CFB: Before They Were Named QB1, They Were Stamped in Junior High
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With this weekend being the official opening of the 2023 college football season, there's a good chance that one of the nearly 40 young men below will do something spectacular over the next five months. With a huge hat tip to 247Sports and this article of the 133 starting quarterbacks in the FBS, we took a trip down memory lane. Take a few minutes to look at the faces of some of the top college football signal callers in the country, when we first stamped them as legit. You know, back before they were even in high school.
Quinn Ewers | Texas Longhorns - Identified in 2015
Cade Klubnik | Clemson Tigers - Identified in 2017
Conner Weigman | Texas A&M Aggies - Identified in 2017
Shedeur Sanders | Colorado Buffaloes - Identified in 2017
Jalen Milroe | Alabama Crimson Tide - Identified in 2016
Preston Stone | SMU Mustangs - Identified in 2015
Chandler Morris | TCU Horned Frogs - Identified in 2016
Jalen Mayden | San Diego State Aztecs - Identified in 2014
Brayden Schager | Hawaii Rainbow Warriors - Identified in 2015
Donovan Smith | Houston Cougars - Identified in 2015
Kaidon Salter | Liberty Flames - Identified in 2017
Michael Pennix Jr. | Washington Huskies - Identified in 2015
Nicholas Vattiato | Middle Tennessee State Raider - Identified in 2016
Tai Lavatai | Navy Midshipmen - Identified in 2016
DJ Uiagalelei | Oregon State Beavers - Identified in 2015
Hank Bachmeier | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs - Identified in 2015
JT Daniels | Rice Owls - Identified in 2015
Mitch Griffis | Wake Forest Demon Deacons - Identified in 2016
Noah Kim | Michigan State - Identified in 2016
Jalon Jones | Charlotte 49ers - Identified in 2015
Spencer Rattler | South Carolina Gamecocks - Identified in 2015
Emory Jones | Cincinatti Bearcats - Identified in 2014
Athan Kaliakmanis | Minnesota Golden Gophers - Identified in 2017
Sam Hartman | Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Identified in 2013
Garrett Shrader | Syracuse Orangemen - Identified in 2015
Alonza Barnett | James Madison Dukes - Identified in 2015
Kyle McCord | Ohio State Buckeyes - Identified in 2016
Cooper Legas | Utah State Aggies - Identified in 2015
Devin Leary | Kentucky Wildcats - Identified in 2014
Tyler Van Dyke | Miami Hurricanes - Identified in 2016
Brady Cook | Missouri - Identified in 2014
Caleb Williams | USC Trojans - Identified in 2016
Graham Mertz | Florida Gators - Identified in 2014
Dylan Hopkins | New Mexico - Identified in 2014
Cade McNmara | Iowa Hawkeyes - Identified in 2013
Rocky Lombardi | Northern Illinois Huskies - Identified in 2013
Casey Thompson | Florida Atlantic Owls - Identified in 2014
