2024 QB Depth Chart & Injury Notebook: College Football Offseason - Part IV

Quarterback notes on teams looking ahead to 2024

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NOTE: The QB depth charts & injury reports post includes the latest info on every quarterback room no longer participating in the postseason. This post is updated daily on the site through this link. For updated 2023 QB depth charts & injury reports on College Football Playoff and bowl games, click here.

Teams are added to this page as their season ends, so welcome to Western Kentucky, Old Dominion, Marshall, UTSA, USF, Syracuse, UCF, Georgia Tech, Duke, Troy, Northwestern, Utah, San Jose State, Coastal Carolina, Utah State, Georgia State, James Madison, Air Force, Arkansas State, Northern Illinois South Alabama and Eastern Michigan.

Most teams release a two-deep depth chart every week during the season, and this page reflects whatever the team puts out if they decide to post one at all. Unlike the NFL, there is no consequence for teams to mislead on depth charts and injuries to potentially gain an advantage.

I watch a lot of press conferences and have gotten pretty good at identifying the coaches who can be trusted and those who cannot. After tracking this stuff for the last few years, I can tell you the name of the biggest violator of quarterback misinformation rhymes with Shmimbo Shmisher.

Photo courtesy of UtahUtes.com

This will never be perfect without a regulated system, 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.

A few notes on my 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.

A few 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 (or more if they’re known) are in bold. The rest are sorted by years of eligibility remaining, followed by highest high school star rating from 247, On3 and Rivals.

I’ll add 2024 quarterbacks that signed during the Early Signing Period in next week’s update.

Snap count info is via Pro Football Focus.

SYRACUSE ORANGE

Additions: Kyle McCord (Stats) | Departures: Garrett Shrader (Stats)

Kyle McCord (Stats)
1* | 2021 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | PA
Carlos Del Rio-Wilson (Stats)
2 | 2021 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | GA

NOTES: McCord started all 12 regular season games for Ohio State in 2023.

Braden Davis (Stats)
3 | 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ | DE
Luke MacPhail (Stats)
2 | 2020 ⭐⭐ | MA

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UTAH UTES

Additions: None | Departures: Bryson Barnes (Stats), Nate Johnson (Stats), Mack Howard (Stats)

Cam Rising (Stats)
1 | 2018 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | CA
Brandon Rose (Stats)
3 | 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ | CA

NOTES: Rising announced he will return in 2024 after missing the entire season with a torn ACL, MCL, MPFL and meniscus suffered on Jan. 1, 2023. He was in his final year of eligibility, so this likely means he has already been granted or will get a medical redshirt waiver. Rose also missed all of 2023 with an injury suffered during training camp in August. He may be eligible for a medical redshirt season.

Luke Bottari (Stats)
1 | 2019 ⭐⭐ | CA
Steve Smedley (Stats)
4 | 2023 | TX

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VANDERBILT COMMODORES

Additions: Nate Johnson (Stats), Blaze Berlowitz (Stats) | Departures: AJ Swann (Stats), Ken Seals (Stats), Walter Taylor (Stats)

Nate Johnson (Stats)
3 | 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | CA
Blaze Berlowitz (Stats)
4 | 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ | OK

NOTES: Johnson started a few games Utah and had a regular role as a rushing threat, and Berlowitz played in the conference title game for New Mexico State as a true freshman. Dickey was outside the top three on the Vanderbilt depth chart in 2023.

Hayden Moses (Stats)
2 | 2020 | NH
Drew Dickey (Stats)
3 | 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ | TX
Brennan Storer (Stats)
4 | 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ | TX

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AIR FORCE FALCONS

Additions: None | Departures: Zac Larrier (Stats), Jensen Jones (Stats), Ben Brittain (Stats), Cannon Turner (Stats)

John Busha (Stats)
2 | 2021 | FL

NOTES: Busha played four games and played extended snaps in the regular season finale.

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