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College football's Position U 2022: Which schools produce the most talent at each position?

Think your school has the best history of churning out star defensive backs? Elite receivers? The best QBs? Get in line, buddy.

Every year, fans rage on social media, players wear branded shirts and schools promote their teams as the top producer of talent at a given position, and every year, another fan base chimes in to offer a compelling counterargument. The problem is, there's no set formula for who gets to be Quarterback U or Linebacker U. Success is in the eye of the beholder -- or at least on the thumbs of the tweeter.

But ESPN Stats & Information has tried to add some method to the madness and come up with something that, if not entirely definitive, at least offers some data behind the bragging rights.