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A tale of four journeyman QBs and their 15 schools – ESPNSkip to main contentSkip to navigation<>‘Wouldn’t necessarily say I’m trash’: A tale of four journeyman QBs and their 15 schoolsSouth Carolina Gamecocks3hMax OlsonHugh Freeze out at Auburn: Top candidates, transfers and recruitsAuburn Tigers20hWhere Auburn ranks among the open Power 4 jobsLSU Tigers20hAdam RittenbergCollege football betting: There’s value to be had with these overlooked teamsSan José State Spartans19hPamela MaldonadoNFL draft risers, questions and notes: Sizing up LaNorris Sellers’ great traits vs. lack of productionSouth Carolina Gamecocks22hMel Kiper Jr., +2 MoreRecruiting intel: Vandy coming for UGA’s QB; top prospect in the middle of LSU’s coaching changeSouth Carolina Gamecocks2dEli LedermanHalloween face paint, confused time travelers: Week 10’s CFB superlativesJames Madison Dukes2dESPN StaffOverheard in college football Week 10: Steve Sarkisian, Ryan Day headline top quotesClemson Tigers2dESPN StaffplayChandler Morris throws 30-yard touchdown pass to Trell Harris (0:30)Chandler Morris connects for 30-yard TD pass (0:30)Max OlsonNov 3, 2025, 07:15 AM ETCloseCovers the Big 12Joined ESPN in 2012Graduate of the University of NebraskaFollow on XEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsWhen you’re a veteran college quarterback transferring to your fourth school in six years, you know what to expect if you check the internet comments.He’s still around? Geez.Isn’t he like 30 years old?He needs to move on with his life. He isn’t going to the league.It’s time to hit LinkedIn and get a job.And yet, despite the haters, we’ve reached a peak moment for journeyman quarterbacks across college football. Freshmen who began college in 2020 during the COVID pandemic were granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA. Now they’re still hanging around as sixth-year seniors. Nearly 40 quarterbacks from the 2020 class came back this year for one more season at the FBS level.They’re 23- and 24-year-old grizzled veterans who feel even older inside their locker rooms. They have college degrees. Their partying days are done. They’re training and preparing like pros, trying to squeeze every last drop out of their college days.College football today is in many ways unrecognizable compared to when they were high schoolers. The explosion of NIL and the transfer portal, big-name coach firings, conference realignment, the expanded College Football Playoff, the pandemic, collectives, agents, revenue sharing — you name it, these quarterbacks went through it.”Not a lot of people have experienced this type of roller-coaster ride in college football,” SMU quarterbackTyler Van Dykesaid.The days of QBs bouncing from school to school for starting jobs aren’t going away. In this new era of unlimited transfers, 85% of top-50 quarterback recruits from 2018 to 2021 have transferred and more than 40% have switched schools multiple times. But we are nearing the end of the road for a historic fraternity of super senior…
Published: 2025-11-03T14:45:46
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