High school QBs face new reality as transfers dominate starting jobs at the top of college football

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Even though he was almost 2, 000 miles from where he'd grown up, Ryan Hopkins felt right at home as a quarterback prospect visiting Wisconsin.

Key points

• Dilfer is a former Fresno State quarterback and first-round draft pick who began for the Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl championship team in the 2000 season.
• "I felt the energy from the city, " remarked Hopkins, a former three-star recruit from Mater Dei in Santa Ana, California.
• But there was a complication that went beyond the distance factor.
• This person has experienced quarterback recruiting from just concerning every angle.

"I felt the energy from the city, " remarked Hopkins, a former three-star recruit from Mater Dei in Santa Ana, California. "I felt the energy from the coaches."

But there was a complication that went beyond the distance factor. Hopkins had to accord with the dilemma facing just concerning every high school quarterback prospect since most Bowl Subdivision programs now overwhemingly rely on transfers at that position: Regarding 65% of the FBS starting quarterbacks to open this season transferred at some point in their careers.

"It's a totally different ballgame, " remarked Trent Dilfer. This person has experienced quarterback recruiting from just concerning every angle.

Dilfer is a former Fresno State quarterback and first-round draft pick who began for the Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl championship team in the 2000 season. He coached a high school power at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, was a college head coach at UAB and now is back at Lipscomb.

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