Scout's Eye: QB attribute rankings
National Football Post offers a group of rankings highlighting the top five prospects at each individual skill set and a variety of sub-categories to go with the first of its Scout's Eye series that showcased attributes and skills sets broken down for the quarterback position.
Franchise quarterbacks
1. Mark Sanchez, USC
2. Matthew Stafford, Georgia
3. Josh Freeman, Kansas State
4. Nate Davis, Ball State
5. Rhett Bomar, Sam Houston State
West Coast quarterbacks
1. Graham Harrell, Texas Tech
2. Nathan Brown, Central Arkansas
3. Rudy Carpenter, Arizona State
4. David Johnson, Tulsa
5. John Parker Wilson, Alabama
Arm strength
1. Stafford
2. Freeman
3. Davis
4. Hunter Cantwell, Louisville
5. Bomar
Accuracy
1. Harrell
2. Sanchez
3. David Johnson, Tulsa
4. Curtis Painter, Purdue
5. Chase Daniel, Missouri
Run/pass threats
1. Pat White, West Virginia
2. Stephen McGee, Texas A&M
3. Patrick Cowan, UCLA
4. Chase Clement, Rice
5. Tyler Lorenzen, Connecticut
Wildcat quarterbacks
1. White
2. Jacary Atkinson, Tuskegee
3. Juan Joseph, Millsaps
4. Bobby Reid, Texas Southern
5. Rodney Landers, James Madison
Intangibles
1. Sanchez
2. Harrell
3. Brown
4. McGee
5. Brian Hoyer, Michigan State
Intelligence/decision making
1. Sanchez
2. Wilson
3. Harrell
4. Chris Pizzotti, Harvard
5. Joe Ganz, Nebraska
Anticipation
1. Sanchez
2. Stafford
3. Harrell
4. Davis
5. Tom Brandstater, Fresno State
Pocket awareness
1. Sanchez
2. Stafford
3. Carpenter
4. Bomar
5. Wilson
Strength in the pocket
1. Freeman
2. Stafford
3. Willie Tuitama, Arizona
4. Hoyer
5. Cullen Harper, Clemson
Sleepers
1. Joey Halzle, Oklahoma
2. Chase Clement, Rice
3. Chase Patton, Missouri
4. Todd Boeckman, Ohio State
5. Chris Crane, Boston College
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