MAP: Where FBS college football starting quarterbacks played in high school
By Thomas Frey
Sep 19, 2024, 10:30am
Texas leads the way with 34 starting signal callers at the FBS level, including Quinn Ewers, Jalen Milroe and Cam Ward.
Texas leads the way when it comes to producing college quarterbacks at the FBS level with 34 starters, including three who are leading top 10 programs — Quinn Ewers at Texas, Jalen Milroe at Alabama and Cam Ward at Miami.
Oklahoma signal caller Jackson Arnold also hails from the Lone Star State and has the Sooners off to a 3-0 start.
California follows with 19 starters while Florida has 12 and Georgia has 10.
Arizona rounds out the top five with seven starters. The Grand Canyon State is headlined by Tyler Shough, who has the Louisville Cardinals ranked No. 19 in the country with a 2-0 record.
Read on for a complete breakdown of where college quarterbacks played high school football.
Texas (34)Jackson Arnold,
Guyer (Denton) - Oklahoma
General Booty,
Allen - UL Monroe
Alan Bowman,
Grapevine - Oklahoma State
Hudson Card,
Lake Travis (Austin) - Purdue
Bryson Daily,
Abernathy - Army
Kyron Drones,
Shadow Creek (Pearland) - Virginia Tech
Stone Earle,
Birdville (North Richland Hills) - Marshall
Quinn Ewers,
Southlake Carroll (Southlake) - Texas
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi,
Aledo - Colorado State
Taylen Green,
Lewisville - Arkansas
Seth Henigan,
Ryan (Denton) - Memphis
Josh Hoover,
Rockwall-Heath (Rockwall) - TCU
Kevin Jennings,
South Oak Cliff (Dallas) - SMU
Haynes King,
Longview - Georgia Tech
Cade Klubnik,
Westlake (Austin) - Clemson
Brendon Lewis,
Melissa - Nevada
Braedyn Locke,
Rockwall - Wisconsin
John Mateer,
Little Elm - Washington State
Owen McCown,
Rusk - UTSA
Jalen Milroe,
Tompkins (Katy) - Alabama
Chandler Morris,
Highland Park (Dallas) - North Texas
Behren Morton,
Eastland - Texas Tech
Garrett Nussmeier,
Marcus (Flower Mound) - LSU
Alex Orji,
Sachse - Michigan
Brayden Schager,
Highland Park (Dallas) - Hawaii
Sawyer Robertson,
Coronado (Lubbock) - Baylor
Kaidon Salter,
Cedar Hill - Liberty
Shedeur Sanders,
Trinity Leadership (Cedar Hill) - Colorado
Donovan Smith,
Frenship (Wolfforth) - Houston
Brendan Sorsby,
Lake Dallas (Corinth) - Cincinnati
Jack Turner,
Cedar Ridge (Round Rock) - Louisiana Tech
Cam Ward,
Columbia (West Columbia) - Miami
Hunter Watson,
Celina - Sam Houston
Jacob Zeno,
Jay (San Antonio) - UAB
California (19)
Joey Aguilar,
Freedom (Oakley) - Appalachian State
Parker Awad,
Edison (Huntington Beach) - New Mexico State
Hank Bachmeier,
Murrieta Valley (Murrieta) - Wake Forest
Forrest Brock,
Birmingham (Lake Balboa) - Temple
Emmett Brown,
San Marcos - San Jose State
Aidan Chiles,
Downey - Michigan State
Jalon Daniels,
Lawndale - Kansas
Noah Fifita,
Servite (Anaheim) - Arizona
Ethan Garbers,
Corona del Mar (Newport Beach) - UCLA
Nico Iamaleava,
Warren (Downey) - Tennessee
Gevani McCoy,
Lawndale - Oregon State
