Georgia fans won’t be happy with SEC QB Rankings

The Georgia Bulldogs are moving past the Jake Fromm era. Where does Jamie Newman rank among SEC quarterbacks?

The Georgia Bulldogs are moving on beyond the Jake Fromm era in Athens. With Fromm headed to the NFL, Jamie Newman who transferred from Wake Forest, four-star quarterback Carson Beck, and D’Wan Mathis, who has been cleared to play, will all compete for the starting quarterback job.

Where does UGA’s quarterback stack up with the rest of the SEC?

Jamie Newman is predicted to win the starting job. Throughout the SEC there isn’t as clear of quarterback hierarchy heading into the 2020 season. Before the 2019 season, it was assumed that Tua Tagovailoa, Joe Burrow, and Jake Fromm were the best QBs in the SEC. Nobody saw Burrow’s Heisman season coming, but he was preseason third team All-SEC.

Here’s how SEC Mike and Shane ranked the league’s quarterbacks:

Both guys rated Florida’s Kyle Trask as the SEC’s top quarterback. Trask looked solid last season, but it is hard to envision him as the SEC’s best quarterback. I think the top-rated QB in the class of 2020, Bryce Young, will emerge at Alabama and overtake Mac Jones.

Jamie Newman comes in at fifth and ninth in the rankings. Ninth is definitely too low. Newman made honorable mention in the ACC’s all-conference team and is upgrading his team’s talent. Newman is more impressive than Auburn’s Bo Nix, who will improve in 2020, but struggle to complete passes. Newman could be anywhere from first to fourth in my eyes, with Kellen Mond, Kyle Trask and Bryce Young coming ahead of Newman.

Potential dark horses to watch: LSU’s Myles Brennan, Kentucky’s Terry Wilson, Ole Miss’s John Rhys Plumlee, and Mississippi State’s K.J. Costello. Costello will put up huge numbers under Mike Leach.

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