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SEC deep in quarterback talent across the league

AP file photo by Mark Humphrey / Tennessee sixth-year senior Hendon Hooker is one of the main reasons why the SEC’s quarterback depth is considered especially impressive entering the 2022 season. Hooker and the Vols open their schedule Thursday, when Ball State visits for a 7 p.m. game on SEC Network.
AP file photo by Mark Humphrey / Tennessee sixth-year senior Hendon Hooker is one of the main reasons why the SEC’s quarterback depth is considered especially impressive entering the 2022 season. Hooker and the Vols open their schedule Thursday, when Ball State visits for a 7 p.m. game on SEC Network. AP file photo by Mark Humphrey / Tennessee sixth-year senior Hendon Hooker is one of the main reasons why the SEC’s quarterback depth is considered especially impressive entering the 2022 season. Hooker and the Vols open their schedule Thursday, when Ball State visits for a 7 p.m. game on SEC Network.

By JOHN ZENOR / The Associated Press 4 min read


The Southeastern Conference’s collection of quarterback talent, a group of promising passers both new and old, is headlined by 2021 Heisman Tophy winner Bryce Young of top-ranked Alabama, and Stetson Bennett of No. 3 Georgia, the former walk-on who led the Bulldogs to the national title over Young & Co.

Of course, it hardly stops there.

There are established starters at Tennessee (Hendon Hooker), No. 19 Arkansas (KJ Jefferson), No. 20 Kentucky (Will Levis) and Mississippi State (Will Rogers), and a dynamic but still unproven Anthony Richardson at Florida.

Then you have to account for highly regarded transfers and former Power Five starters Spencer Rattler at South Carolina and Jaxson Dart at No. 21 Ole Miss.