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Van Dyke, Travis pace ACC in QBR through Week 2

The Miami quarterback holds a narrow lead over Florida State’s Heisman hopeful with Week 3 on the horizon.

The ACC has produced some of the best quarterbacks in recent history. Clemson obviously stands out, with first-round picks Trevor Lawrence and Deshaun Watson, but North Carolina‘s Mitchell Trubisky and Duke’s Daniel Jones also got drafted in the first six picks. Who’s ready to follow in their footsteps?

UNC’s Drake Maye is a favorite to be among the first few selections in the 2024 NFL Draft. Florida State’s Jordan Travis is on the short list of Heisman favorites through two weeks. But have they been the conference’s best quarterbacks through the first two weeks?

Here’s our first recap of the conference’s leaders in QBR.

College football’s top performers in the ACC during Week 2

Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke powered the Hurricanes to a ranked victory with five passing touchdowns to highlight Week 2 in the ACC.

The Atlantic Coast Conference offered a litany of interesting questions after some Week 1 statement victories. Are the Florida State Seminoles serious playoff contenders? Is Duke for real? What’s wrong with Clemson?

Well, all three of those teams responded to those whispers with blowout victories, the smallest margin of which was 35 points. North Carolina held off Appalachian State in overtime in a shootout with 74 combined points.

None of those romps were the most impressive game in the conference, however, as the Miami Hurricanes knocked off then-No. 23 Texas A&M 48-33 to toss their hat in the ring.

Here are the conference’s top stars from Week 2.

More trouble brewing in Miami? QB Tyler Van Dyke assessing options according to reports

Could we see Tyler Van Dyke on the move?

Is more trouble brewing for the University of Miami?

Just a month and a half after the NCAA issued its first NIL-related rulings regarding the recruitment of Haley and Hanna Cavinder, reports have surfaced that quarterback Tyler Van Dyke could be looking at the transfer portal. The reasoning behind the potential decision? None other than, more NIL issues for the Hurricanes.

According to a report from Canesport (requires subscription), Van Dyke is assessing his options after he and his inner circle have become “frustrated” with the value of his NIL deals while at the University of Miami. Van Dyke’s inner circle includes that of famous NFL agent Drew Rosenhaus and his organization, Rosenhaus Sports.

With Van Dyke’s frustrations growing larger, Canesport has also reported that NIL collectives from various programs have floated offers the way of Van Dyke and his representatives. Among those believed to be in the mix is the Alabama Crimson Tide who are still in the midst of their own quarterback competition between Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson.

For Miami, the development of Van Dyke’s frustration possibly leading to a departure would be another blow to a program that has struggled to maintain relevancy in the national picture since 2005. Despite John Ruiz throwing millions of dollars at the program via coaching changes, NIL deals, and more, the Hurricanes have only won 10 games once since 2005 and have failed to win more than seven games in four of their last five seasons.

Last offseason, Miami hoped a change of direction for the fourth time since 2005 would change the fortunes of the program, letting go of Manny Diaz and handing the reigns over to Mario Cristobal. While Cristobal has been able to have success on the recruiting trail early in his tenure, the Hurricanes went just 5-7 in his first season including 3-5 in conference play.

Now, in a pivotal second year of the Cristobal era, Hurricanes are in danger of losing one of their biggest key pieces in Van Dyke. While he didn’t have the follow-up season that many were expecting last season after a breakout 2021 campaign, Van Dyke still completed 63.2% of his passes last season for 1,800+ yards and 10 touchdowns.

If Miami was going to turn around its fortunes this fall, a lot of its success is likely going to ride on the shoulders of Van Dyke. If he would leave, the Hurricanes would be left with sophomore Jacurri Brown and true freshman Emory Williams as their only scholarship quarterbacks.

Williams showed some flash last fall completing 60% (27-for-45) for 230 yards and three touchdowns while throwing three interceptions as well. While Williams has shown flash, it remains to be seen if he would be able to produce at a high enough level as a full-time starter.

For an offense that averaged just 23.6 points a game last season, having a known commodity at quarterback which they could rely on, on a weekly basis would be a huge benefit.

On the other end of things, the idea of Miami potentially losing a key player due to NIL concerns is quite the opposite of what anyone would expect out of the program. John Ruiz was known as a mega booster before the NIL era of college athletics began but his profile since the beginning of NIL has only won.

