[SamuelMcF]

The notion of "QB of the future," unless you're a blue-blood who can convince a 5* (with $$$) to wait a year or two, is dead. 

Next year's starter is not on the team.

I certainly (hopefully) agree with your second statement. I don't quite agree with your first statement though. I think there are LOTS of guys out there that are right now buying the notion that they are the "QB of the future" at their present school. They are buying it because they aren't 5* guys with tons of better offers available to them. They have probably negotiated a reasonable deal financially and they believe where they are is better than what alternatives they may currently have. These guys may all actually be "plan b" guys for the non-blue-blood schools they attend, although they aren't being told that. These schools are hoping to snag a better 5* QB in the transfer portal/recruiting. These schools however may not succeed in doing so, and then the athlete in question will indeed be QB1, at least for a year. That gamble may make lots of sense for both parties if the athlete has no really compelling other offers.

See Ty Simpson. . . .

5* mega-whale QB Ty Simpson, convinced to stay at blue-blood school Alabama, doesn't seem to support the paragraph you think it does. (I do agree with the situation in said paragraph though.)

[SamuelMcF]

The notion of "QB of the future," unless you're a blue-blood who can convince a 5* (with $$$) to wait a year or two, is dead. 

Next year's starter is not on the team.

I certainly (hopefully) agree with your second statement. I don't quite agree with your first statement though. I think there are LOTS of guys out there that are right now buying the notion that they are the "QB of the future" at their present school. They are buying it because they aren't 5* guys with tons of better offers available to them. They have probably negotiated a reasonable deal financially and they believe where they are is better than what alternatives they may currently have. These guys may all actually be "plan b" guys for the non-blue-blood schools they attend, although they aren't being told that. These schools are hoping to snag a better 5* QB in the transfer portal/recruiting. These schools however may not succeed in doing so, and then the athlete in question will indeed be QB1, at least for a year. That gamble may make lots of sense for both parties if the athlete has no really compelling other offers.

See Ty Simpson. . . .

5* mega-whale QB Ty Simpson, convinced to stay at blue-blood school Alabama, doesn't seem to support the paragraph you think it does. (I do agree with the situation in said paragraph though.)