Quarterback U

So the Altoona Mirror published this article about determining which college program could claim the title of "Quarterback U." They figured the best way to figure out the tendency of a school to turn out great QBs was to look total starts a college's alumni have had in the NFL (1966-Present.) The results are quite interesting. I have summarized the important data as follows:

Number of NFL games started by alumni quarterbacks:

1. Purdue 704

2. Washington 617

3. Miami, Fla. 577

4. Notre Dame 574

5. Stanford 567

6. Alabama 495

7. UCLA 482

8. USC 463

9. Oregon 438

10. Michigan 428

11. Maryland 402

12. California 381

13. BYU 373

14. Arizona State 358

15. Washington State 333

16. Illinois 284

17. Pittsburgh 271

18. Southern Mississippi 270

19. San Jose State 265

20. Boston College 259

21. Georgia 254

22. N.C. State 250

23. Kansas State 249

24. Penn State 241

25. Tennessee 235

Big XII Games (QBs)

1. K-State 249 (4)

2. KU 190 (3)

3. Colorado 95 (2)

4. Nebraska 79 (6)

5. Iowa State 52 (4)

6. Texas Tech 47 (1)

7. Baylor 45 (5)

8. Texas 44 (2)

9. Mizzou 18 (3)

10. Texas A&M 16 (3)

11. OSU 14 (1)

12. OU 0 (0)

The complete Big XII list:

BAYLOR (5)

Cody Carlson 19

Don Trull 15

Buddy Humphrey 5

Cotton Davidson 4

Brad Goebel 2

COLORADO (2)

Kordell Stewart 87

Koy Detmer 8

IOWA STATE (4)

David Archer 23

Sage Rosenfels 12

Seneca Wallace 12

Tim Van Galder 5

KANSAS (3)

John Hadl 135

Bobby Douglass 53

Frank Seurer 2

KANSAS STATE (4)

Steve Grogan 135

Lynn Dickey 111

Dennis Morrison 2

Dan Manucci 1

MISSOURI (3)

Brad Smith 13

Steve Pisarkiewicz 4

Gary Lane 1

NEBRASKA (6)

Vince Ferragamo 53

Jerry Tagge 12

Bruce Mathison 9

Dennis Claridge 3

David Humm 1

Terry Luck 1

OKLAHOMA STATE (1)

Rusty Hilger 14

TEXAS (2)

Vince Young 29

Chris Simms 15

TEXAS A&M (3)

Ed Hargett 7

Gary Kubiak 5

Bucky Richardson 4

TEXAS TECH (1)

Billy Joe Tolliver 47

Of course, these numbers are subject to change.