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College Football: 3 starting QBs who won’t survive 2017 season

By Justin Dottavio

GLENDALE, AZ - DECEMBER 31: Head coach Urban Meyer of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks on against the Clemson Tigers during the 2016 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium on December 31, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ - DECEMBER 31: Head coach Urban Meyer of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks on against the Clemson Tigers during the 2016 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium on December 31, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /
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Playing quarterback for a national power is a tough business. Read about three signal callers that won’t survive college football’s 2017 season

Quarterbacks come and go for a variety of reasons. Sometimes a freshman or backup beats out a veteran; remember back just a few short years to Clemson’s Deshaun Watson beating out Cole Stoudt, Tommy Rees giving up his spot to Everett Golson at Notre Dame and Sam Darnold replacing Max Browne at USC.

In others instances injuries are inevitable behind certain offensive lines and guys pull a Lou Gehrig and never give the job back. Examples would be Ryan Williams and Brad Kaaya in Miami, Jerry Colquitt and Todd Helton being injured to allow Peyton Manning in the game at Tennessee, Tony Rice coming in for Terry Andrysiak in South Bend, and Kenny Dorsey replacing a beat up Kenny Kelly in Miami against Virginia Tech back in 1999.

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The ultimate anomaly is whatever happened in Columbus, Ohio in 2014 through 2015. With Braxton Miller injured, JT Barrett took over and led OSU to the Big Ten title game before also being injured and Cardele Jones took over and won the first College Football Playoff title. Jones entered 2015 as the starter and eventually gave way to Barrett before entering the NFL Draft.

Which three quarterbacks won’t survive the 2017 season? Let’s take a look.

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