Someday Seahawks, Week 3: It's too soon for 2022 standouts

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Last year, I was putting out regular updates on my top-10 quarterbacks for the 2022 draft and ultimately it wasn’t until late November and December that I was really clear about the fact that no prospect other than Kenny Pickett would be suited for the first round. There were many moments when a prospect would stand out for a week or a month, but those players, like Desmond Ridder, Malik Willis, Will Levis, Tanner McKee, all crashed out of high-ranking positions on my list after underwhelming performances.

Not even Pickett stood out in stellar fashion. His senior season breakout was not on par with Joe Burrow in 2020 or Zach Wilson in 2021. However, he was the only prospect who consistently showed up every week with a good game, had a great arm, and checked boxes for size and poise.

So my lesson from last year was to not judge too soon. There have only been two college games this season for each notable 2023 quarterback prospect so far and I’m not going to make many definitive statements from seeing good performances. I might, however, have more to say when I see a player have a really bad game.

I think we might learn more from those outings than the good outings.

In the summer, I had my top-five ranked as Bryce Young, Grayson McCall, C.J. Stroud, Tyler Van Dyke, and Devin Leary. There is a lot of time left for others to climb into the top five and to replace one or three of these names. I have not yet seen reasons to drop any of them out.

Maybe there are just eight guys who I’m monitoring more closely at this moment for next year’s draft. I get a lot of people commenting about Levis and I’ve maintained that he needs to play better this season than he did last season. So far, he hasn’t been. I also said I wouldn’t judge Anthony Richardson until he had actually played college football and we are still waiting for his first touchdown pass of the season—there’s just not enough data to go off of yet.

Higher (no particular order)

Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina

Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma

C.J. Stroud, Ohio State

Tyler Van Dyke, Miami

K.J. Jefferson, Arkansas

Bryce Young, Alabama

Devin Leary, NC State

Sam Hartman, Wake Forest

Somewhere below that? (no particular order)

Tanner Mordecai, SMU

Michael Penix, Washington

Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland

Jayden Daniels, LSU

Will Rogers, Mississippi State

Cameron Rising, Utah

Kedon Slovis, Pitt

Will Levis, Kentucky

Jake Haener, Fresno State

Hendon Hooker, Tennessee

Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA

Chance Nolan, Oregon State

Tanner McKee, Stanford

D.J. Uiagalelei, Clemson

Jaren Hall, BYU

Aidan O’Connell, Purdue

Payton Thorne, Michigan State

Spencer Rattler, South Carolina

Cameron Ward, Washington State

Phil Jurkovec, Boston College

Brennan Armstrong, Virginia

Anthony Richardson, Florida

As usual, this post is to keep you up to date on what’s going on around the coutnry with regards to notable QBs and for you to leave comments about what you’re seeing in Week 3.

Notable QB matchups on Saturday:

Georgia vs South Carolina, 9 AM PT: Stetson Bennett, Spencer Rattler

Oklahoma vs Nebraska, 9 AM: Dillon Gabriel

Youngstown State vs Kentucky, 9 AM: Will Levis

Buffalo vs Coastal Carolina, 10 AM: Grayson McCall

South Alabama vs UCLA, 11 AM: Dorian Thompson-Robinson

BYU vs Oregon, 12:30 PM: Jaren Hall, Bo Nix

UL Monroe vs Alabama, 1 PM: Bryce Young

Liberty vs Wake Forest, 2 PM: Sam Hartman

Colorado State vs Washington State, 2 PM: Cam Ward

Mississippi State vs LSU, 3 PM: Will Rogers, Jayden Daniels

Toledo vs Ohio State, 4 PM: C.J. Stroud

Missouri State vs Arkansas, 4 PM: K.J. Jefferson

Akron vs Tennessee, 4 PM: Hendon Hooker

Texas Tech vs NC State, 4 PM: Devin Leary

Michigan State vs Washington, 4:30 PM: Payton Thorne, Michael Penix

South Florida vs Florda, 4:30 PM: Anthony Richardson

Pitt vs Western Michigan, 4:30 PM: Kedon Slovis

SMU vs Maryland, 4:30 PM: Taulia Tagovailoa

Maine vs Boston College, 4:30 PM: Phil Jurkovec

Louisiana Tech vs Clemson, 5 PM: D.J. Uiagalelei

Montana State vs Oregon State, 5 PM: Chance Nolan

Miami vs Texas A&M, 6 PM: Tyler Van Dyke, Haynes King

San Diego State vs Utah, 7 PM: Cameron Rising

Fresno State vs USC, 7:30 PM: Jake Haener, Caleb Williams (2023)