4 best quarterbacks Ole Miss will face in 2016
Ole Miss has arguably the toughest first month of the season in the country, starting at Orlando against Florida State on Labor Day, followed by back-to-back home games against Alabama and Georgia – with a little rest period against Wofford as a buffer.
But as good as all three of those teams are expected to be, they are all entrenched in quarterback battles.
At the risk of some assuming, here are four quarterbacks the Rebels should worry about, especially after losing top DBs Mike Hilton and Trae Elston.
1. Sean Maquire, Florida State
Assuming Maguire wins the job, he is coming off a season of 1,520 yards and 11 touchdowns. That came in a combo job with Everett Golson. An ankle injury in the Peach Bowl put Maquire’s progress on hold and made room for a trio of up-and-comers.
But Maquire will likely get the chance to shine without Golson over his shoulder, or the other way around. And he has a talented group of receivers, Travis Rudolph and Kermit Whitfield both in the ACC top five in receiving last season.
2. Greyson Lambert, Georgia
Fans are – and should be – excited about Jacob Eason. But lost in the hype is what Lambert has done for the Bulldogs lately.
There were times Lambert looked less than stellar, but it’s tough to argue with his efficient 63.3 completion percentage for nearly 2,000 yards or his 12 touchdowns to only 2 interceptions.
Losing back Sony Michel is a blow if his injury slips into the regular season, and someone will have to step in for top receiver Malcolm Mitchell, but Lambert can be very effective and will have to be with Eason waiting his turn.
3. Trevor Knight, Texas A&M
One of the few quarterbacks Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly can be even sort of envious of is Knight. Katy Perry had a crush on the guy. Katy Perry.
Kelly has a good mix of proven and raw talent to throw to. Meanwhile, Knight has all of his top guys back, including Christian Kirk and Josh Reynolds. The duo combined for 131 catches, 1,916 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2015.
And after Ole Miss has handed the Aggies back-to-back losses, there is a revenge factor to go along with the talent.
4. Brandon Harris, LSU
Harris was sub-par as a sophomore, but at the same time showed obvious skill. His 130.6 quarterback rating ranked seventh in the conference, and he completed only 53.8 percent of his passes to rank 11th in the SEC.
But what he has is personnel – Leonard Fournette at running back and Malachi Dupre at receiver. Fournette is the league’s top back and Dupre is in the top echelon at receiver. If Harris can stay consistent, he has the weapons to pick defenses apart.
Sean Maguire is not gonna be the best QB Ole Miss faces. I think that Trevor Knight might be and then maybe Harris but Harris is only gonna be that high because LSU can set up play action passes really good.
The FSU and GA game should look like the Houston and LSu games from last year. Any run-first team is going to have issues with our DL (top 4 in the nation against Rush/TDs).
Kelly is a fast stater, and playing Bama early at full strength is the way to do it (three-peat 52-34). Last year we scored on Bama 8 times, I’m saying 10 times this year.
I’m more worried about TAM and our secondary which lost it for us last year. LSu, well just stack the box or watch Ole Miss stuff LF on the one-yard line twice again this year, LOL
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LSu, that was a sweet game !
My god you’re ignorant. You attend Ole Miss? Just read that…..wow.
LOL, and who’s getting kicked out of the Army ?
Paper pusher you, can you even type 120 WPM.
Please, post a corrected version (specialist – 42A).
Score board is still going to read – (52-34 Ole Miss).
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Damn you’re dumb.
Specialist – 42A, LOL
Specialist in typing 60 WPM.
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Posting from work again, washout ???
RebelLandSharks at least Bamatime has a job……….
Landshart is just another uneducated dependapotamus. You can find them chasing Military guys.
St8ill, posting from work again, washout ???
Dependapotamus ^^
I don’t know… UGa is huge at O Line minus Isaiah Wynn but he is a player. We have a ton of young guys at 6’5″ 300 plus. I’ve been watching you and BamaTime and it’s good that he keeps you in check. This season hangs on Kirby keeping our D strong like those years at Bama and good coaching decisions. The offense is a toss up.
True enough and nothing against GA., but Lambert only had one TD a game (Kelly 3+ TDs).
And like I said many times – watch the LSu game (top 4 in the nation against Rushing/TDs).
Either way good luck, can’t wait til Sept !!!
Lambert is no good. Kirby needs to start Eason.
I apologize to any fanbases that feel offended by this opinion, but this seems quite favorable for the OM secondary (which has been called out for last year’s senior departures). I won’t say those qbs are bad, but all have flaws. Maquire is in a tough competition with a wr corp that was ridiculed by Fisher all last year, lambert is not favored by fanbases and didn’t have any huge moments other than the sc game. Knight is the most promising but he’s still new to the team and not much chemistry has surfaced, and lastly Harris should have the most upside but he has shown his flaws(although he played an above avg game against OM- but also playing from behind will do that).
Sorry for the long thread but if a new secondary had to face some troubling tests, these look fairly optimistic.
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Who is this Sean Maquire?
“1. SEAN MAQUIRE, FLORIDA STATE
Assuming Maguire wins the job…”
Q and G are too close on the keyboard. Typo, mosts likely.
SDS isn’t even consistently wrong.