Here, again - you're conflicting college with pro. Why are so many people allergic to judging a player by what he actually did on the field???
I think there is some relevance if your argument is that he was just a cog in the Urban offensive machine.
Exactly.
Josh Harris (BGSU):
2001: 60.9 avg (low attempts), 7.7 y/a, 9/3 TD:Int. 126 rushes for 614 yds (4.9 avg), 8 TDs
2002: 56.1 avg, 6.9 y/a, 19/11 TD:Int. 186 rush for 737 yds (4.0 avg), 20 TDs.
Alex Smith (Utah):
2003: 65%, 8.4 y/a, 15/3 TD:Int. 149 rushes for 452 yds (3.0 avg), 5 TD.
2004: 67.5%, 9.3 y/a, 32/4 TD:Int. 135 rushes for 631 yds (4.7 avg), 10 TD.
Chris Leak (Florida):
2005: 62.8%, 7.1 y/a, 20/6 TD:Int. Terrible rushing numbers.
2006: 63.6%, 8.1 y/a, 23/13 TD:Int. Terrible rushing numbers.
Tim Tebow (Florida):
2006: 66.7% (limited [33] attempts), 10.8 y/a, 5/1 TD:Int. 89 rush, 469 yds (5.3 avg), 8 TDs
2007: 66.9%, 9.4 y/a, 32/6 TD:Int. 210 rush for 895 yds (4.3 avg), 23 TDs
2008: 64.4%, 9.2 y/a, 30/4 TD:Int. 176 rush for 673 yds (3.8 avg), 12 TDs
2009: 67.8%, 9.2 y/a, 21/5 TD:Int. 217 rush for 910 yds (4.2 avg), 14 TDs
John Brantley (Florida):
2010: 60.8%, 6.3 y/a, 9/10 TD:Int. Negative rushing numbers.
Braxton Miller (OSU):
2012: 58.3%, 8.0 y/a, 15/6 TD:Int. 227 rush for 1271 yds (5.6 avg), 13 TDs
2013: 63.5%, 8.2 y/a, 24/7 TD:Int. 171 rush for 1068 yds (6.2 avg), 12 TDs
J.T. Barrett (OSU):
2014: 64.6%, 9.0 y/a, 34/10 TD:Int. 171 rush for 938 yds (5.5 avg), 11 TDs
2015: 63.3%, 6.7 y/a, 11/4 TD:Int. 115 rush, 682 yds (5.9 avg), 11 TDs
2015*: 62.3%, 8.3 y/a, 8/5 TD:Int. 72 rush, 296 yds (4.1), 1 TD
2016: 61.5%, 6.7 y/a, 24/7 TD:Int. 205 rush, 845 yds (4.1 avg), 9 TDs
2017: 64.7%, 8.2 y/a, 35/9 TD:Int. 165 rush, 798 yds (4.8 avg), 12 TDs
* Cardale Jones
You can see that Urban Meyer gets a LOT out of his quarterbacks. While Tebow had the highest completion percentage, Alex Smith also had very high completion percentage, y/a, and similarly strong TD:Int ratios. He had comparable rushing averages at least in 2004. Barrett is probably the second-best comparison. He had slightly lower (but not bad) completion percentages, and slightly worse y/a and TD:Int ratio. Probably on the whole a better rushing game as ypc is concerned.
Of the others, Harris was obviously a running QB only. Leak was a passing QB only. Miller was able to do both, didn't pass as well as Tebow but a better runner.
So you have to look at Tebow in context. Yes, his stats were good. But so were JT Barrett's. And so were Alex Smith's. You ask yourself if Tebow was the cause of the success and stats he put up, or was it Urban Meyer's system.
By the stats above you could even make an argument that Tebow is the best QB that Urban Meyer ever had. But has he separated himself so far from others in the same system that he's the best player to EVER wear #15 in the history of college football? I'm not so sure.