Which Power Five Teams still have Room for Top Class of 2017 Quarterbacks

Written by Ryan Wright

Twitter: @HogManInLA

The 2016 recruiting class inked all their National Letters of Intent less than two months ago but the pressure for the 2017 recruiting class under center is already mounting. One of the key positions that typically gets filled early on in every yearly football haul is at quarterback. Several top dual-threats and pro-style gunslingers have already verbally committed to top schools leaving a chess game or in some cases a wait and see approach to National Signing Day 2017.

Of the Top 25 quarterbacks listed on Rivals pro-style rankings, 14 are already verbally committed to Power Five Conference programs. Of the 25 dual-threat quarterbacks, 10 are already committed leaving 26 highly rated players overall to fill a few wanted spots left open at the collegiate level. True to past history, there will be more than one, if not a dozen or more, under the radar recruits that will emerge through the college camp circuit followed up by an outstanding senior season that will skyrocket said player into the rankings giving college recruits more talents to pick and choose from. The other end of the spectrum will be the open spots left available for the currently uncommitted to top programs or in other words, which teams are still willing to bring on a quarterback in the 2017 class.

As the recruiting rankings currently stand, the following information will outline who is slated to go where and what teams will be in search of that class building talent to build around in the huddle.

ACC                  

Clemson and Miami are the rare teams with two quarterbacks verbally committed. Florida State, Louisville, Syracuse, Wake Forest, Boston College, North Carolina, Pitt, Duke, Virginia, and Georgia Tech are still in the market. North Carolina State has 3-star quarterback Matt McKay.

Big 12

TCU, Oklahoma, Texas, and Baylor all have quarterbacks committed leaving Kansas, Texas Tech, and West Virginia as open recruiters. Iowa State took 3-star quarterback Devon Moore and Kansas State has 3-star Dewayne Betts.

Big Ten

Most of the Big Ten is still wide open especially in the West Division. Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State all have quarterbacks. Purdue pulled an under the radar recruit in Griffin Alstott out of the Tampa area. Rutgers, Maryland, and Indiana in the East and Northwestern, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Illinois are still in search of a top quarterback.

Pac-12

There is always a lot of quarterback talent along the west coast but so far only Stanford and Oregon have reported verbal commitments from top prospects with Arizona taking under the radar in-state recruit Rhett Rodriguez. The race will be on between Cal, USC, UCLA, Washington, Washington State, Arizona State, Colorado, and Oregon State to land a playmaker.

SEC

There are big schools in the SEC still searching for a quarterback, and maybe some wanting multiple signal callers. Texas A&M has the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback committed in Tate Martell but do not be surprised if the Aggies try to land a second recruit at this position. Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, and South Carolina all have quarterbacks leaving Alabama, Auburn, LSU, and Ole Miss in the West and Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Missouri in the East as open for business.

Rivals Top 25 Pro-Style Quarterbacks

Hunter Johnson, Brownsburg, IN – Clemson

David Mills, Norcross, GA – Stanford

Jake Fromm, Warner Robins, GA – Georgia

Tristan Gebbia, Calabasas, CA – uncommitted

Ryan Kelley, Chandler, AZ – Oregon

Sam Ehlinger, Austin, TX – Texas

Jake Allen, Fort Lauderdale, FL – Florida

Chase Brice, Loganville, GA – Clemson

Sean Clifford, Cincinnati, OH – Penn State

Jack Coan, Sayville, NY – Wisconsin

Bailey Hockman, Powder Springs, GA – uncommitted

Kasim Hill, Washington, DC – uncommitted

Jake Bentley, Opelika, AL – South Carolina

Ty Brock, College Station, TX – uncommitted

Mac Jones, Jacksonville, FL – Kentucky

Danny Clark, Akron, OH – Ohio State

Cam Roane, Colleyville, TX – uncommitted

Cade Weldon, Tampa, FL – Miami

Tyler Lytle, Anaheim, CA – uncommitted

Rocky Lombardi, Des Moines, IA – uncommitted

Daulton Hyatt, Attalla, AL – Arkansas

Lindell Stone, Woodberry Forest, VA – uncommitted

Chris Katrenick, Algonquin, IL – uncommitted

Chase Cord, Peoria, AZ – uncommitted

 

Top 25 Dual-Threat Quarterbacks

Tate Martell, Las Vegas, NV – Texas A&M

Dylan McCaffrey, Highlands Ranch, CO – Michigan

Tua Tagovailoa, Honolulu, HI – uncommitted

Lowell Narcisse, Saint James, LA – uncommitted

Shawn Robinson, Denton, TX – TCU

Chris Robinson, Mesquite, TX – Oklahoma

Keytaon Thomson, New Orleans, LA – Mississippi State

Braxton Burmeister, La Jolla, CA – uncommitted

Kellen Mond, Bradenton, FL – Baylor

Jack Sears, San Clemente, CA – uncommitted

N’Kosi Perry, Ocala, FL – Miami

Jaylen Gipson, Mexia, TX – uncommitted

Connor Neville, Wilsonville, OR – uncommitted

Avery Davis, Cedar Hill, TX – Notre Dame

Jaylon Mascorro, Refugio, TX – Houston

Connor Curry, Shreveport, LA – uncommitted

Malik Cunningham, Montgomery, AL – uncommitted

Shabazz Telfort, Lauderdale Lakes, FL – uncommitted

Hendon Hooker, Greensboro, NC – Virginia Tech

Jairus Grissom, River Rouge, MI – uncommitted

Jason Shellye, Frisco, TX – uncommitted

Jelani Woods, Ellenwood, GA – uncommitted

Baron Radcliff, Norcross, GA – uncommitted

Ryan Glover, College Park, GA – uncommitted

Justice McCoy, New Orleans, LA – uncommitted

Photo credit: recruitingnewsguru.com; No. 1 Tate Martell and No. 24 Braxton Burmeister at the Elite 11 regional in Los Angles (Feb. 2016).