The SEC’s most important position is suddenly its biggest strength
Quarterbacks will decide whether the SEC takes college football back — and the conference is loaded under center for 2026 season.
The most important position on the field, and the most important access point to the SEC reclaiming its perch atop college football . If there truly will be an SEC revival after the Big Ten’s three-season streak of national championships with three different teams, it will begin and end with elite quarterback play. Fortunately for the SEC, 2026 could be the deepest at the position in years.
From Arch Manning to AJ Hill, we give you the great, the good and the unknown of the quarterback position in the SEC. More: Spring QB competitions that could shape College Football Playoff race 1. Arch Manning, Texas Said he played “pissed off” for the first half of last season, and then the offense started having fun and began playing better as a unit over the final six games of the season.
OK, I’ll buy it. That, and the addition of dynamic transfer WR Cam Coleman , misused for two seasons under whatever Hugh Freeze was calling that Auburn offense. 2.
Sam Leavitt, LSU The positive: Leavitt’s development under elite OC/QB coach Charlie Weis Jr . The negative: How will the surgically repaired foot (Lisfranc injury) hold up? There’s so much drama surrounding all things LSU and new coach Lane Kiffin — and to a lesser extent, Leavitt’s huge NIL deal — every game will be scrutinized and polarized.
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