Of course, there have not been many programs in college football that have seen the dysfunction to the level of the Hurricanes – much of that due to Ruiz himself and other boosters around the program. In that sense, it’s a very ironic situation for the Miami football program to be in.

Ultimately, this Tyler Van Dyke story and saga will be one of the more watched stories for the remainder of this offseason and could potentially change the entire dynamic of this upcoming college football season depending on his ultimate decision.

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Potential transfer quarterbacks for Notre Dame and if they should pursue

Who do you like from this hypothetical list?

With the quarterback position in such a odd place for Notre Dame, it only makes sense to look around and see who else is out there. Recently, I complied a list of current QB’s in the transfer portal and if they would be a fit for the Irish.

Today, 247Sports Clint Brewster looked at hypothetical portal quarterbacks, so let’s do the same drill and see if they are fits for the Irish if they end up in the portal.

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2023 NFL draft film room: Miami (FL) QB Tyler Van Dyke

See for yourself what makes Miami’s Tyler Van Dyke one of the top quarterback prospects in the 2023 NFL draft

It’s never too early to look ahead to the next group of top prospects, so if you’re looking to get a head start on the 2023 NFL draft class, we’ve got you covered.

What makes Miami’s Tyler Van Dyke one of next year’s top quarterback prospects?

Watch the tape and see for yourself:

Sooners QB Dillon Gabriel needs good season to cement NFL Draft stock

While the Sooners transfer QB has looked good in his three years at UCF, Dillon Gabriel needs one last great season to cement his NFL Draft stock.

The headliners of the 2023 quarterback draft class are Alabama’s Bryce Young and Ohio State’s CJ Stroud. Florida’s Anthony Richardson, Miami’s Tyler Van Dyke and Kentucky’s Will Levis are also looking to go early next year.

In any case, the 2023 crop of QBs is looking much stronger than 2022’s, which saw only one QB get selected in the first round: Pitt’s Kenny Pickett.

Jeff Lebby saw Dillon Gabriel in the transfer portal and simply had to have him back in his offense once it was clear that Caleb Williams was on the move. Lebby was Gabriel’s offensive coordinator in 2019 before joining Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss.

After playing only three games in 2021 due to a broken collarbone and entering the transfer portal, Gabriel was given a rare opportuinity to join a blue blood program to run an offense that he already knows. Coming to Norman was a no-brianer.

Though an experienced quarterback, Gabriel isn’t a highly-rated draft prospect with the 2022 season around the corner. NFLDraftBuzz.com has him projected as a UDFA.

Improving your draft stock this late in the game is hard. It’s already a crowded class and the QBs rated ahead of Gabriel have more “NFL-type” bodies. At 5-11 and 204 lbs, Gabriel is about the same size as Bryce Young. Young, however, is more talented and has the better arm.

There is more to being a QB than physical traits. Gabriel has already asserted himself as the leader of the Sooners in the short time he’s been in Norman, and that is something NFL GMs look at.

He can make all the throws and is mobile in the pocket. He’s not exactly a rushing threat, but he’s not simply a pure pocket-passer.

If he plays like the best QB in the Big 12 in 2022, the NFL will start paying closer attention to Dillon Gabriel. There’s nothing stopping him from doing just that. If he stays healthy, Gabriel will do big things in a Sooners uniform.

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Saints tabbed for another second-round QB in preseason 2023 mock draft

The Saints have been tabbed to pick another second-round QB prospect in the latest 2023 mock draft, selecting Miami Hurricanes passer Tyler Van Dyke:

We’re quickly approaching the start of the 2022 college football season, so it’s a good time to brush up on which prospects could get on the New Orleans Saints’ radar in the fall, even if they’re working without their first-round pick. And the latest 2023 NFL mock draft from Luke Easterling over at Draft Wire has added another name to our watch list: Miami Hurricanes quarterback Tyler Van Dyke, who posted the ACC’s second-best passer rating in 2021.

Van Dyke, an underclassman, impressed by throwing 25 touchdown passes against just 6 interceptions in nine games last year, relieving D’Eriq King after the starter went down with a season-ending injury. He’s shown enough anticipation and accurate ball placement that suggests he can compete at a pro level, though another year leading the Hurricanes should do well for his development. His new head coach Mario Cristobal has sent passers like Justin Herbert to the NFL, and he made that exact comparison between Herbert and Van Dyke over the summer.

