In the era of the Bowl Championship Series and College Football Playoff, meaning since 1998, Oregon has one of the finest quarterback traditions in the country.
Earlier this April, ESPN Stats & Info ranked the college programs in the running for the title of "QBU." The Ducks were third, behind only USC and Oklahoma.
That respect for the UO football program over the last two decades owed to contributions from the likes of Joey Harrington and Marcus Mariota, who each led Oregon to a Pac-12 championship before going on to be a top-five pick in the NFL draft.