Darian Mensah,
St. Joseph (Santa Maria) - Tulane
Miller Moss,
Bishop Alemany (Mission Hills) - USC
Maalik Murphy,
Serra (Gardena) - Duke
Jake Retzlaff,
Centennial (Corona) - BYU
Cameron Rising,
Newbury Park - Utah
Kadin Semonza,
Mission Viejo - Ball State
D.J. Uiagalelei,
St. John Bosco (Bellflower) - Florida State
Florida (12)Rocco Becht,
Wiregrass Ranch (Wesley Chapel) - Iowa State
Carson Beck,
Mandarin (Jacksonville) - Georgia
John Busha,
Charlotte (Punta Gorda) - Air Force
Anthony Colandrea,
Lakewood (St. Petersburg) - Virginia
Tucker Gleason,
Plant (Tampa) - Toledo
Garrett Greene,
Chiles (Tallahassee) - West Virginia
Tyler Huff,
Ridgeview (Orange Park) - Jacksonville State
Keyone Jenkins,
Central (Miami) - Florida International
Jordan McCloud,
Plant (Tampa) - Texas State
Fernando Mendoza,
Columbus (Miami) - California
Nicholas Vattiato,
TRU Prep Academy (Miami Gardens) - Middle Tennessee State
Hayden Wolff,
Venice - Western Michigan
Georgia (10)Max Brosmer,
Centennial (Roswell) - Minnesota
Thomas Castellanos,
Ware County (Waycross) - Boston College
Ashton Daniels,
Buford - Stanford
J.C. French,
Blessed Trinity (Roswell) - Georgia Southern
Jake Garcia,
Grayson (Loganville) - East Carolina
C.J. Ogbonna,
Wheeler (Marietta) - Buffalo
Dylan Raiola,
Buford - Nebraska
Tate Rodemaker,
Valdosta - Southern Miss
Brock Vandagriff,
Prince Avenue Christian (Athens) - Kentucky
Mike Wright,
Woodward Academy (College Park) - Northwestern
North Carolina (5)Alonza Barnett III,
Grimsley (Greensboro) - James Madison
Byrum Brown,
Rolesville - South Florida
Skyler Locklear,
Cleveland (Clayton) - UTEP
Grayson McCall,
Porter Ridge (Indian Trail) - NC State
Jaylen Raynor,
East Forsyth (Kernersville) - Arkansas State
Ohio (5)
Drew Allar,
Medina - Penn State
Connor Bazelak,
Archbishop Alter (Kettering) - Bowling Green
Cam Fancher,
Wayne (Huber Heights) - Florida Atlantic
Blake Horvath,
Hilliard Darby (Hilliard) - Navy
Joe Labas,
Brecksville-Broadview Heights (Broadview Heights) - Central Michigan
Illinois (2)
Ethan Hampton,
Aurora Christian (Aurora) - Northern Illinois
Athan Kaliakmanis,
Antioch - Rutgers
Connecticut (1)Taisun Phommachanh,
Avon Old Farms (Avon) - Massachusetts
Hawaii (1)Dillon Gabriel,
Mililani - Oregon
Indiana (1)
Danny O'Neil,
Cathedral (Indianapolis) - San Diego State
Kentucky (1)
Caden Veltkamp,
South Warren (Bowling Green) - Western Kentucky
Maryland (1)
Christian Veilleux,
Bullis (Potomac) - Georgia State
Nebraska (1)Max Brown,
Lincoln Christian (Lincoln) - Charlotte
Nevada (1)
Cade McNamara,
Damonte Ranch (Reno) - Iowa
New Jersey (1)
Devin Kargman,
Eastside (Camden) - Kent State
New Mexico (1)
Diego Pavia,
Volcano Vista (Albuquerque) - Vanderbilt
Oklahoma (1)Kirk Francis,
Metro Christian (Tulsa) - Tulsa
Oregon (1)
Sam Leavitt,
West Linn - Arizona State
South Carolina (1)LaNorris Sellers,
South Florence (Florence) - South Carolina
Canada (1)
Kurtis Rourke, Holy Trinity, Canada - Indiana
