BleedGopher
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Per The Athletic:
Our expert panel consisted of roughly three dozen coaches, general managers, personnel directors, scouts and front office staffers across the country, representing every conference. These people, who spoke on condition of anonymity so they could offer their honest opinions, gave us their thoughts on how quarterbacks in their league compared, what they think of players they’ve competed against and who the very best in the country are, regardless of conference. We relied heavily on this feedback to form the list. There was no formal point system or vote tally. We simply leaned on these experts for their insight.
Just like last year, we categorized the 138 quarterbacks into tiers. There is no fixed number for each tier; they are divided where separations felt natural based on feedback.
29 Drake Lindsey
Lindsey more than held his own in his first season as a starter. He threw for 2,382 yards, led the Golden Gophers to eight wins and solidified himself as a key building block for the program. His size, tools and play have even generated some early NFL Draft buzz, and he should only be better this season now that he has a year of starting experience under his belt.
“He’s got a big arm,” a Big Ten front office staffer said. “If you look more at the statuesque passer-type with a big-bodied kid who makes a ton of plays for them, too.”
Scouting Take
Lindsey is one of the more underrated quarterback prospects in college football. A good-sized passer, he has a strong arm and delivers with touch. And he anticipates well to put the ball where his receiver will be, not where he is. His 2025 tape is littered with decisions he would like back, which is to be expected of a first-year starter in the Big Ten. But scouts are excited to see what Year 2 looks like. — Brugler
Go Gophers!!
Our expert panel consisted of roughly three dozen coaches, general managers, personnel directors, scouts and front office staffers across the country, representing every conference. These people, who spoke on condition of anonymity so they could offer their honest opinions, gave us their thoughts on how quarterbacks in their league compared, what they think of players they’ve competed against and who the very best in the country are, regardless of conference. We relied heavily on this feedback to form the list. There was no formal point system or vote tally. We simply leaned on these experts for their insight.
Just like last year, we categorized the 138 quarterbacks into tiers. There is no fixed number for each tier; they are divided where separations felt natural based on feedback.
29 Drake Lindsey
Lindsey more than held his own in his first season as a starter. He threw for 2,382 yards, led the Golden Gophers to eight wins and solidified himself as a key building block for the program. His size, tools and play have even generated some early NFL Draft buzz, and he should only be better this season now that he has a year of starting experience under his belt.
“He’s got a big arm,” a Big Ten front office staffer said. “If you look more at the statuesque passer-type with a big-bodied kid who makes a ton of plays for them, too.”
Scouting Take
Lindsey is one of the more underrated quarterback prospects in college football. A good-sized passer, he has a strong arm and delivers with touch. And he anticipates well to put the ball where his receiver will be, not where he is. His 2025 tape is littered with decisions he would like back, which is to be expected of a first-year starter in the Big Ten. But scouts are excited to see what Year 2 looks like. — Brugler
Go Gophers!!
