drewro02

August 20th, 2015 at 11:09 AM ^

He was the first Sophomore (at the time) to win the Heisman, 3-time Heisman finalist, and had two National Championships.. He was the SEC's all-time leader in career passing efficiency (170.8), completion percentage (67.1%), passing touchdown to interception ratio (5.5 to 1), rushing yards by a quarterback (2947), rushing touchdowns (any position) (57), and total touchdowns responsible for (145).[6][81] Among many mentions in the NCAA Division-I record book, Tebow is ranked second in career passing efficiency, third in career yards per attempt (9.33), 8th in career rushing touchdowns, and also owns the record for most consecutive games in which he both threw at least one touchdown pass and scored at least one rushing touchdown (14).

I think he was better than "good." I don't think there is another college QB that had his kind of prolific numbers and the hardware to go with it. Say what you want about his game now, but the guy was a pretty special college player.

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MgoBlueprint

August 20th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^

It's important to keep those numbers in context. Tebow wasn't slinging the ball around the field. It's not like he was throwing down field. He was his numbers were inflated by Percy turning ten yard outs into eighty yard gains. He didn't have denard or Vick like touchdown runs. He was punching it in from 5 yards. As I mentioned before only one of his 57 yard TD runs were over 25 yards. He'll, Steven threet did that. Take a look at the title game vs OU and the capital one bowl vs Michigan. Percy Harvin single handedly won the title game and kept them in the cap one bowl. Tebow got his numbers off of percys legs.



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getsome

August 20th, 2015 at 1:38 PM ^

yeah and guys at baylor, houston, texas a&M, etc run QB friendly, wide open systems with quicker, easier reads and they benefit from sharp coaching, deadly schemes, etc so those type performances / careers should be valued less?   its all relative.

say what you want but tebow was a talented, successful college player - and while id never vote tebow even remotely close to any silver teams, i still acknowledge his ability and success (go rewatch some of the accurate throws and some of plays he made in 08 sec title game vs bama and then tell me its all percy harvin).

i never agree with these lists bc its impossible to compare or eval across eras, its just too difficult.  plus whats the criteria?  but thats totally different argument

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1464

August 20th, 2015 at 12:39 PM ^

The phrase "all-time SEC leader" does not really inspire any adulation from me.  I don't disagree that he was a great NCAA QB, but saying you're the best SEC QB is a shallow compliment.

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MgoBlueprint

August 20th, 2015 at 11:19 AM ^

I'm with you 100%. There is absolutely no way Tim Tebow was the second best college qb over the last 75 years. His team was absolutely stacked. For all of his touchdowns, he only had one that was over 25 yards. He benefited greatly from Percy Harvin, as well as Cooper and hernandez. Especially Percy though. Not to mention a straight up stacked defense.

An argument could be made that Denard was a better college qb than tebow. Look at what denard with the pieces he had and look at what tebow did with his pieces. Tebow couldn't hold Vicks jockstrap. Vick single handedly took VA tech to the title game against fsu, and kept them in it in the first half. Cam newton was better than tebow. Arguments coild also be made for mariota, Winston, colt mccoy, Peyton Manning (although Peyton never won a title or beat Florida).



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lilpenny1316

August 20th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^

Denard was a better athlete, definitely more exciting, but Tebow won consistently.  And good QBs utilize their weapons.  For a QB, I think they're going to favor guys who won over a period of time, which is how you end up with Tommy Frazier.  

But I don't know man.  You mentioned Colt McCoy.  I think even Texas fans would have a problem with that argument.

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Chiwolve

August 20th, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^

Yea I get that it's not an easy task to make this type of list - but Luke Keuchly on the 2nd team??
Over Lavar Aarington, Patrick Willis and even Te'o? No sir

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VicVal

August 20th, 2015 at 1:02 PM ^

One of my earliest memories of Michigan football is watching Anthony Carter play at a home game.  He was electric--in that huge stadium, he lit up the field and you couldn't take your eyes off him.  Nor did you want to, because he was generally the center of the action it seemed like.  Just phenomenal, and he'll always be one of my favorite players.

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