Break it down for me how he's a "very good" college QB. Because the tape I've watched of this season I've seen a guy who has a good command of the offense but struggles to get the ball out on time to the right places on anything other than screens, smoke routes, and intermediate routes. Even on those he's inconsistent with ball placement. It's just a fucking fact.
His ypa on deep balls is near bottom of SEC QBs. His completion percentage on deep balls is average compared to SEC QBs. His ypa period is near the bottom of the SEC. He's at best a bus driver who is very fortunate to have, outside of Will Howard at OSU, the best depth and high end talent around him in all of CFB. Over the last 2 season his backups are undefeated (including UTSA where he went out in the first quarter).
The only 2 games where he was required to put the offense on his shoulders were the Georgia games, and he failed at both, especially the SEC Title game where he turned it over twice in the red zone.
He's a decent college QB. A little above average at best. The numbers tell the story. The tape tells the story. It's just what it is. I wish he was great, and I'd love to be able to say he's great and not a weak spot on this offense.
If he was saddled with Ehlinger's Texas teams he'd be 6-6, max. He just isn't a playmaker like Ehlinger or Colt. Or especially VY. He's somewhere between Case McCoy/David Ash and Ehlinger on the Longhorn QB scale, he's just been lucky Sark has put together one of the top 3 talented teams in the country around him for 2 years straight.
We have everything necessary to be the favorite for the NC except kicker and QB. Those are the weak spots. I hope he transfers to another team, because it would be best for him, and also unless he drastically improves he'd be exposed with lesser talent around him.