By my measure the top recruited QB Depth Chart of the CFP Era came in its 1st year – none other than Will Muschamp and the '14 Birmingham Bowl Champion Florida Gators: 1. 5 Jeff Driskel (.9916) 2. 4 Treon Harris (.9444) 3. 4 Will Grier (.9765) – a 1-3 average of .9708.

This throne has been challenged many times – 2015 USC (Kessler, Browne, Darnold – .9531), 2019 Michigan (Patterson, McCaffrey, Milton – .9540), 2021 Georgia (Daniels, Beck, Vandagriff – .9641)...

The closest attempt was last year's Clemson squad: 1. 5Trevor Lawrence (.9999) 2. 5 DJ Uiagalelei (.9949) 3. 4 Taisun Phommachanh (.9156) – a top 3 average of .9701, just .0007 behind the 2014 Gators...

If Coach Ryan Day can keep his roster/recruits together the 2022 Buckeyes are looking to shatter this with an inconceivable .9880 – his team will be the first of the era to feature back-to-back-to-back top 5 QB recruits...

2020 – 2019 Elite 11 MVP 4 C.J. Stroud (.9780)
2021 – 3x PA State Champ. 5 Kyle McCord (.9860)
2022 – 5Quinn Ewers (1.0000), the highest-ranked QB recruit of the era...

This would be a massive paradigm shift for Day's Buckeyes, who were seen as a running QB's school under Urban Meyer (Braxton Miller, JT Barrett)...

Day implemented an NFL system and saw an immediate switch at the position – Dwayne Haskins was OSU's first 1st round QB since 1982 (OSU led the NCAA in 1st rd. picks up to that point with 84, only 2 of which were QBs)...

Now, after a 37-year 1st round QB drought, OSU will send back-to-back starters to the stage with Goodell. And if Day can keep his roster intact, we could see a new era of Buckeye QB play...

XC: Ewers' commitment goes deeper than top recruit to top school. OSU was the TX native's 1st Power 5 offer, before he had played a snap of H.S. ball and while Day was still an assistant. When he decommitted from hometown Texas after Tom Herman's dismissal, Day was ready.