College football is slowly making its appearance back in the national spotlight. In fact, much has been made recently about a mysterious coach spurring controversy by not including Tim Tebow on his pre-season SEC All-American roster. The move turned out to be a mistake on the part of former-Gator, and now South Carolina coach, Steve Spurrier. While Tebow deserves the recognition as the SEC’s top collegiate quarterback, the man Spurrier mistakenly placed over Tebow, Jevan Snead, is the better NFL talent.

As a quarterback who has performed in a spread offense, Tim Tebow will be entering the draft at an awkward transition stage. Teams still have the memory of Alex Smith, also a product of Urban Meyer’s offense, but teams also seem to be experimenting with the new “Wildcat” offense, requiring a quarterback similar to one that would be employed in the spread. Tebow will not be a top 5 pick, nor will he be a top 15 pick. But there’s a chance, depending on the popularity of the “Wildcat” he could sneak into the latter part of the first round. The number of quarterbacks expected to enter the 2010 draft could definitely push him farther down the first round. Amazing for somebody that has done everything he could at the collegiate level. Tebow has been one of the greatest college players in my lifetime but how his skills translate on the next level remains questionable.

Jevan Snead has the opportunity to be an elite NFL prospect. Unlike Tebow, Snead has played in more of a pro-styled offense. Snead has played against the same SEC competition as Tebow, but Snead has not had the same caliber talent surrounding him. Snead has led Ole Miss back to the football relevancy. As a transfer to Ole Miss, after failing to beat out Colt McCoy in Texas, he has done everything asked of him and more. However, Snead is not done with McCoy. The two will be battling, along with Sam Bradford, for the privilege to be the top quarterback off the board during April.

It’s amazing how the NFL draft works. Snead got beat out by Colt McCoy in Texas, and is unanimously considered the second-best quarterback in the SEC by the coaches in the conference. However, in just 8 months, Snead could hear his name called before both McCoy and Tebow.