Week 11 SEC QB PFF Grades: Dart leads, Milroe rises

By Chris Marler

PFF has released their post-Week 11 grades for SEC quarterbacks for the 2024 season. Here’s how each quarterbacl rated after another crazy weekend of college football and where they ranked nationally. 

Jaxson Dart and Taylen Green have been No. 1 and No. 2 for most of the season now, while the remaining top five to eight spots have been somewhat of a revolving door and interchanging names from week to week.

This week the quarterback who made the biggest leap in the rankings was Jalen Milroe after his incredible performance against LSU. He jumped from No. 5 to No. 3 and even overtook Diego Pavia. Behind Pavia is when the math isn’t mathing as they say.

Garrett Nussmeier and Carson Beck continue to linger in the top five to seven each week for SEC quarterback grades, and I can’t figure out why. While both are incredibly talented signal callers, they have also combined for 21 interceptions in their last five games. Behind them, two quarterbacks with underwhelming seasons that have fallen short of preseason expectations, Nico Iamaleava and Payton Thorne.

On top of all those confusing grades and positions on the rankings list, what is the most inaccurate assessment PFF continues to have from week to week is of South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers. Sellers dropped one spot down to No. 14 in the SEC (ahead of Jackson Arnold and Missouri backup Drew Pyne), and he dropped over 50 total spots nationally down to No. 257.

In his last four games, Sellers has eight total touchdowns and just one interception while completing nearly 65 percent of his passes.

Here are the SEC Quarterback Grades through week 11 for all 16 current starters in the SEC.

1. Jaxson Dart , Ole Miss

Grade: 91.9

Nat’l Rank: 4

2. Taylen Green, Arkansas 

Grade: 86.9

Nat’l Rank: 25

3. Jalen Milroe, Alabama 

Grade: 85.3

Nat’l Rank: 31

4. Diego Pavia , Vanderbilt 

Grade: 85.0

Nat’l Rank: 32

5. Garrett Nussmeier, LSU

Grade: 81.1

Nat’l Rank: 61

6. Carson Beck, UGA

Grade: 78.0

Nat’l Rank: 86

7. Nico Iamaleava, Tennessee 

Grade: 77.1

Nat’l Rank: 95

8. Payton Thorne, Auburn 

Grade: 75.8

Nat’l Rank: 111

9. Brock Vandagriff, Kentucky

Grade: 68.9

Nat’l Rank: 195

10. Marcel Reed, Texas A&M 

Grade: 66.3

Nat’l Rank: 202

11. Quinn Ewers, Texas 

Grade: 66.9

Nat’l Rank: 210

12. Michael van Buren, Mississippi State

Grade: 62.5

Nat’l Rank: 254

13. LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina

Grade: 62.3

Nat’l Rank: 257

14. Jackson Arnold, Oklahoma 

Grade: 59.7

Nat’l Rank: 273

15. Drew Pyne, Missouri 

Grade: 56.4

Nat’l Rank: 287