March 10, 2025
By Shehan Jeyarjah, CBS Sports: Over the course of a college football season, almost every team will need to turn to a backup quarterback. At Texas, Arch Manning stepped in and led the Longhorns to two wins when Quinn Ewers went down. Notre Dame’s Steve Angeli spurred a run against Georgia in the national quarterfinals. The most famous example, of course, involved Ohio State’s third-string QB Cardale Jones leading the Buckeyes to a national championship.
But while quarterback depth only gets more important in the expanded College Football Playoff era, it’s never been harder to keep players on campus. The transfer portal and NIL mean that any players without a pathway to the starting job typically leave. The opportunity cost is too great for most, which makes the deep rooms even more valuable.
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