We know the 2023 Pac-12 Conference is loaded with high-end talent and high-end teams in college football. One dimension of the Pac-12’s profile which magnifies how tough this league is going to be: quarterback play. The Pac-12 arguably has the best crop of quarterbacks in the country, better than any other Power Five conference, including the SEC.
Bryce Young left Alabama. Hendon Hooker left Tennessee. Anthony Richardson left Florida. They’re gone. In terms of returning talent at the quarterback position, the Pac-12 has retained more elite signal-callers than the rest.
C.J. Stroud left Ohio State in the Big Ten. Clemson no longer has an elite quarterback in the ACC after the Deshaun Watson-Trevor Lawrence glory years ended. Max Duggan is now in the NFL after having a huge 2022 season with TCU in the Big 12.
The Pac-12 really is the conference for quarterback play in 2022.