2024 College Football QB Depth Chart & Injury Report 🏈 Tyler Van Dyke battles for starting spot at Wisconsin

Updated FBS quarterback rooms - April 8, 2024

The College Football QB Depth Charts & Injury Report is sent to your inbox twice a week during the offseason with the latest notes on all 134 FBS programs.

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In Today’s Edition, you’ll get a ton of notes with the latest on spring quarterback battles around the country. We’re a week away from this thing needing significant fixes with the transfer portal window set to open once again.

Offseason depth charts are projections for who will crack the two-deep in 2024. These will never be perfect without a regulated system in college football, but I put in the time and research to make sure this is the most accurate resource for QB injury and depth chart news on the internet. Information on these posts come from beat writers, sports information directors and various industry sources with a lot of reading.

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The in-season editions reflect what teams release if they decide to post one at all. Coaches mislead on injuries and depth charts every week, but I’ve gotten pretty good at identifying the biggest violators of quarterback misinformation.

Notes on in-season injury designations:

• Questionable — Player suffered an injury in the previous game or has yet to return from injury.

• Probable — Player suffered an injury but played and looked reasonably healthy in the previous game.

• Out — Player is out indefinitely or will miss the rest of the season.

Notes on eligibility:

• Players may play up to 4 games in a season without it counting toward a year of eligibility if they have a redshirt available.

• 2020 COVID season didn’t count toward a year of eligibility.

• Years of eligibility shows years left heading into the 2024 season.

• *Indicates redshirt is still available to use.

The top two quarterback options are in bold. The rest are sorted by years of eligibility remaining, followed by highest high school star rating from 247, On3 and Rivals.

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HOUSTON COUGARS

Donovan Smith (stats)
1* | 2020 ⭐⭐⭐ | TX
Zeon Chriss (stats)
3 | 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ | LA

LATEST UPDATE (April 8, 2024) — Smith is ahead of schedule in his shoulder surgery recovery and could start throwing by the end of this month, according to the Houston Chronicle’s Joseph Duarte. HC Willie Fritz said the goal is for him to be ready for fall camp. In March, Fritz said Smith underwent labrum surgery a couple months ago. Chriss took over as the Louisiana starter last season and has been participating in practice despite being carted off with his leg in an air cast on Nov. 4, 2023.

Lucas Coley (stats)
2 | 2021 ⭐⭐⭐ | TX
Ui Ale (stats)
2 | 2021 ⭐⭐ | OR
Jake Sock (stats)
3 | 2022 | TX
Caleb McMickle (stats)
4 | 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ | GA
Indiana Wijay
4 | 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ | CA

Additions
Zeon Chriss (stats)
Departures
Jett Huff (stats)

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OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

Will Howard (stats)
1* | 2020 ⭐⭐⭐ | PA
Devin Brown (stats)
3 | 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | UT

LATEST UPDATE (April 8, 2024) — Brown has been the first quarterback in practices that have been open to the media, according to Eleven Warriors’ Dan Hope. Howard started every regular season game for Kansas State in 2023, and Brown played six games behind McCord, battling multiple injuries.

Mason Maggs (stats)
3 | 2022 | OH
Chad Ray (stats)
3 | 2022 | OH
Lincoln Kienholz (stats)
4 | 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | SD
Air Noland
4* | 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | GA
Julian Sayin
4* | 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | CA

Additions
Will Howard (stats)
Air Noland
Julian Sayin
Departures
Kyle McCord (stats)
Tristan Gebbia (stats)

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NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN

Chandler Morris (stats)
2 | 2020 ⭐⭐⭐ | TX
Stone Earle (stats)
2 | 2020 | TX

LATEST UPDATE (April 7, 2024) — Earle was QB1 during the spring with Morris set to arrive in the summer, according to LoneStarLive’s Jacob Richman. Morris opened 2023 as TCU’s starter before a knee injury. Earle withdrew from the transfer portal to return to North Texas. He opened the 2023 season as the starter before dropping to the backup role behind Rogers. Mooney redshirted as a true freshman at Liberty in 2023.

JD Head (stats)
2 | 2020 ⭐⭐⭐ | TX
Reese Mooney (stats)
4 | 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ | LA
Cash McCollum
4* | 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ | TX

Additions
Cash McCollum
Chandler Morris (stats)
Reese Mooney (stats)
Departures
Chandler Rogers (stats)
Dylan Gebbia (stats)

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AUBURN TIGERS