggest difference between Murray and Stafford is that Murray is more of a leader. As good as Stafford was for Georgia, he was never really the guy that the team rallied around.

Murray has that quality and that will take him far. But will he win as many games as Greene? Will he put up big numbers like Zeier?

Only time will tell if Murray will go down as the greatest quarterback in Georgia history. But the one thing the Bulldog nation can agree on is they are sure glad he is doing big things for the red and black.