Cristobal praised his quarterback during a June appearance on The Herd with Colin Cowherd, saying “He’s incredible. I mean, an exceptional leader. He’s a relentless-pursuit-of-excellence guy, his decision making is on point, his accuracy, his arm strength. He understands protections, the run game. He is a complete player. He really is and he’s very mobile. His pocket presence is off the charts. He understands the offense as well as anybody I’ve been around. He reminds me a lot of what we had at Oregon with Justin Herbert.”

Obviously Van Dyke still has a ways to go, and the 2022 season should be instructive. He’s being projected in the second round of mock drafts for good reason. NFL teams have only seen a small sample size from him and will want a full year’s worth of tape to evaluate. As far as how he stacks up against other 2023 prospects, Easterling has six different quarterbacks going inside the first two rounds, with Van Dyke the lowest-ranked player in the group (landing in New Orleans at No. 45 overall).

So while Van Dyke has shown plenty to like at this early stage in his college career, it’s not a sure thing that the Saints will in the quarterback market in the spring. They like what they’ve seen out of Jameis Winston, too, and if he can stay healthy and produce well they could very well stick with him long-term. But it’s on him to display the growth as a passer needed to make that decision. If Winston falls short of expectations, New Orleans could definitely be in the mix for a player like Van Dyke next April.

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Miami QB: ‘Of course’ Hurricanes can threaten nation’s longest home win streak

CHARLOTTE – Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke doesn’t lack for confidence coming off a breakout freshman season, particularly when it comes to the task of facing Clemson on the road this season. Van Dyke enters the season as one of the ACC’s top …

CHARLOTTE – Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke doesn’t lack for confidence coming off a breakout freshman season, particularly when it comes to the task of facing Clemson on the road this season.

Van Dyke enters the season as one of the ACC’s top signal callers. Taking over as the Hurricanes’ starter early last season after an injury to veteran D’Eriq King, Van Dyke took the league by storm by throwing for 2,931 yards and 25 touchdowns in 10 games en route to ACC Rookie of the Year honors.

With a year of experience, some veteran talent around him and a new offensive scheme that Van Dyke feels better suits Miami’s personnel, he believes the Hurricanes are equipped to do something nobody has done to Clemson since 2016: beat the Tigers in their own stadium. Clemson owns the nation’s longest active home winning streak at 34 games.

“Of course I think that,” Van Dyke said Thursday.

Van Dyke is no stranger to Death Valley. A third-year sophomore, Van Dyke, a native of Connecticut, said he visited Clemson “way back” during his recruitment and is familiar with the team’s pregame tradition of running down the hill. He returned to Clemson as Miami’s third-string quarterback in 2020 when the Tigers handled the Hurricanes, 42-17, though Van Dyke admittedly didn’t get a true feel for the environment with attendance in the 81,500-seat stadium being a fraction of that because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Still, he remembers even a much smaller crowd having an impact.

“Honestly it was pretty packed for a COVID year,” Van Dyke said. “I think they had everyone straight-lined in their stadium, so it was still pretty loud even when the stadium wasn’t really filled out. … Just to experience that a little bit before this year is definitely a good experience to feel that.”

But Van Dyke’s optimism that Miami can give Clemson a more competitive game this time around is rooted primarily in the pieces the Hurricanes have in place entering the Mario Cristobal era, which includes first-year offensive coordinator Josh Gattis. Previously Jim Harbaugh’s play-caller at Michigan, Gattis, a former receiver at Wake Forest, directed a Wolverines offense that ranked in the top 50 nationally in total yards, points, rushing offense and passing efficiency a season ago.

Miami has multiple starting offensive linemen back, including left tackle Zion Nelson. The Hurricanes have also brought in multiple Power Five transfers at the skill positions, including former Clemson receiver Frank Ladson, a former top-100 recruit. Add 6-foot-5, 245-pound tight end Will Mallory, who’s looking to build on a 30-catch season last year, and Van Dyke gets excited thinking about the potential of a balanced offense that he believes has the ability to execute a more aggressive passing attack under Gattis.

