It seems that Stwart Mandel of Sports Illustrated
thinks that Charlie Whitehurst is the biggest dissapointment in college football. I can’t argue with him. In fact, I was thinking that very thing just the other day. It’s really hard to explain why he’s so bad this year, tenth in the conference in pass efficiency. Lack of receivers isn’t really a great excuse considering that Arise Curry leads the conference in both catches and yards per game.
The thing is, Whitehurst isn’t the only QB having a surprisingly bad year. Darian Durant has been very good at times, but not the star I expected him to be. Chris Rix is the thirteenth most efficient ACC QB ever, yet lost his job earlier this year to the inconsistent Wyatt Sexton. Even early-season stars Cory Randolph and Marques Hagans have fallen off, Randolph even losing his starting spot.
It’s been a bad year for ACC quarterbacks.