Injuries and a coaching change set Van Dyke back last season after a promising debut. Rattler had some huge games to end last season, most notably against Tennessee, but still ended with an 18-to-12 TD-to-INT ratio. I’m interested to see whether Ewers can move up a few tiers with a big 2023 campaign. Stew: The common theme here is big names who have been inconsistent. It’s just a matter of his settling down and becoming more consistent. Tagovailoa lost some good receivers, but everyone I know around Maryland talks about how special they think he is. Year 2 with his teammates will make a big difference for OU. He helped turn that disaster into a top-25 team. Travis turns out no shortage of highlight plays, but I’d like to see him perform better in big games - he struggled against Clemson and Florida last season.īruce: Daniels is super smart and makes great decisions on the fly. But while Hartman throws for a lot of yards, he also throws a lot of picks (26 in the past two seasons at Wake Forest). Stew: Hartman and Travis merited consideration for Tier 3. I’m curious to see how the offense is in 2023 under the new staff. McCall, a three-time Sun Belt player of the year, was magical in Jamey Chadwell’s system. Liam Coen is back running the show at Kentucky, and he has another strong-armed transfer in Leary, who is probably a bit more accurate and throws with better anticipation than Will Levis did. He’s a beast, especially in the red zone. Pratt played through a broken foot last year and kept on making plays. The change of scenery helped a lot, and the Ducks have surrounded him with better receivers this year. He always has been a whiz at extending plays. I don’t think last year was a fluke with Nix. He did throw for 22 TDs against five INTs and memorably shredded Ohio State.īruce: McCarthy is gifted and exceptional at throwing on the run, and he had an impressive performance leading Michigan to a blowout win at Ohio State without Blake Corum and with Donovan Edwards playing with a soft cast on his hand. Bruce had to talk me into McCarthy, but it might be the two pick sixes in the Fiesta Bowl that clouded my memory. Harris has been largely playing in obscurity at UTSA but threw for 4,063 yards last season.
Jefferson doesn’t get nearly enough credit given his versatility - he’s a 6-foot-3, 245-pound QB who was a top-10-rated passer and a 600-plus-yard rusher last season. Stew: Daniels is arguably not on the same level yet as a pure passer, but he also ran for 885 yards last season and can scramble and extend plays. Maye has top-five talent, but I’m a bit skeptical that his offense will be as explosive in 2023 as it was last year in Phil Longo’s system.
He can put up similar numbers again, which is saying something. Penix, in particular, near-single-handedly helped Washington improve from 4-8 to 11-2 in coach Kalen DeBoer’s first season.īruce: Penix has a special arm and is in a really good situation there with those coaches and receivers. Stew: These two have also separated themselves from the pack, with each throwing for well more than 4,000 yards last season while completing 65 percent-plus of their passes. He’s in a great system to showcase his talent, and having Kliff Kingsbury around in the meetings and helping out with game planning will only make him that much more dangerous. Williams is thick and strong, and his ability to extend plays and make off-platform throws is ridiculous. I put him among the elite of the elite to come through college recently - i.e., the Trevor Lawrence and Joe Burrow class.īruce: NFL QB coaches I spoke to this spring are higher on him than they were on Bryce Young and C.J. He produced nearly 5,000 yards of offense, 42 touchdowns and just five interceptions last year. Stew: I know Caleb and Drake Maye are being grouped together in the early 2024 NFL Draft talk, but Williams is in a tier to himself. Feldman: NFL teams: You might want to wait for Caleb Williams with what I'm hearing Tier 1
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