Urban Meyer and Dan Mullen were a formidable force in developing QBs. As they tweaked their offense, their QBs were getting passer ratings averaging 130 at Bowling Green and 160 at Utah.
- Josh Harris 2001 143.3
- Josh Harris 2002 125.3
- Alex Smith 2003 152.3
- Alex Smith 2004 176.5
When Dan Mullen arrived in Gainesville with Urban Meyer, Gator QB passer rating averaged near 160 with a pure passer like Chris Leak, or over 170 with a dual threat QB like Tim Tebow.
- Chris Leak 2005 - 136.5
- Chris Leak 2006 - 144.9
- Tim Tebow 2007 - 172.5
- Tim Tebow 2008 - 172.4
Tim Tebow's passer rating dropped nearly 10 points when Mullen left. John Brantley was a bad fit for the offense, and his stats suffered.
- Tim Tebow 2009 - 164.2
- John Brantley 2010 - 116.4
Under Charlie Weis, Gator passer ratings picked up, primarily because Weis' pro style offense worked better for John Brantley.
- John Brantley 2011 - 140.8
Under Brent Pease the offense regressed even further with an average passer rating around 130.
- Jeff Driskel 2012 - 130.8
- Jeff Driskel 2013 - 135.5
- Tyler Murphy 2013 - 121.1
Kurt Roper's offense was about the same as Pease's in terms of resulting passer rating, with an average of about 120.
- Jeff Driskel 2014 - 103.5
- Treon Harris 2014 - 140.2
Jim McElwain and Doug Nussmeier somehow managed to make the offense even worse with an average passer rating below 120!
- Treon Harris 2015 - 118.1
- Will Grier 2015 - 145.6
- Luke Del Rio 2016 - 118.6
- Austin Appleby 2016 - 120.0
- Felipe Franks 2017 - 113.3
Dan Mullen's QBs at MSU were not as highly rated coming out of high school, but they outperformed Gator QBs in the same time frame.
- Tyson Lee 2009 107.0
- Chris Relf 2010 141.5
- Chris Relf 2011 121.0
- Tyler Russell 2012 135.4
- Dak Prescott 2013 121.6
- Dak Prescott 2014 151.5
- Dak Prescott 2015 152.7
- Nick Fitzgerald 2016 124.3
- Nick Fitzgerald 2017 117.1
With the right QB, Mullen's QB will learn a passer rating between 130 and 150, which is better than the Gator QBs since Mullen left Gainesville in 2008.
