© Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The highest-rated QB in the recruiting rankings era is a fellow named Vince Young. The second highest-rated is Trevor Lawrence, who just beat up on Nick Saban’s Alabama to win the national championship as a true freshman. The third-highest-rated QB in the rankings era is the one who came in just behind Lawrence in the class of 2018: Justin Fields. Fields’ freshman year was arguably more dramatic than Lawrence’s, if much more tumultuous. The freshman passer signed with in-state power Georgia, which was returning Jake Fromm, who’d just gotten the Dawgs to the title game as a true freshman. Fields spent the season sitting behind Fromm, with his major opportunity to shine coming when, in the SEC Championship, he was a key part of an ill-advised fake punt that helped Bama win. The QB who won that game for Bama, Jalen Hurts, was supposed to…
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