Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Athlon Sports released SEC quarterback rankings this week and pegged LSU's Joe Burrow at No. 6.

Burrow, who passed 2,894 yards, 16 touchdowns, along with seven rushing touchdowns in his first season at LSU, was behind Missouri's Kelly Bryant, Florida's Feleipe Franks, Texas A&M's Kellen Mond, Georgia's Jake Fromm, and Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa. Here's what they said about Burrow.
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6. Joe Burrow, LSU

Burrow was a huge pickup as a graduate transfer at the conclusion of spring practice for coach Ed Orgeron last season. The Ohio State transfer provided a steady presence under center, completing 57.8 percent of his throws for 2,894 yards and 16 touchdowns to five picks. Burrow also added 399 yards and seven rushing scores. The Ohio native saved his best performances for the end of 2018 season, scoring six times versus Texas A&M and accounting for 394 passing yards and four touchdowns against UCF in the Fiesta Bowl. LSU’s transition to more of a spread offense should be a great fit Burrow’s skill set.
Complete SEC QB Rankings:
No. 1 - Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama
No. 2 - Jake Fromm, Georgia
No. 3 - Kellen Mond, Texas A&M
No. 4 - Feleipe Franks, Florida
No. 5 - Kelly Bryant, Missouri
No. 6 - Joe Burrow, LSU
No. 7 - Jake Bentley, South Carolina
No. 8 - Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee
No. 9 - Keytaon Thompson, Mississippi State
No. 10 - Matt Corral, Ole Miss
No. 11 - Joey Gatewood, Auburn
No. 12 - Terry Wilson, Kentucky
No. 13 - Ben Hicks, Arkansas
No. 14 - Riley Neal, Vanderbilt
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90 Comments
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Tiger4life580360 months
Mond and Franks are behind Jeaux fo sheaux
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LL760 months
Felipe Franks, really???? Whoever came up with this list is a total idiot.
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reauxl tigers60 months
Felipe Franks hahahhahahahhaa
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Mouche33760 months
Frank's has been garbage since he stepped he got to Florida. After watching him play I was actually relieved that he chose Florida over LSU! I just hate the way he went about it. It not for him we had a chance at Shea Patterson. But anyway Burrow has been a consistent presence at the QB position that LSU has lacked for quite sometime. He's not a game changer, but he is definitely a game manager. And because of the talent LSU has around him, that's all he has to be! But he should definitely be ranked higher. This whole board is trash!
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TigerOnThe Hill60 months
"we had a chance at Shea Patterson." We never had a chance at Shea Patterson.
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GeauxsomeMeaux60 months
The Tigers have always done the best when they’ve had game “managers” at QB rather than game “changers!”
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El Magnifico60 months
Franks ahead of Burrow is beyond laughable
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TheWalkoff60 months
I’ll give them #1 and 2, and wouldn’t much question if Athlon Sports wanted to put Joe behind Mond at #3. Felipe Franks and Kelly Bryant ahead of Joe is laughable.
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Ripley60 months
Who in their right mind would want Franks or Mond over Burrow?
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mylsuhat60 months
Joe is leaps and bounds above Feleipe
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luismlg60 months
Frankenstein should be below Burrow for sure
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cypresstiger60 months
low expectations. I like it, go ahead and underestimate Joe.
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Adam484860 months
Felippeeeeeeee OHHhhhhh LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Drizzt60 months
Franks at 4 is ridiculous
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TheHat760 months
He did improve quite a bit but I absolutely agree that in no wat should he be higher than JB. FF loses 1-2 more games if he’s starting at LSU last season imo. Can’t put a stat line on that. JB should be #5 to start. I think he ends up top 3 n efficiency for sure next season.
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voodooidotwo60 months
Good grief, Franks is trash. Dude should be 15th out of the 14 teams
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Big EZ Tiger60 months
He was really bad his first year, but he had 24 TDs to 6 INTS last year which is pretty good and he had another 7 TDs rushing. Much better than I thought he did when I looked at the stats.
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Tiger242460 months
Felipe Franks lol, he is shite
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ROPO60 months
Burrow is going to wreck shite this season and Athlon will have to apologize.
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LSU$$$60 months
I've learned as I've gotten older that they never apologize for being wrong. Noone apologized to LSU for predicting them to go 6 and 6 last year. So yeah, it's just to sell advertising on their sites.
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Jack Daniel60 months
I quit reading at #3
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ColeLSU60 months
Exactly. WTF?? Mond? Then Franks? Ha.
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rob6260 months
Hell Fromm at #2? What the hell has he done? Mond? Ha-ha-ha-ha!!
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NWLAtiger5560 months
List is shite
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RUFshreve60 months
Felipe Franks over Joe Burrow? Get f'n real.
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whoyodaddy60 months
Great motivation. This guy can play. With a better line, better receivers, better running backs and a year of experience as opposed to 3 months to learn a team, players and a playbook, this dog will hunt beyond anyone’s expectations.
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HC8760 months
Got my tix for UF vs LSU game in OCT, and will watch firsthand JB dismantle UF, and our DEF clobber FF. Put it in the books. GT!
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