2025 Stock-Risers: Quarterbacks on the Move

Our preseason <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2024/08/updated-2025-north-carolina-rankings-6/">2025 rankings update</a> was released Monday. With 177 new additions to the rankings and plenty of players with upward movement, there's plenty to highlight. Everybody wants to hear about the quarterbacks, so we'll start there before hitting the other positions the rest of the week.   Here are eight quarterbacks who rose significantly in our 2025 rankings.   <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Stock Risers: 2025 Quarterbacks</h2>    Moving up nearly 40 spots from No. 71, Oehlke has continued to prove his doubters wrong. I was once one of those as I originally liked his arm when i saw him at an early Prep Redzone camp, but questioned his size and thought his footwork needed work. The Wake Forest commit has grown in stature and has improved his mechanics significantly to become one of the best quarterbacks in the state.     Nance jumped over 25 spots from the 77th overall prospect in the state. He has a couple of FCS and a Group of Five offer, but his athleticism gives him a high floor at the next level, so much so that I consider him a borderline Power Four guy. Nance's athleticism and rushing ability are unmatched among quarterbacks in the state, but his accuracy has steadily progressed over the last year.     Wright is steadily progressing as a passer after having plenty of athleticism, much like his father before him. Wright moved from 119 to 85th in this rankings update, partially because of his ability to escape the pocket and keep his eyes downfield and to dissect defenses with his legs.     Fee moved up a modest 20 spots this offseason, but I have him on a shortlist to rocket up the list after his senior season. The feedback I've gotten from coaches who have worked with him is unanimous in thinking he has all the tools to be elite, but he simply hasn't had the opportunity to showcase that. He takes over as starter in 2024 and could have a huge year.     While it was admittedly some oversight in our first offseason rankings update to keep Hewitt on the Watch List, we've pushed him well into the rankings here. Hewitt transferred to Havelock in the offseason and should have plenty of wideouts to throw to. His arm is solid and he has the athleticism to move around in the pocket or take off running.     Harvey moved up from our watch list after a huge junior year in which he tallied over 3,500 total yards for Lake Norman Charter. Now at Mountain Island Charter, he'll look to keep the yardage numbers up while cutting down on interceptions and hopefully seeing an uptick in touchdowns.     If you want a fun, small-school quarterback to watch this season, look no further than Adair, who moved into the rankings from our watch list. He's so smooth as a passer and at his best when Newton-Conover spreads out the defense and allows Adair to make reads from side-to-side.     A three-sport athlete, Greene is electric as a runner and efficient as a passer, despite not possessing elite size. He moved up from our watch list after he had a 23-to-4 touchdown-to-interception ratio last season, adding over 1,300 yards and 18 touchdowns on the ground. He averaged over 150 yards through the air in a Wing T system and played both ways. He's a fun guy to watch.

Our preseason 2025 rankings update was released Monday. With 177 new additions to the rankings and plenty of players with upward movement, there's plenty to highlight. Everybody wants to hear about the quarterbacks, so we'll start there before hitting the other positions the rest of the week.