Ranking Gator Quarterbacks by Season Passer Rating

[Escambia94]

Graham Mertz and DJ Lagway have been a vast improvement in the quality of Gator quarterbacks since 1990. Here are the top Gator QBs by season passer rating (minimum of 50 pass attempts). Graham Mertz ranks #12 and #15 while DJ Lagway ranks #14.
Rank Name Attempts Yards Rating Year
1 Kyle Trask 437 4283 180.0 2020
2 Danny Wuerffel 325 3266 178.4 1995
3 Jesse Palmer 123 1246 173.9 1998
4 Brock Berlin 60 483 173.8 2001
5 Feleipe Franks 54 698 173.4 2019
6 Tim Tebow 350 3286 172.5 2007
7 Tim Tebow 298 2746 172.4 2008
8 Rex Grossman 395 3896 170.8 2001
9 Danny Wuerffel 360 3625 170.6 1996
10 Eric Kresser 112 992 164.2 1995
11 Tim Tebow 314 2895 164.2 2009
12 Graham Mertz 94 791 164.1 2024
13 Rex Grossman 212 1866 161.8 2000
14 DJ Lagway 157 1610 159.6 2024
15 Graham Mertz 358 2903 157.8 2023
16 Kyle Trask 354 2941 156.2 2019
17 Terry Dean 180 1492 155.7 1994
18 Danny Wuerffel 212 1754 151.3 1994
19 Shane Matthews 361 3130 148.8 1991
20 Terry Dean 200 1651 146.4 1993
21 Treon Harris 111 1019 146.2 2014
22 Danny Wuerffel 273 2230 146.1 1993
23 Will Grier 161 1204 145.6 2015
24 Doug Johnson 337 2346 145.2 1998
25 Chris Leak 399 3197 144.9 2004
26 Chris Leak 365 2942 144.9 2006
27 Anthony Richardson 64 529 144.1 2021
28 Feleipe Franks 322 2457 143.4 2018
29 Emory Jones 346 2734 141.7 2021
30 John Brantley 240 2044 140.8 2011
31 Ingle Martin 77 654 140.0 2003
32 Shane Matthews 378 2952 139.9 1990
33 Chris Leak 374 2639 136.5 2005
34 Jeff Driskel 61 477 135.5 2013
35 Noah Brindise 83 695 135.2 1997
36 Doug Johnson 274 2023 135.0 1997
37 Chris Leak 320 2435 132.9 2003
38 Doug Johnson 337 2574 132.4 1999
39 Jeff Driskel 245 1646 132.2 2012
40 Anthony Richardson 327 2549 131.0 2022
41 Skyler Mornhinweg 63 344 128.2 2013
42 Austin Appleby 209 1447 128.0 2016
43 Shane Matthews 463 3205 127.0 1992
44 Jesse Palmer 223 1653 127.0 2000
45 Rex Grossman 503 3402 121.5 2002
46 Tyler Murphy 185 1216 121.1 2013
47 Luke Del Rio 201 1358 118.6 2016
48 Treon Harris 235 1676 118.1 2015
49 John Brantley 329 2061 116.4 2010
50 Feleipe Franks 229 1438 113.3 2017
51 Malik Zaire 56 349 105.9 2017
52 Jeff Driskel 212 1140 103.5 2014
53 Jesse Palmer 95 565 92.7 1999
54 Aidan Warner 50 228 68.3 2024

 

[DRU2012]

@Escambia94,
AND, if not for a greedy father and a stolen ksptop thrown off the balcony of a Ganesville high rise, Cam Newton would have been on that lodt right after Tim Tebow.
But it does appear at least somewhat inevitable that DJ Lagway may well one day TOP that list.

 

[Escambia94]

@Escambia94,
AND, if not for a greedy father and a stolen ksptop thrown off the balcony of a Ganesville high rise, Cam Newton would have been on that lodt right after Tim Tebow.
But it does appear at least somewhat inevitable that DJ Lagway may well one day TOP that list.

Cam Newton did a lot of things other than steal a laptop and let his greedy father test out NIL illegally. In 2007 he was clearly ahead of Brantley on the depth chart no matter how hard the Brantley family lobbied. By 2008, Newton was missing class, failing classes, ignoring parking tickets, arguing with teammates, etc to the point where Meyer had no choice but to promote Brantley above him. I am not saying Newton was a bad kid. I do believe that if NIL were legal back then, Meyer could have enticed him to study harder, pay for tutoring, pay for his parking tickets, pay for a laptop, and perhaps paid for a person QB coach. The point is that Cam Newton's career at Florida was spiraling out of control a year before he threw the laptop out the window, but his time at Blinn College humbled him and made him a better person.