Aidan O'Connell is in Tier 3. So per ESPN, he's a top 15 QB this year? Interesting writeup about him that I didn't know about.
Tier 1: Heisman or bust (3 players)
Tier 2: Heisman waiting room (3 players)
Tier 2a: What's a guy gotta do to get some Heisman love around here (1 player)
Tier 3: Pretty... pretty good (8 players)
https://www.espn.com/college-footba...college-football-quarterback-situations-tiers
Tier 3 / O'Connell comments:
"If you're nitpicking these guys, you simply don't like fun, but for the sake of it, each of these guys comes with some sort of asterisk...."
"But the most interesting name in this tier might be O'Connell. There were just five players to post a Total QBR of 85 or better last year. Three are in our top tier. Another won the national championship. The fifth player is O'Connell. O'Connell finished with 3,708 passing yards and 28 touchdowns and completed nearly 72% of his passes. Only four other Power 5 QBs who didn't play for Leach hit those marks in a season during the playoff era: Joe Burrow, Mac Jones, CJ Stroud and Baker Mayfield."
BIG10
Tier 1 - Ohio State CJ Stroud
Tier 3 - Aidan O'Connell
Tier 7 - Michigan Cade McNamara and JJ McCarthy
Tier 7 - Michigan State Payton Thorne
Tier 7 - Maryland Taulia Tagovailoa
Tier 9 - Penn State Sean Clifford
Tier 9 - Minnesota Tanner Morgan
Tier 11 - Wisconsin Graham Mertz
Tier 13 - Indiana
Tier 14 - Nebraska
Tier 15 - Iowa
Tier 18 - Northwestern
Tier 18 - Illinois
Tier 18 - Rutgers
Other notables:
Tier 13 - Syracuse's Garrett Shrader
Tier 16 - Cal Jack Plummer
Tier 1: Heisman or bust (3 players)
Tier 2: Heisman waiting room (3 players)
Tier 2a: What's a guy gotta do to get some Heisman love around here (1 player)
Tier 3: Pretty... pretty good (8 players)
https://www.espn.com/college-footba...college-football-quarterback-situations-tiers
Tier 3 / O'Connell comments:
"If you're nitpicking these guys, you simply don't like fun, but for the sake of it, each of these guys comes with some sort of asterisk...."
"But the most interesting name in this tier might be O'Connell. There were just five players to post a Total QBR of 85 or better last year. Three are in our top tier. Another won the national championship. The fifth player is O'Connell. O'Connell finished with 3,708 passing yards and 28 touchdowns and completed nearly 72% of his passes. Only four other Power 5 QBs who didn't play for Leach hit those marks in a season during the playoff era: Joe Burrow, Mac Jones, CJ Stroud and Baker Mayfield."
BIG10
Tier 1 - Ohio State CJ Stroud
Tier 3 - Aidan O'Connell
Tier 7 - Michigan Cade McNamara and JJ McCarthy
Tier 7 - Michigan State Payton Thorne
Tier 7 - Maryland Taulia Tagovailoa
Tier 9 - Penn State Sean Clifford
Tier 9 - Minnesota Tanner Morgan
Tier 11 - Wisconsin Graham Mertz
Tier 13 - Indiana
Tier 14 - Nebraska
Tier 15 - Iowa
Tier 18 - Northwestern
Tier 18 - Illinois
Tier 18 - Rutgers
Other notables:
Tier 13 - Syracuse's Garrett Shrader
Tier 16 - Cal Jack Plummer