“He is bringing a lot of things that we never had last year,” Van Dyke said of his new coordinator. “Coming from a lot of the RPOs (run-pass options) last year, we’re doing a lot more play-action, full-field reading pass concepts.

“He likes to utilize the talent we have, the running backs and the tight ends to the best ability. I’m really excited for that and can’t wait for it.”

Executing a plan against Clemson, though, won’t be easy. The Tigers have more than half their starters and multiple projected first-round draft picks back from a defense that yielded the second-fewest points in the country last season. Clemson hasn’t allowed more than 28 points at home since 2018.

Of course, Clemson has to keep the wins coming at Memorial Stadium first. Miami, the final home game on the Tigers’ schedule, doesn’t make the trip to Clemson until Nov. 19, meaning the streak would stretch to 39 games if Clemson can beat Furman, Louisiana Tech, N.C. State, Syracuse and Louisville before entertaining the Hurricanes.

If they do, Van Dyke likes Miami’s chances of giving the Tigers all they can handle when the time comes.

“I’m excited for it,” he said. “We haven’t really watched much film on them yet. What, it’s the second-to-last game? So we’re just going to try to focus one game at a time, but that’ll be a fun game up there.”

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Where does DJ Uiagalelei rank among ACC starting quarterbacks?

One 247Sports reporter ranked the ACC’s quarterbacks ahead of the 2022 season, and DJ Uiagalelei’s ranking may surprise you.

For the first time in a long time, Clemson will not be recognized as having one of the top starting signal-callers in the ACC heading into a season.

The Tigers enter the 2022 season with rising junior DJ Uiagalelei at the helm, and despite being a preseason Heisman favorite last year, he didn’t quite live up to the lofty expectations.

Taking over for Trevor Lawrence in 2021, the former five-star recruit completed 55.6% of his passes for 2,246 yards, nine touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

With Uiagalelei’s struggles last year and the abundance of quarterback talent in the ACC, including Miami’s Tyler Van Dyke and NC State’s Devin Leary, many analysts and reporters don’t regard Uiagalelei as one of the top signal-callers in the 14-team conference.

Add in the arrival of five-star freshman Cade Klubnik, and there’s a real conversation about a potential quarterback battle if the Tigers’ offense doesn’t improve as the season prolongs.

As the college football season rapidly approaches, 247Sports’ Brad Crawford recently took a closer look at the ACC’s starting quarterbacks and ranked them.

Largely basing the rankings on end-of-the-year projections, here is where Crawford believes each signal-caller stacks up.

Giants select QB Tyler Van Dyke in ESPN’s 2023 mock draft

In ESPN’s most recent 2023 NFL mock draft, the New York Giants select Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke.

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In a very early 2023 NFL mock draft by ESPN, the New York Giants selected quarterback Tyler Van Dyke with the 10th overall pick.

The new Giants regime didn’t draft Daniel Jones in the top 10 in 2019 and declined his fifth-year option, which means he’s likely in his final season in New York. That puts the Giants back in the quarterback market.

The 6-foot-4 Van Dyke flashed in nine starts last season (25 touchdown passes, six interceptions), and he could be even better in 2022 because of the staff and roster new coach Mario Cristobal has assembled. Van Dyke has the arm strength and mobility to become a star.

This prediction by ESPN means that the Giants once again have a losing season and Daniel Jones does not end up performing like the franchise quarterback. Following this disappointment, the team still has a lot of offensive pieces (two star tackles and a talented receiving core) in place for the incoming quarterback.

The Miami Hurricanes quarterback has only played one year of football up to this point but it was an impressive one. After taking over the quarterback position during the early portion of the 2021 season, Van Dyke never looked back. The COVID-freshman quarterback finished with 2,931 yards and 25 touchdowns on a 62.1 completion percentage.

Van Dyke did all this while throwing only six interceptions earning him a passer rating of 160.1 (second-best in the ACC).

Van Dyke is only expected to improve in his sophomore season as a Miami Hurricane. If this upwards trajectory continues, Matt Miller of ESPN believes he will find himself as a top 10 prospect in the 2023 NFL draft.

Big Blue would be a great landing spot for Dyke with its improved offensive line and its expected aggressive passing scheme with Brian Daboll who has helped develop 2020 MVP runner-up Josh Allen.

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