NU QB position since 2010

[Irv]

Was thinking about all of the complaints about how mediocre we have been at QB for so long, and one thing that really stands out is just how few guys have been the named starting QB (not counting injury starts) since 2010. We have done a terrible job of recruiting legitimate competition for a guy once he got the job early in his career.

Starting in 2010, we have only had 6 different opening day starters, and 2 of those were the lost 2 years. There were only 4 different opening day starters from 2010-2021.

2010-2013 Taylor Martinez
2014-2016 Tommy Armstrong
2017 Tanner Lee
2018-2021 Adrian Martinez
2022 Thompson
2023 Sims

It's kind of amazing to have that kind of consistency without having any great success at the position. Yes, some guys were better than others, but no one in that group is so special that they should have started their entire career without threat of losing their job to a better guy.

I guess you can quibble and say we dabbled with Smothers or McCaffrey midseason, but all they did was show the weakness of subsequent recruiting. We have to get a lot more aggressive about having a QB room with options.

 

[jickey moseph]

Good thing we told this kid that he wasn't a QB!

Fuck!

 

[DrinkItIn]

Perhaps NU's less-than-stellar performance since 2010 might be a factor in why top-tier quarterbacks are hesitant to choose this program. Your list serves as a vivid reminder of how bad the QB room has been. While a few of those quarterbacks were serviceable, none achieved notable success.

Recruiting two quarterback prospects willing to compete for the starting role becomes a challenge when genuine quarterback talent isn't eager to join/transfer to NU.

 

[straightoutta308]

Dear god, I never thought I’d be super excited if Tommy Armpunt walked out of the tunnel again. Chalk up an L on that one after reading this.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

Good thing we told this kid that he wasn't a QB!

Fuck!

He is being regarded as an draftable WR currently.

I wish we would use Haarberg as a TE. He is a freak athlete and I could see him playing on Sundays there.

 

[Cornicator]

Was thinking about all of the complaints about how mediocre we have been at QB for so long, and one thing that really stands out is just how few guys have been the named starting QB (not counting injury starts) since 2010. We have done a terrible job of recruiting legitimate competition for a guy once he got the job early in his career.

Starting in 2010, we have only had 6 different opening day starters, and 2 of those were the lost 2 years. There were only 4 different opening day starters from 2010-2021.

2010-2013 Taylor Martinez
2014-2016 Tommy Armstrong
2017 Tanner Lee
2018-2021 Adrian Martinez
2022 Thompson
2023 Sims

It's kind of amazing to have that kind of consistency without having any great success at the position. Yes, some guys were better than others, but no one in that group is so special that they should have started their entire career without threat of losing their job to a better guy.

I guess you can quibble and say we dabbled with Smothers or McCaffrey midseason, but all they did was show the weakness of subsequent recruiting. We have to get a lot more aggressive about having a QB room with options.

And yet I would argue Nebraska is easily 2-0 right now if Taylor, Tommy or even Adrian were the starting QB's this season. Despite all their problems, they made big plays and none of them had a Defense this good outside of Taylor in 2010.

 

[Kaladin]

And yet I would argue Nebraska is easily 2-0 right now if Taylor, Tommy or even Adrian were the starting QB's this season. Despite all their problems, they made big plays and none of them had a Defense this good outside of Taylor in 2010.

Adrian had a pretty good defense in 2021 and he only managed 3 wins so I dunno

Tommy would lead us to 10 wins with this defense though

 

[Ext. 55]

Was thinking about all of the complaints about how mediocre we have been at QB for so long, and one thing that really stands out is just how few guys have been the named starting QB (not counting injury starts) since 2010. We have done a terrible job of recruiting legitimate competition for a guy once he got the job early in his career.

Starting in 2010, we have only had 6 different opening day starters, and 2 of those were the lost 2 years. There were only 4 different opening day starters from 2010-2021.

2010-2013 Taylor Martinez
2014-2016 Tommy Armstrong
2017 Tanner Lee
2018-2021 Adrian Martinez
2022 Thompson
2023 Sims

It's kind of amazing to have that kind of consistency without having any great success at the position. Yes, some guys were better than others, but no one in that group is so special that they should have started their entire career without threat of losing their job to a better guy.

I guess you can quibble and say we dabbled with Smothers or McCaffrey midseason, but all they did was show the weakness of subsequent recruiting. We have to get a lot more aggressive about having a QB room with options.

 

[Jim14510]

Adrian had a pretty good defense in 2021 and he only managed 3 wins so I dunno

Agreed. That 2021 defense was at least as good as this years.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Perhaps NU's less-than-stellar performance since 2010 might be a factor in why top-tier quarterbacks are hesitant to choose this program. Your list serves as a vivid reminder of how bad the QB room has been. While a few of those quarterbacks were serviceable, none achieved notable success.

Recruiting two quarterback prospects willing to compete for the starting role becomes a challenge when genuine quarterback talent isn't eager to join/transfer to NU.

I don't buy that as being a factor. it might hurt with the highly-ranked guys, but there are plenty of G5 schools that find productive QBs every year. QB, as much as any position is about talent evaluation, development and finding guys that fit the scheme.

I'd argue the constant changing of coaches, scheme and lack of identity are as much to blame as anything

Look at Jalon Daniels at KU. he's a better QB than anything we've had in over a decade and he was a 2-star with no other P5 interest and ends up at arguably the worst P5 team at the time. then he gets the right OC and he's a star

 

[Cornicator]

Agreed. That 2021 defense was at least as good as this years.

But the Special Teams was atrocious. And that 2021 defense couldn't generate a pass rush. I believe the Special Teams and Defense is much better.

I also believe this methodical, 2007 offense wouldve worked much better for Adrian.

 

[ChocaEgg]

Agreed. That 2021 defense was at least as good as this years.

 

[Blakejc]

Stop the infatuation with high risk/reward qbs.

 

[Jim14510]

Well you're gay.

 

[ChocaEgg]

Well you're gay.

 

[Cash68847]

Agreed. That 2021 defense was at least as good as this years.

That defense still had issues getting stops when they needed it. We need to see how the whole year plays out to really determine anything. The one thing this defense has over the 2021 is a much better DC.

 

[Jim14510]

That defense still had issues getting stops when they needed it. We need to see how the whole year plays out to really determine anything. The one thing this defense has over the 2021 is a much better DC.

What 2021 had was being in the same system for 4 years though.

 

[Cash68847]

What 2021 had was being in the same system for 4 years though.

You could definitely be right, but if this defense ends up being a top 25-35 defense with this offense that says something. We have to just let the season play out.

 

[Jim14510]

You could definitely be right, but if this defense ends up being a top 25-35 defense with this offense that says something. We have to just let the season play out.

I'll agree to that. The 2021 defense had to deal with 2AM turnovers too but wasn't as bad as this start. They certainly still had some problems too. I tried to find where they ended up ranking earlier but gave up.

 

[Cash68847]

I'll agree to that. The 2021 defense had to deal with 2AM turnovers too but wasn't as bad as this start. They certainly still had some problems too. I tried to find where they ended up ranking earlier but gave up.

The biggest thing which frustrated me with that defense is when the offense would finally come through, the defense would let up a score. Frost teams were the worst at complimentary football.