PJ’s Rankings Review Part Two – Five Quarterbacks I Have Ranked Higher Than Consensus

In part one, I highlighted five quarterbacks that I have ranked lower than my fellow rankers here at Campus2Canton and explained why I had concerns. In this article, we are choosing to focus on the positive and look at five signal callers that I have ranked higher than my compatriots.

Some of this is because I see a higher ceiling and/or a chance for round one NFL draft potential, and some of it is because I tend to aggressively rank high-end college producing quarterbacks because they are the ones that can help you win your leagues this season. Without further ado, here are the five players I think have a great chance to outperform their consensus ranking.

Moore has been a polarizing prospect ever since he was a five-star recruit headed to UCLA. His lack of rushing upside and uneven performance when he was thrust into action as a true freshman pushed him down the board for many, but he had a career resurgence last season in his first season as a full-time starting quarterback for the Oregon Ducks.

He ended the season throwing for just over 3,500 yards and 30 touchdowns and was considered a near lock to go in the top 10 of the 2025 NFL Draft, but instead, Moore decided to return to Oregon for a chance at a National Championship and a big NIL payday. Will this move work out for him? Only time will tell, but I think that, given another year of development for Dakorien Moore and a (hopefully) healthy season from Evan Stewart, he has a good chance to surpass his numbers from last season and is still very likely to get top-10-15 draft capital.

Others have more toolsy guys with much more questionable draft capital concerns, like LaNorris Sellers and Husan Longstreet, who ranked ahead of Moore. I will take the near guaranteed (barring injury) top 20-25 CFF season and top 10-15 draft capital over that gamble every day of the week.

Taylor played sparingly last season, but when he stepped onto the field, his elite athleticism was apparent right off the bat. Despite only making two starts on the season, he finished with 458 rushing yards and eight touchdowns, including a performance against Georgia where he entered the game in relief of Blake Shapen and ran for 53 yards and three touchdowns.

The knock on Taylor’s game is likely going to be his passing ability, but we have seen time and again that elite rushing threats at the quarterback position don’t need to air it out much to be a top 10-15 quarterback for fantasy. Just last season, Colton Joseph, Alonza Barnett, and Conner Weigman were all top ten quarterbacks who threw for under 3,000 yards and 20-25 touchdowns but were bolstered by either rushing for 1,000 yards and/or double-digit touchdowns.

Many were also worried about Taylor after a gruesome-looking injury he sustained in the Bulldogs’ bowl game against Wake Forest, but it turned out to be much less severe than it looked, and he is already healthy for spring practice. Some likely have him ranked lower because they feel his issues with throwing the ball could limit him in the NFL, but given what has happened with LaNorris Sellers and, in the past, with Anthony Richardson, I think getting drafted in the first round with his athletic upside is definitely in the realm of possibility. Others have guys like Darian Mensah and CJ Carr ranked ahead of him – give me the athletic upside of Kamario over those guys fairly easily.

The analysis of Jackson is fairly straightforward. He was a top-five quarterback last year, and Texas State returns both 1,000-yard wide receivers alongside their head coach and offensive coordinator. Their defense loses a lot of production, as the team already allowed 29 points per game last season. Every conference game they play is going to have the makings of a shootout this season, and Jackson is going to have the potential to score 30+ points every week.

I am a little concerned that Greg Burrell could be better than what Lincoln Pare was last season, given his pedigree and athleticism, but Pare already scored 12 touchdowns last season when Jackson ran for 17, so even if he vultures a few extra touchdowns, Jackson is still a top ten quarterback. I also think Jackson has a good chance to throw for more touchdowns this season, as he only had 21 passing touchdowns in 2025.

What moves Jackson up my rankings is that he did all of this as a redshirt freshman last season. He has three more years of eligibility if he wants them, and while some might argue he could transfer up and potentially kill his value, he had the chance this season and chose to remain at Texas State. I imagine others have Jackson ranked lower because they think his NFL upside is limited at best, but give me two, or possibly three, top-10 CFF finishes at quarterback over the upside of guys like Bear Bachmeier or Dylan Raiola. Every other ranker also has Demond Williams ranked at least 9-10 spots ahead of him – given his size, I think Demond has little to no NFL upside, so I’d much rather have Jackson.

This one is by far my biggest deviation from the rest of the group. Arnold’s stock has plummeted ever since his freshman season at Oklahoma, when he struggled in their bowl game against Arizona. Does this ranking mean that I all of a sudden believe in Jackson Arnold as a player again? No, most certainly not.

What I do believe in is the UNLV system’s ability to take quarterbacks with far less ability than he does and turn them into every-week starters for our fantasy teams. In 2024, it was Matthew Sluka, who scored 80.02 points in three games in six-point passing touchdown leagues before he decided to sit out the rest of the season. Hajj-Malik Williams stepped in for the rest of the season and proceeded to be a top 10 quarterback the rest of the way, putting up 293.4 points over the rest of the fantasy season.

Last season, it was Virginia transfer Anthony Colandrea’s turn, accumulating 401.26 points and finishing as QB7 on the season. I am completely out on Arnold as an NFL prospect, but if I can lock in a top-10 to top-15 quarterback season at that point in the draft, I would be much more interested in that than in guys like Ryder Lyons, Julian Lewis, or even Anthony Colandrea this season at Nebraska. There is one ranker who doesn’t even have Arnold ranked – given UNLV’s recent history at the position, this is borderline malpractice.

Sorsby was QB14 in his second season as a starting quarterback for the Cincinnati Bearcats last season, throwing for 2,800 yards and 27 touchdowns while rushing for 580 yards and another nine scores, and capitalized on that success to make the move to Texas Tech in the transfer portal.

He will have much better weapons to throw to this season for the Red Raiders, including fellow portal additions Malcolm Simmons and Kenny Johnson, plus returning starters Coy Eakin and Terrance Carter. Given that Texas Tech has opened its coffers over the past few seasons for NIL and the transfer portal, I think the Red Raiders have a real shot at making a deep run in the playoffs this season, and Sorsby has a chance to make a name for himself running the offense.

I think others are concerned that he isn’t an NFL-caliber quarterback, but he has a requisite star rating (81.0) and throwing velocity (53 MPH) according to our Athletic Comparison tool, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he made a Fernando Mendoza-type run this season. Even if the three-headed monster at running back vultures some of his rushing touchdowns I still think Sorsby is a locked in top 20 fantasy quarterback and has a chance to get late round one or day two NFL draft capital. I would take that over guys like Josh Hoover or Dylan Raiola, who other rankers have ranked higher despite much lower star-index ratings.

I find exercises like this helpful, as they help get outside the hive mind and give reasons why someone might be thinking differently from the consensus. I plan to continue this exercise for my running back and wide receiver rankings, and possibly tight ends if people want to see that. Until then, happy drafting!