LSU is going into the season opener with Max Johnson as the starting quarterback. Ahead of the week one opener featuring Ohio State and Minnesota, 247Sports compiled a list of which states produce the most starting quarterbacks in FBS.
The state of Georgia checks in with a total of six starting quarterbacks at the FBS level. That is tied with Arizona and North Carolina for the fifth-most passers from a single state.
Joining Max Johnson we have Malik Willis of Liberty and Emery Jones of Florida. Chase Brice, Cade Fortin, and Zeb Noland. Noland is the wildest one of the bunch. He originally played at Iowa State and North Dakota State before joining Shane Beamer’s staff at South Carolina as a graduate assistant. Due to the injury to starter Luke Doty, Noland has been thrust into action as the starting quarterback for this season’s opener.
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The state of Louisiana has just one starting quarterback at the FBS level with the Ragin Cajuns’ starter Levi Lewis.
The top states in producing starting quarterbacks:
- California (18)
- Texas (16)
- Florida (8)
- Ohio (7)
- Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina (6)
- Alabama, New Jersey (5)
California and Texas seem to generate a lot of NFL products each and every year so it comes as no surprise to see them at the top of the list. With quarterbacks such as Walker Howard and Arch Manning coming in the next couple of years, the state of Louisiana should start to climb.