Frank Beamer built a great program at Virginia Tech in the 1990s and 2000s by doing a lot of things well.

We can talk about great special teams, terrific defense and many other factors that led to his success. One of those main reasons was the ability to recruit talented dual-threat quarterbacks, most of which came from the Tidewater region. Guys like Michael Vick, Bryan Randall and Tyrod Taylor will live in Virginia Tech lore forever.

Somewhere along the line, that pipeline dried up, and not just for Virginia Tech. No other schools are signing highly-touted quarterbacks out of the 757 either because those types of quarterbacks don’t seem to exist in that region anymore.

All you have to do is take a look at this graphic done by message board poster QCP that shows 757 quarterback production at Power 5 schools from 1988 through 2020, in terms of total yards…

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