College Football Playoff quarterback confidential: How good are the 4 remaining QBs?

By Antonio Morales, Ralph Russo and Nick Baumgardner They play the most important position in the sport and have their respective teams on the verge of competing for a national championship. “I think from last year to this year, he’s really developed his game,” a Big Ten defensive coordinator who faced Allar this season said. Some of the throws he’s made on third down this year, and really, if you probably take the Ohio State game out of it, where I thought he struggled, he really stepped up and made some plays on third down this year, delivering the football that I don’t think he did last year.” Penn State’s receivers won’t be confused for an elite group, but tight end Tyler Warren is the top player in the country at that position, and the running back duo of Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton is one of the nation’s best. “From a talent perspective, he’d probably be in the middle of the country, but from an intangibles, football IQ, leadership, preparation, he’s as good as there is in the country.” Howard through an NFL lens Ohio State’s arguably the most heavily scouted football program in America, so many were curious to see how Howard would fit with Ryan Day, Chip Kelly and the arsenal of weapons this team has, especially considering Howard was probably better as a passer in 2022 at Kansas State than he was in ’23. Because I feel like if his feet are set, he knows where to throw it, he throws it in really good spots.” GO DEEPER Before Quinn Ewers was Texas' QB1, he was a fascinating freshman at Ohio State Ewers through an NFL lens Casual observers might claim Ewers has the easiest job in college football with all the weapons Texas has to go along with Sarkisian’s creativity.