Best 3 Star QB EVER?

From the Oklahoma side (at least from recent history) I would have to say Jason White. Going back a little farther maybe Jamelle Hollieway.

Actually Jason White might not have even been a three star coming out of high school.

At any rate Sam Bradford, as good as he may be, still a long ways to go to equal those fellows.
 
When one considers that Vince Young should have been a 7-star recruit and therefore was underrated by two stars, one realizes that he can then be treated as a 3-star recruit in a discussion based on a 5-star ranking system.

Therefore my answer is Vince Young. Which is pretty much always my answer when the question deals with the topic of best college quarterback regardless of specifics.
 
Thing I'll always remember about Jason White was when he came off the bench to ruin the Longhorn's afternoon, and season, in Dallas. Then went on to continue as a winner. That's making 3 stars into 5 stars.
 
You mean coming off the bench and making about 2 good plays and leading his team to about 200 yards and 7 offensive points and putting all the pressure on his defense to win the game singlehandedly?

Not to trash talk the guy because he ripped us about 85 billion new ones in 2003, but he deserves about 2% of the credit for the 2001 game.
 
jason white does deserve a lot of credit for that 02 game. he completely changed hte momentum when he came in and started running the ball.

who woulda thought he would have ended up such a cripple by careers end.
 
Sorry I wasted a post on that. I stand corrected.

While I'm at it, I want to say that was one OU game I felt the Longhorns really needed. That one goes down for me as one that hurt the most, and I'm talking about several decades. Maybe that's why it stood out for me.
 
Yeah, worst thing that could have happened to Texas was knocking Hybl out of that game. OU couldn't do diddly poo in that game with him in there.

White may not have done much, but it was enough to win. A couple of option plays to score and a couple of third-and-long scrambles to keep the ball away from Texas in the 4th quarter.
 
No star: Randy McEachern.

After a 5-5-1 final season under DKR, Akers took over.

Texas mud stomped Boston College, Virginia, and Rice. Then, it was on to Dallas.

Texas had two blue, blue chips in Mark McBath, and Jon Aune, who both went down within a matter of minutes with season ending injuries vs the land thieves.

McEachern came on and the announcers struggled to even find his name on the depth chart.

The next week No. 2 Texas beat SMU and No. 1 Meatchicken lost to Minnesota, and Texas went the rest of the season undefeated at 11-0.

I know, we had a pretty amazing, once in a lifetime running back in Earl Campbell, and a ton of talent on offense and defense, but Randy McEachern still comes to mind as a journeyman QB who took the snaps without fumbling, handed off deftly to Earl and others, passed with efficiency, and, .... well, just won, baby.

Hook 'em
 
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I remember that game, though just barely. McBath was a sophomore, Aune was a junior, and McEachern was a senior, and I could not understand why the senior wasn't the starter.

Of course, that was back in the day when every QB with a fingernail's worth of talent didn't think he had to be a 4-year starter.
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anhyzer,

I believe McEachern was a walkon.

He was a scout team QB.

Incredible story.

Dark side: his son went to OU a couple of years ago. Go figure.
 
Going back a couple of years further, Marty Akins probably would have been 3 stars. Solid dual threat QB (mostly running). Donnie Little was no slouch either.
 
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