Outside of the state of Mississippi, SEC quarterback play has more or less lived up to the mediocrity that fans from other conferences had hoped to see.

There’s plenty of season left to change that. But Week 3 produced a number of disappointing performances among the SEC’s top signal-callers.

I figured that asking which player disappointed the most at the position would produce some interesting debate. But the question turned out to be a dud. One player has been so disappointing so far in 2015 that he stands out above the rest, according to most of our staff.

WHICH SEC QB DISAPPOINTED YOU MOST THIS WEEKEND?

Jon Cooper (@JonSDS): Jeremy Johnson, Auburn Tigers

Hook, line and sinker — I was sold on Jeremy Johnson. I was one of the many screaming Johnson was set up to have a big year at the helm of Gus Malzahn’s offense. Guilty as charged. Johnson was a surefire preseason Heisman candidate, but just three games into the season, it’s obvious he’s not the player everyone thought. Johnson’s thrown six INTs in three games, which leads the SEC, and his confidence is clearly shaken. In order for Malzahn’s offense to get rocking, Malzahn will have to run Johnson (or Sean White, who will start Saturday against Mississippi State) for the rest of the season. The threat of a running quarterback does wonders for offenses.

Christopher Smith (@csmithSDS): Patrick Towles, Kentucky

I realized before Saturday that I was wrong about Jeremy Johnson, so his continued ineffectiveness wasn’t so much disappointing as it was the crater after a long fall from the top of a building. There are plenty of choices here: Arkansas’ Brandon Allen, for his continued inability to lead the team to a come-from-behind win in the fourth quarter, Florida’s Will Grier for looking every bit the part of a true freshman, Missouri’s Maty Mauk for making zero meaningful progression in about two years and Tennessee’s Joshua Dobbs for forcing too many throws into tight windows.

But Towles, supposedly one of the top underclassman NFL quarterback prospects in the country, running an Air Raid offense with a plethora of young pass-catchers, completed 8 of 24 passes for 126 yards and two interceptions in a 14-9 loss. Unlike Auburn, Kentucky’s defense did its part, limiting Florida to two touchdowns. UK had every opportunity to end a 28-game losing streak. But those efforts were futile as Towles had one of his worst days as a starter.

Brad Crawford (@BCrawfordSDS): Jeremy Johnson, Auburn

I’ve given up on Jeremy Johnson being an All-SEC caliber quarterback by season’s end. He doesn’t have ‘it’ and seems to have crippled what Gus Malzahn and the Tigers are trying to do offensively. Johnson looked out of sorts for the third consecutive game Saturday afternoon in Baton Rouge and doesn’t seem to know when and where to deliver the football. I thought we’d see a personnel change at the position before we saw Johnson blossom into a reliable starter for the Tigers, and that proved to be true this week with Malzahn’s recent announcement. Now that we have a sample size, the results are disappointing.

Talal Elmasry (@TalalElmasrySDS): Jeremy Johnson, Auburn

Auburn’s junior quarterback can make a case for being the most disappointing player in the country. Johnson was expected to be in the same sentence as Trevone Boykin and Cody Kessler. Instead, he’s in the same company as Austin Appleby. That’s Purdue’s quarterback, the only other QB in the country with six picks. Johnson added an interception and a fumble lost against LSU. His other fumble, which he recovered, is a candidate for worst play of the year.

And what happened to Johnson being a threat to run the ball? He only has 59 yards on 21 carries to show for it. There were some out there who had Johnson as a Heisman contender. Instead, he’s already been benched, and we’re only coming up on Week 4.