College Football: Top 30 breakout candidates for 2018 season

LSU has a tattered past when it comes to the quarterback position. Since Zach Mettenberg left for the NFL following the 2013 season the position has been a veritable wasteland — and it hasn’t been for lack of talent.

The Tigers have brought in a dozen blue-chip quarterbacks and none of them have panned out. The program lost two quarterbacks to transfers this offseason, leaving Myles Brennan as the only reserve with meaningful collegiate experience. He too could join the laundry list of failed LSU passers.

But Burrow should be different. Mostly because his roots stem from Ohio State, not Baton Rouge. LSU has struggled to coach up its quarterbacks whereas Urban Meyer has had so many top-notch passers that he hasn’t been able to get them all on the field. That was the case this season too.

Dwayne Haskins and Tate Martell forced Burrow out, and he became the most talented quarterback on the LSU roster overnight. The Tigers have the talent at every other position. All that’s left for Burrow to do is step in and sling it, which he is more than capable of doing.