Will Howard at Kansas State.
Agreed, but if it's true that a top QB costs you $2 million, I guess I get it. Doesn't mean I have to like it, or continue to follow it
So I think this is where stuff gets a little blended. We say "LOOK AT THE MONEY THEY MIGHT GET." And in some cases that's true. But in a lot, it's not, and in the case of the four QBs mentioned (Howard, Jefferson, McCall and Rogers), all have logical football reasons for leaving.
Howard is going into his fifth year on campus, and it seems he'd like to be secure as a starting QB, and he is not. His backup was pushing him hard all season. As long as it feels like he's been around, he's only been a full-time starter once in his career, and the vibe in Manhattan seems to be, there was a good chance he wouldn't be next season.
The other three are in cases where coaches left and they got shoehorned into so-so offenses.
McCall was a star for Jamey Chadwell. He's now in a Tim Beck offense. OSU and Nebraska fans could argue why you should take a pay cut to leave that. (He would've and maybe should've left last offseason, but he didn't really excel at the first part of student-athlete)
Rogers played in the Mike Leach Air Raid and starred. Then Leach died. He got a new head coach, a defensive guy in over his head, and had the scheme change to a pistol outside zone look where he was more of a play-action guy. It was a disaster. Now he's on OC and HC No. 3.
Jefferson when from a power version of the Bear Raid under the Briles kid to whatever kind of mess pro-style enthusiast Dan Enos went to. It too was bad. Now he has Bobby Petrino, whose scheme is also likely a bad fit.
Obviously some guys just out for a pay day. But a lot making moves for reasons that make some sense.
