Just for curiosity's sake (for anyone still upset over a recruit) I wanted to look at the top HS QBs from the last 20 years.
2004 - Rhett Bomar (Oklahoma)
2005 - Mark Sanchez (USC)
2006 - Brent Schaeffer (Mississippi)
2007 - Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame)
2008 - Terrelle Pryor (Ohio State)
2009 - Matt Barkley (USC)
2010 - Phillip Sims (Alabama)
2011 - Jeff Driskel (Florida)
2012 - Jameis Winston (FSU)
2013 - Max Browne (USC)
2014 - Kyle Allen (Texas A&M)
2015 - Josh Rosen (UCLA)
2016 - Shea Patterson (Mississippi)
2017 - Davis Mills (Stanford)
2018 - Trevor Lawrence (Clemson)
2019 - Spencer Rattler (Oklahoma)
2020 - Bryce Young (Alabama)
2021 - Quinn Ewers (Ohio State)
2022 - Cade Klubnik (Clemson)
2023 - Arch Manning (Texas)
2024 - Dylan Raiola (Nebraska)
That list includes multiple "who is that?", transferred, or just didn't produce. There's also only 2 that won the national championship and 2 who have won the Heisman.
Point is not to say Dylan Raiola will not pan out - I wish the kid luck. But rather, the sky is not falling if the top QB doesn't come to your school.
2004 - Rhett Bomar (Oklahoma)
2005 - Mark Sanchez (USC)
2006 - Brent Schaeffer (Mississippi)
2007 - Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame)
2008 - Terrelle Pryor (Ohio State)
2009 - Matt Barkley (USC)
2010 - Phillip Sims (Alabama)
2011 - Jeff Driskel (Florida)
2012 - Jameis Winston (FSU)
2013 - Max Browne (USC)
2014 - Kyle Allen (Texas A&M)
2015 - Josh Rosen (UCLA)
2016 - Shea Patterson (Mississippi)
2017 - Davis Mills (Stanford)
2018 - Trevor Lawrence (Clemson)
2019 - Spencer Rattler (Oklahoma)
2020 - Bryce Young (Alabama)
2021 - Quinn Ewers (Ohio State)
2022 - Cade Klubnik (Clemson)
2023 - Arch Manning (Texas)
2024 - Dylan Raiola (Nebraska)
That list includes multiple "who is that?", transferred, or just didn't produce. There's also only 2 that won the national championship and 2 who have won the Heisman.
Point is not to say Dylan Raiola will not pan out - I wish the kid luck. But rather, the sky is not falling if the top QB doesn't come to your school.
