The Astigmatic Eye

Here are the final 2006 stats and total career stats for the 9 QBs that I tracked:

Date	Name		Team	GS	Att	Comp	Pct
2003	John	Beck	BYU	4	145	73	50.34
2004	John	Beck	BYU	10	343	192	55.98
2005	John	Beck	BYU	12	513	331	64.52
2006	John	Beck	BYU	12	417	289	69.30
Total	John	Beck		38	1418	885	62.41
2004	Brian	Brohm	Loui	0	98	66	67.35
2005	Brian	Brohm	Loui	10	301	207	68.77
2006	Brian	Brohm	Loui	11	314	199	63.38
Total	Brian	Brohm		21	713	472	66.20
2003	Kevin	Kolb	Hou	13	360	220	61.11
2004	Kevin	Kolb	Hou	11	353	198	56.09
2005	Kevin	Kolb	Hou	12	419	253	60.38
2006	Kevin	Kolb	Hou	14	432	292	67.59
Total	Kevin	Kolb		50	1564	963	61.57
2003	Chris	Leak	Fla	9	320	190	59.38
2004	Chris	Leak	Fla	12	399	238	59.65
2005	Chris	Leak	Fla	12	374	235	62.83
2006	Chris	Leak	Fla	14	365	232	63.56
Total	Chris	Leak		47	1458	895	61.39
2003	Jordan	Palmer	UTEP	6	198	98	49.49
2004	Jordan	Palmer	UTEP	12	366	213	58.20
2005	Jordan	Palmer	UTEP	12	434	258	59.45
2006	Jordan	Palmer	UTEP	12	427	280	65.57
Total	Jordan	Palmer		42	1425	849	59.58
2003	Brady	Quinn	ND	9	332	157	47.29
2004	Brady	Quinn	ND	12	353	191	54.11
2005	Brady	Quinn	ND	12	450	292	64.89
2006	Brady	Quinn	ND	13	467	289	61.88
Total	Brady	Quinn		46	1602	929	57.99
2004	JaMarcus	Russell	LSU	4	144	73	50.69
2005	JaMarcus	Russell	LSU	12	311	188	60.45
2006	JaMarcus	Russell	LSU	13	342	232	67.84
Total	JaMarcus	Russell		29	797	493	61.86
2004	Troy	Smith	OHSt	5	122	68	55.74
2005	Troy	Smith	OHSt	10	237	149	62.87
2006	Troy	Smith	OHSt	13	311	203	65.27
Total	Troy	Smith		28	670	420	62.69
2003	Drew	Stanton	MISt	0	3	2	66.67
2004	Drew	Stanton	MISt	7	220	141	64.09
2005	Drew	Stanton	MISt	11	355	236	66.48
2006	Drew	Stanton	MISt	11	269	164	60.97
Total	Drew	Stanton		29	847	543	64.11

At Espn.com, they show Scout Inc.'s Top 32. 4 QBs are on it: Quinn at 4, Russell at 7, Brohm at 13, and Smith at 28. This was before the title game, so I'm not sure how much Leak's stock and Smith's stock went up or down. Quinn has a lower completion percentage than the other 3, but he also started for four years; giving scouts more opportunities to observe him. If I understand David Lewin's work correctly, this probably means that the scouts aren't too high on the other four year starters like Beck, Kolb, or Palmer. It also means that teams may not have seen enough of Brohm, Russell, and Smith to form an accurate opinion of them.