The most updated SEC quarterback rankings are here. Following the action from Week 9, here are the top SEC QBs, ranked from 1 to 16.
2024 SEC QB Rankings
As with all of our conference rankings and our national quarterback evaluations, the SEC QB rankings below consider everything involved with quarterbacking at the major college football level.
While statistics are listed, they were not the lone deciding factor in ranking the athletes.
Other factors in these rankings include but are not limited to game film, injury history, play-calling, offensive system knowledge and continuity, general quarterbacking mechanics, level of competition, the elevation of supporting casts, and several other influential factors.
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Tier 1: The Elite SEC QBs
1) Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss
No other SEC quarterback is doing what Jaxson Dart is on a game-for-game basis, elevating the talent around him and giving his team a chance to win independent of any other factor. Dart can layer shots brilliantly, power balls past defenders, or simply make the consistent, accurate throws that win games. It’s just a matter of the rest of the Rebels team playing up to Dart’s abilities that is the issue.
2) Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt
There is no quarterback who has made his name known more in 2024 than Diego Pavia. He’s done it with the grit we all came to expect during his time at New Mexico State, and Pavia has broken the hearts of many in the SEC while warming the hearts of so many nationwide. He’s like a magician with the football and he’s showcasing why he should’ve been a much more sought-after commodity in the portal this past offseason.
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3) Jalen Milroe, Alabama
The most dynamic athlete at the quarterback position in the conference, Jalen Milroe has started to put it together for Alabama. Even in the Vanderbilt performance, Milroe was accurate to the areas of the field that have plagued him over the course of his young career, but he’s let his legs take over and help him generate easy throwing lanes as of late. In fact, his only real poor performance of the year came against Tennessee, but he cleaned up a lot of that in Week 9.
Tier 2: Well-Above-Average SEC QBs
4) Taylen Green, Arkansas
Expanding his own platform while operating a dynamic game plan for Arkansas, Taylen Green has elevated those around him on the Razorbacks while flashing his elite-level abilities. He’s struggled a bit with down-to-down accuracy issues on shots past 10 yards, but when push comes to shove, few quarterbacks are better athletes, and even fewer give their team a chance to win in game-on-the-line situations.
5) Quinn Ewers, Texas
Quinn Ewers has done a lot of good so far in his career with Texas. His lone issue, however, has been he can’t consistently see the field in the best light. Not see the field as in vision, it’s more of an availability thing, and in the big games on their schedule, Ewers seems to wither away. He struggled against Georgia in a big way and had a few bad breaks against Vanderbilt in consecutive weeks. There is a lot to clean up for the Longhorns signal-caller.
6) Carson Beck, Georgia
Speaking of a lot to clean up, Carson Beck will have to play more like he did against Mississippi State and Auburn than how he did against Texas when Georgia meets Florida in Week 10. Beck has plenty of arm talent, and those aforementioned two games showed that off, but his struggles against Texas are the roadmap to stopping him, while focusing on stopping the rest of the Bulldogs in 2024.
7) Brady Cook, Missouri
An ankle injury has hampered him the past two weeks now, and Brady Cook will have a week to rest before getting after it the rest of the way. However, even before the ankle injury, Cook and the Missouri offense hasn’t quite looked the same as they did last year. Cook has been indecisive and unwilling to let it rip downfield. And yet, when he’s done so, this offense has been almost unstoppable. He just hasn’t done it enough.
8) Nico Iamaleava, Tennessee
We know the Tennessee Volunteers and Nico Iamaleava are better than what we’ve seen of them. We know, because we saw them at their potential best against Alabama. However, Iamaleava has had a rough go of it over the middle of the season, struggling with his pocket presence and his feel for defenses as they’ve gotten better this year. Fortunately, they have a stout defense prop up their young QB as he continues to develop.
9) Garrett Nussmeier, LSU
Garrett Nussmeier has a howitzer for an arm, that’s fine. But what good is a howitzer if there is no guidance system attached to it and even when there is someone guiding Nussmeier’s rockets, he’s made far too many bad decisions this year to warrant any more than this ranking. He’s going to have to clean it up, from a decision-making standpoint, if they want to continue to stay in the SEC race.
Tier 3: Above-Average SEC QBs
10) LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina
He’s dynamic, he’s athletic, but he’s an inaccurate quarterback. That’s the read on LaNorris Sellers after six starts in 2024. If he can clean up his downfield throwing and make some positive, progressive reads once in a while, he’ll move up because he’s that talented when he breaks contain and uses his legs to maneuver the pocket or scramble.
Tier 4: Average SEC QBs
11) DJ Lagway, Florida
Let it be known that of DJ Lagway’s five touchdowns, three of them came against Samford. And let it be known that of his 1,000+ yards, nearly half of those came against Samford or on three big chunk plays against Kentucky. That is no real knock on him, more so than the other throws that haven’t come in between those big plays or big games as he continues to grow and develop in front of our eyes.
Tier 5: Work-To-Be-Done SEC QBs
12) Blake Shapen/Michael Van Buren, Mississippi State
Like most teams who have essentially nothing to play for in 2024, the Mississippi State Bulldogs have done the right thing and turned it over to their talented true freshman to see what they have to develop. Michael Van Buren has looked solid in his past three games, but the rest of the offense hasn’t caught up at all. We’ll know more about his prognosis as the season goes along, and if the Bulldogs don’t put it together, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Van Buren in the portal shortly after the season.
13) Conner Weigman/Marcel Reed, Texas A&M
The Texas A&M Aggies benched Conner Weigman in their victory over LSU in favor of Marcel Reed. That’s not necessarily the best sign for a team that sits undefeated in conference play and riding a 7-game win streak. Reed gave the Aggies a spark, but this two-quarterback situation has to be resolved as Reed is the more dynamic on the ground but certainly not the better passer.
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14) Brock Vandagriff, Kentucky
The Kentucky Wildcats turned things over to Brock Vandagriff, and the season, well, hasn’t gone to plan in 2024. A loss to Auburn is likely the last straw with the fanbase around their head coach Mark Stoops, but Vandagriff likely pays for it in boos from the fans. He’s been inaccurate, inconsistent, and unable to make plays happen from within the structure of the offense.
15) Payton Thorne, Auburn
A quarterback who has done less with more in the SEC there is not. Payton Thorne has battled through it and outside of a four-touchdown performance against Alabama A&M to start the year, is everything we thought he was this offseason. Auburn got a win in Week 9, but that was no thanks to their offense, led by Thorne, who got lucky a handful of times in the victory.
16) Jackson Arnold/Michael Hawkins Jr., Oklahoma
Perhaps the most disappointing season in the entire SEC belongs in Norman, mainly because of how they’ve lost games. It’s been a disaster for their quarterback situation and Jackson Arnold looks nothing like the high-profile recruit he once was. Michael Hawkins had his moments, but the speed of the game was too much for him as a passer. It’s ugly in Norman and their schedule doesn’t relent outside of a game against Maine down the stretch.
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