Every region has its own version of what we like to call “home cooking.” That affection is especially powerful in the Southeastern United States, which makes for a fun parallel to the quarterback picture in the SEC entering the 2025 season.
If the transfer portal has become college football’s fast, fresh-from-frozen approach to roster building, the top programs in the SEC are heading into a season where the quarterback options are truly farm-to-table. While transfer quarterbacks are commonplace across the Power Four, they’re not just uncommon at the top of the SEC — they’re nonexistent.
“There was not the same influx (of quarterbacks) into the portal (this year),” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said during SEC Media Days. “Not the sweepstakes for a guy. They believe in the guy they got or there was not the supply and demand. There’s a couple guys but the amount of money every school has now has made it harder for — call it the Cam Ward effect — there’s more people competing for those guys. If a kid’s seeking money, he won’t be just looking at the top 4-5 programs. He’ll be looking at every program.”
According to FanDuel Sportsbook, the top seven favorites to win the SEC all feature projected starting quarterbacks who signed with their programs out of high school. Add in LaNorris Sellers from South Carolina — the 10th team on the odds board — and you have an impressive group of eight quarterbacks poised to shape the conference title race. All but one of those quarterbacks were four- or five-star prospects coming out of high school. The exception? Sellers, who might have the brightest NFL future of the bunch with first-round draft potential in 2026.
Though these eight quarterbacks share elite recruiting pedigrees, they enter the season…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2025-07-15 15:39:00
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