CSD Mag Teaser: Who is the best quarterback in the Pac-12?

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Honorable Mentions: Josh Rosen (UCLA), Justin Hubert (Oregon)

#3 – Luke Falk, Washington State (4,468 yards, 38 touchdowns, 11 interceptions in 2016)

Falk is the premiere air raid quarterback in the country, he’s thrown 76 touchdowns over the past two years. Falk finished 4th in yards per game last year, although he did throw the most passes of any player in D1. Falk had a .700 completion percentage in 2016, and led the country in that statistic in 2015. However, the 11 interceptions are worrying, and the Wazzu receiving core is below Washington and USC, which keeps him down at #3.

#2 – Jake Browning, Washington (3,430 yards, 43 touchdowns, 9 interceptions in 2016)

Browning didn’t get enough credit during Washington’s playoff run in 2016. His TD-Int ratio is better than Falk or Darnold, and Browning finished #7 in the country (#1 in the Pac-12) in passing efficiency last year. Browning is a possible first round draft pick, and he did all of that last year with an injured shoulder, he is arguably the most fundamentally sound quarterback in the league, but he isn’t the best.

#1 – Sam Darnold, USC (3,086 yards, 31 touchdowns, 9 interceptions in 2016)

Darnold wowed everybody with his incredible performance in the Rose Bowl in January. Darnold went 9-1 as a starter last year and is already getting hyped as a potential #1 overall pick in the draft next year. Although his TD-Int ratio is the worst of the three, his mechanics are by far the best, he took a USC team that was a sinking ship and turned them into a team that at the end of bowl season I ranked #3 in the country.