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There is a huge amount of hype around Texas Longhorn’s Quarterback Arch Manning, which goes into the 2025 season – and rightly.
Manning has all the intangible, any college football coach will have in a quarterback in today’s game. Plus, he has the famous football name on the back of his jersey. He also won’t return from a challenge as Texas gets ready to take on defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes to start the 2025 season.
Fans can be lost in hype over a player and forget that there are several other quarterbacks that are very good and even better than Manning.
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There are at least seven other college-football quarterbacks that the average fan needs to know before setting up for a big weekend with top-tier matchups.
Garrett Nussmeier, LSU Tigers
LSU -Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier (13) throws a care in the first half of a NCAA College -Football match against Vanderbilt in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Garrett Nussmeier has shown exactly what he can bring to the table for Brian Kelly’s violation. He threw for 4,502 passing yards and 29 touchdown passes last season when LSU went 9-4 and won the Texas Bowl over Baylor.
This year the pressure is a little stronger. Nussmeier has shown flashes of being a star -quarterback, but putting together the winner at one of the toughest conferences in the nation is something he will have to focus on moving on this year.
His first challenge? Oh, just # 4 Clemson.
Cade clubnik, Clemson Tigers
Clemson Quarterback Cade Klubnik (2) rolls out under the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship NCAA College Football Game between Clemson and SMU on December 7, 2024 in Charlotte, NC (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman, File)
Waiting for Nussmeier on the other side of the field on Saturday night will be Cade Klubnik.
Klubnik is probably in his last season at Clemson and played an important role in preventing Tigers’ season from spiraling out of control. He led Clemson to the ACC Championship and put together a win over SMU. Clemson came to College Football Playoff, but lost in the first round to Texas.
He had 3,639 passing yards and 36 touchdown passes last season. He improved from his second year to his junior season, where expectations were high for his senior year.
LANORRIS -SSELLERS, South Carolina Gamecocks
South Carolina Gamecocks Quarterback Lanorris Sellers (16) throws a care against Wofford Terrier in the first quarter at Williams-Brice Stadium. (Jeff Blake/Imag photos)
SEC has had its reasonable proportion of fantastic quarterbacks run through each program. But it’s been a while since someone was talking about who was under the Center for South Carolina Gamecocks.
Lanorris Sellers is a red shirt Sophomore for Gamecocks and began to draw attention last season as South Carolina almost defeated Alabama and then went on a series of wins over Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt and Clemson.
Shane Beamer’s Squad now has an interesting talent in the QB position that everyone will see. He had 2,534 passing yards and 18 touchdown passes in 2024. He added 674 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns as well.
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South Carolina begins the year against Virginia Tech on Sunday.
Julian Sayin, Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State Buckeyes Quarterback Julian Sayin (10) throws a passport during the second half of the NCAA football match against western Michigan Broncos at Ohio Stadium. (Adam Cairns / Columbus Dispatch / USA Today Network / USA Today Network via Imag images)
Ohio State Buckeyes will go with Julian Sayin to start his national championship defense after Will Howard led the offense last season.
Sayin is a relatively unknown, but the rest of the nation will be introduced to him as he goes up towards Manning and Longhorns to begin the year. He transferred from Alabama in 2024 and won the job over Lincoln Kienholz.
On Saturday he will start in the biggest game of his life so far. Fortunately, he has weapons like Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate around him, which would make it easier to move to the exit role.
Drew Allar, Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State Quarterback pulled Allar talking with journalists during football Media Day in Holuba Hall on Saturday, August 2, 2025 in State College. (Dan Rainville / USA Today Network via Imag images)
Drew Allar could very well be one of the first quarterbacks selected in next year’s NFL draft. That’s why this season in Penn State is so crucial to him and Nittany Lions.
Allar had 3,327 passing yards and 24 touchdown passes last year. The dream season was assumed to have been within reach. Penn State made a deep race in college football playoffs. However, it turned out to be a nightmare as they suffered a three-point loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.
The 2025 season could be the year of Penn State. Fans had to get used to Allar now.
DJ Lagway, Florida Gators
Florida Gators Quarterback DJ Lagway (2) throws the ball during warm -ups at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, Friday 20. December 2024 in 2024 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl. (Doug Angels/Gainesville Sun)
Florida Gators has been hit or missed in the Billy Napier era and the 2025 season will be crucial to a lot of staff in the program.
Many of the hopes are on the shoulders of quarterback DJ Lagaway. He is ready to start week 1 when Gators assumes Long Island Sharks. It should be a trip to the park for a power center school like Florida and give Lagway some momentum to start the season.
As a beginner, Lagway had 1,915 passing yards and 12 touchdown passes. There are high expectations that he will be able to lift Gators to more than eight wins in 2025.
Sam Leavitt, Arizona State Sun Devils
Arizona State Sun Devils Quarterback Sam Leavitt (10) responds after a game against Texas Longhorns during the second half of Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis/Imag images)
Sam Leavitt may have played under the cloud of the BIG 12 conference last season, but he announced his presence with authority as Sun Devils drove to College Football Playoff. There is no room to hide anymore.
Leavitt enters his second season in Arizona State, which came out of a year when he had 2,885 passing yards and 24 touchdown passes. He played his best football down the stretch and led Arizona State to eight even wins before losing to Texas in College Football Playoff.
Under Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State will have increased expectations for 2025.
