The phrase you’ve probably heard time or two. Unfortunately, it is the case here in the NFL offensive player stats from 1999 to 2013. We are going to be talking about the Power 5 Conference share when it comes to quarterbacks in the NFL.
Who is the Power 5 Conference?
When I talk about the power 5 share – I’m talking about the power 5 conferences within Division I football. In 1999, The Power 5 share with 64% of quarterbacks that represented on an NFL roster. In 2013, that Power 5 shared jumped up to 77%.
More than three out of four quarterbacks were represented from a Power 5 Conference and those Power 5 Conferences are the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and PAC 12. You have most likely seen those big-name football programs across the country.
We have to take it one data point at a time.
Also, you’ll notice when I say they don’t make ’em like they used to. You’ll find that data in the age and height category. If you look at an average in 1999 – the average age of a starting quarterback in the NFL was right at 29 years old and the height was right at 6 foot 2 or 74.4 inches.
If you look at the other data set in 2013, the average age is around 28 years of age for a starting quarterback in the NFL from a Power 5 conference. Also, the height is kind of an interesting data tidbit. The height went up to about 75.5 inches, which is a little over 6’3” almost 6’4” on average quarterback height
This QB is a real data slinger.
But you’ll notice the other thing that’s not seen in the data, but you can kind of pull it out from the quarterbacks that were playing in 1999. Surprisingly enough, there was a handful of quarterbacks that were still playing in 2013.
Now if you look at the same data set and you pull that 10 years from now, I doubt there will be the same number of quarterbacks that will be playing in 2023. For 1999 this is just to jog your memory and also kind of pull back some memories. Some of these quarterbacks that you see on this 1999 datasets, Kurt Warner, Rich Gannon, Peyton Manning, Brad Johnson, Doug Flutie, Brett Farve, Drew Bledsoe, Steve McNair, Jon Kitna, Mark Brunell, Jeff George, Brian Griese, Troy Aikman, Tim Couch, Danny Wuerfell, Jim Harbaugh, Dan Marino, Trent Dilfer and Donovan McNabb.
At least for me in 1999, it set a precedence for what a quarterback looks like going into the future and correlating that to 2013.
The majority of these quarterbacks in both datasets were drafted way past the 1st and second round. Most of them were drafted in between the 3rd and 6th rounds. So take that for what it is – you get some of the greatest ones who were drafted like Tom Brady in the 6th round.
What kind of story can this data tell us?
The Power 5 share rose from 1999 to 2013 from 64% of Power 5 schools that supplied the NFL with the starting quarterback to a drastic 77% in 2013. You can also see the average age of a starting quarterback went down while the height with these guys was getting taller going into the NFL.
Well, if you’re a youngster out there in high school. If you want to go play in the NFL one day, I would highly recommend going to a power 5 school. Because you have a much, much higher likelihood of getting to the NFL becoming a starting quarterback if you are playing at a Power 5 conference Division I athletic program.
Good luck!
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