Heading into the 2025 college football season, star quarterbacks looked like they would be the sport’s biggest headliners. Signal-callers in the SEC in particular seemed poised to become household names (if they weren’t already) — with Arch Manning taking the reins at Texas and DJ Lagway returning to Florida, Garrett Nussmeier to LSU and LaNorris Sellers to South Carolina. All four ranked among the top seven preseason favorites to win the Heisman Trophy, according to DraftKings .
Through Week 3, none of those quarterbacks rank in the top 50 of the Football Bowl Subdivision in passing yardage per game nor the top 20 in completion percentage. Manning got booed by Texas fans while playing UTEP at home on Saturday. Lagway threw five interceptions vs. LSU last weekend as Florida fe