While pro football fantasy leagues value running backs at the top of the fantasy draft, college fantasy tends to lean towards the quarterback. While there have been a few exceptions over the last ten years, quarterbacks in system offenses are usually atop preseason fantasy rankings. Hawaii’s Colt Brennan threw for a ridiculous 14,193 yards and 131 touchdowns during his college career and 2008’s number one fantasy quarterback Graham Harrell is approaching 11,000 yards in his career. Look for Harrell to throw nearly 6,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in 2008 – making him an easy decision for the top fantasy quarterback.

If Harrell is off the board when you pick, Florida’s Tim Tebow and Central Michigan’s Dan LeFevour are the next best options. Tebow seems unlikely to repeat his 2007 numbers, but will still have another solid fantasy season. LeFevour collected 46 total touchdowns last year and we think he has a shot to post even higher touchdown totals in 2008.

Rounding out the top five are Missouri’s Chase Daniel and West Virginia’s Pat White. Both players are solid starting options and should be taken within the first ten picks of fantasy drafts. Ball State’s Nate Davis and New Mexico State’s Chase Holbrook are unknown on a national basis, but each will produce huge numbers within their offense.

Looking for a few sleepers? Look no further than Washington State’s Gary Rogers or North Texas’ Giovanni Vizza. Both players will be playing in high-octane offenses and 40-50 pass attempts per game isn’t out of the question. Vizza has competition for the starting job from incoming freshman Riley Dodge, but the sophomore quarterback should flourish in Todd Dodge’s wide-open offense.

Preseason Top 50 Fantasy Quarterbacks

1.Graham Harrell, Texas Tech (SR)
2.Tim Tebow, Florida (JR)
3.Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan (JR)
4.Chase Daniel, Missouri (SR)
5.Pat White, West Virginia (SR)
6.Nate Davis, Ball State (JR)
7.Chase Holbrook, New Mexico State (SR)
8.Sam Bradford, Oklahoma (SO)
9.Curtis Painter, Purdue (SR)
10.Zac Robinson, Oklahoma State (JR)
11.Todd Reesing, Kansas (JR)
12.Rusty Smith, Florida Atlantic (JR)
13.Max Hall, BYU (JR)
14.Kellen Lewis, Indiana (JR)
15.Chase Clement, Rice (SR)
16.Jake Locker, Washington (SO)
17.Willie Tuitama, Arizona (SR)
18.Matt Grothe, South Florida (JR)
19.Cullen Harper, Clemson (SR)
20.Justin Willis, SMU (JR)
21.Tyler Graunke, Hawaii (SR)
22.Mark Sanchez, USC (JR)
23.Tyler Sheehan, Bowling Green (JR)
24.Colin Kaepernick, Nevada (SO)
25.Colt McCoy, Texas (JR)
26.Adam Weber, Minnesota (SO)
27.Mike Teel, Rutgers (SR)
28.Trevor Vittatoe, UTEP (SO)
29.Joe Ganz, Nebraska (SR)
30.Rudy Carpenter, Arizona State (SR)
31.Juice Williams, Illinois (JR)
32.C.J. Bacher, Northwestern (SR)
33.David Johnson, Tulsa (SR)
34.Hunter Cantwell, Louisville (SR)
35.Stephen McGee, Texas A&M (SR)
36.Matthew Stafford, Georgia (JR)
37.Todd Boeckman, Ohio State (SR)
38.Cody Hawkins, Colorado (SO)
39.Thaddeus Lewis, Duke (JR)
40.Brian Johnson, Utah (SR)
41.Giovanni Vizza, North Texas (SO)
42.Dustin Grutza, Cincinnati (SR)
43.Jonathan Crompton, Tennessee (JR)
44.Josh Freeman, Kansas State (JR)
45.Michael Desormeaux, UL Lafayette (SR)
46.Tim Hiller, Western Michigan (JR)
47.Kodi Burns, Auburn (SO)
48.Gary Rogers, Washington State (SR)
49.Jevan Snead, Mississippi (SO)
50.Case Keenum, Houston (SO)

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