Mayfield is one of college football's greatest stories, becoming the only walk-on ever to win a Heisman Trophy. Sam Bradford Baker Mayfield helped make Oklahoma QBU and earned a spot on the Sooners' Mt. Jump to a position: Quarterback | Running backĭ-line | Linebacker | Defensive back | Kicker | Punter We set our starting point at 1998, the start of the BCS era, only counting players developed since then. Lastly, success in developing fullbacks in the 1950s doesn't really translate to the modern game, so we had to determine a more precise timeline for inclusion. The draft and NFL production get credited to the last school a player played for. Our plan: Awards won in college belong to the school where it happened. Of course, we also need to account for the transfer portal, which is an increasingly big issue in the rankings.
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Then, using data from Pro Football Reference, we add more points for production through the first five years of the player's NFL career - beyond that, credit belongs to the NFL trainers and coaches - so that the draft busts and the late bloomers all get credit, too.
It awards points on a sliding scale based on where a player is drafted, rewarding impressive NFL evaluations. Our formula awards points for all-conference and All-America selections, rewarding the best college performers. So, what makes a school Position U? It's a combination of college success, draft stock and NFL success. But our Stats and Information team put some math behind the boasts. There's no set formula for calculating which school produces the best prospects at each position, which is why a dozen programs can claim to be DBU. The options are vast.įor this year's Position U countdown, we didn't just tell you which schools churned out the most talent at each spot on the depth chart, we dug deeper to find out "Mount Rushmore" of alumni at each position - the best of the best. Think that's tough? Try picking the best Ohio State defensive backs or the best Alabama offensive linemen. It's the Oklahoma QB model.īut if Oklahoma is QBU, how would you rank QBU's alumni? Does Jason White get credit for a national title? Does Baker Mayfield take the throne for kicking off this recent run of success? The only thing better than debating the best QB school is to debate the best QBs from the best QB school. Indeed, ESPN's numbers in our third annual Position U database show the Sooners' lead over No. These are heady times at QBU, a title Oklahoma has every right to claim. 2 quarterback, according to ESPN, in the 2023 class. Lincoln Riley and his staff just got a commitment from Malachi Nelson, the 17th-ranked prospect and No. Spencer Rattler is the odds-on favorite to win this year's Heisman Trophy, which would make him the fifth Sooners quarterback to do so in the past 19 years. When the 2021 NFL season opens, three starting quarterbacks will be former Oklahoma Sooners.
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