Pro Football Focus is known for dishing out controversial opinions based on their own grading system and the latest was Georgia football’s Carson Beck being ranked their No. 1 returning quarterback in college football for 2024.
While this may not be quite as controversial as some other takes PFF has had, it’s one that has generated plenty of debate and has me wondering: is this true?
Is Beck really the best that 2024 college football will have to offer?
At times during the 2023 season, I would say that not even Georgia fans would have claimed this to be true. He had some slow starts to games that drove fans nuts, but that was more so on the offensive coordinator than it was on Beck. However, he did finish with nearly 4,000 yards and 24 touchdowns to just six interceptions. He also completed 72 percent of his passes.
Overall, Beck was really effective and consistent in 2023 and probably should have gotten a chance to play for a national title — don’t even get me started on the drop from No. 1 to No. 6 because of a three-point loss to Alabama in the SEC title game.
But is Beck better than the rest? Let’s look at what some other top returnees did last year
