Colorado Quarterbacks Since Koy Detmer, Ranked

It's been 22 years since CU had a quarterback taken in the NFL Draft

The last time a Colorado quarterback was taken in the NFL Draft, Michael Jordan was preparing for his final season with the Bulls (they took Keith Booth in the first round) and Britney Spears was still just a Mouseketeer. That's not to say there haven't been some good players back there, but it is to say this was not the easiest list to put together. 

13. Jordan Webb (2010-12)

Webb was a four-star prospect in high school who started his career at Kansas. In his lone season at CU, he completed 54 percent of his passes for 1,424 yards, eight touchdowns and eight interceptions, averaging 5.4 yards per attempt on a team that went 1-8. 

Enough said. 

12. Bernard Jackson (2004-06)

Jackson's passing numbers were dreadful. He completed 49 percent of his passes with as many interceptions (7) as touchdowns in 2006. The good news was, he ran for 677 yards and seven touchdowns that year. The bad news was, CU went 2-10. 

11. Connor Wood (2012-13)

Wood averaged 7.0 yards per attempt in 2013. That's not a good number, but it was his best number during the 16 games he played at quarterback in 2012 and 2013. 

10. Robert Hodge (2001-02)

Hodge got just one season as Colorado's quarterback, throwing for 1,600 yards, 13 touchdowns and nine interceptions in 2002. That doesn't sound like much, and it isn't, but it was good enough to lead the Bobby Purify-led Buffaloes to a 9-5 record and a No. 20 ranking in the final AP poll. 

9. Cody Hawkins (2007-10)

Coach Dan Hawkins' boy seemed to have some magic in him at first. He threw for 3,000 yards and 22 touchdowns (with 17 interceptions) as a freshman and just kept getting worse from there. He completed 55 percent of his passes in his CU career, averaging 6.2 yards per attempt. His physical limitations were just too significant to sustain any long-term success. After that first season, Hawkins never broke 2,000 yards again. 

8. Craig Ochs (2000-02)

Ochs never got to play in more than eight games in a single season at CU. He completed just under 59 percent of his passes in his career with 16 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. 

7. Tyler Hansen (2008-11)

Hansen was the guy Dan Hawkins went to when things started to go bad on Cody. Like Cody, Hansen showed some promise early in his career. Unlike Hawkins, he saved his best year for last, throwing for 2,800 yards, 20 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 2011. That would have been a nice season in 2001, maybe. But a decade later, that was only good for 3-10.

6. Bobby Pesavento (2000-01)

Big Play Bobby Pesavento (my nickname) threw just 211 passes over the course of his 16-game Colorado career, but he made them count, averaging 8.4 yards per attempt with 11 touchdowns against four interceptions and helped lead a 10-3 team in 2001. 

5. Mike Moschetti (1998-99)

Moschetti threw for 2,693 yards, 18 touchdowns and 12 interceptions for a 7-5 Buffaloes team in 1999. In two years, he threw for 4,797 yards and 33 touchdowns with a quarterback rating of 138.4. 

4. John Hessler (1995-97)

Hessler played in 27 games for Colorado, throwing for 4,788 yards, 34 touchdowns and 24 interceptions, playing on a pair of CU teams that went 10-2. 

Hessler threw 20 touchdowns and nine interceptions in 1995, but could never quite hit that peak again. His last year at CU (1997), he threw 16 interceptions against 14 touchdowns and Colorado went 5-6. 

3. Steven Montez (2015-present)

With almost 7,000 career passing yards already, there aren't many quarterbacks in CU history who can match Montez's career totals. He's got 46 touchdowns (23 interceptions) and he's averaged 7.5 yards per attempt over three seasons. But in his two years as a starter, CU is 10-14. 

2. Joel Klatt (2002-05)

It's a close call with Montez for the No. 2 spot, here. By today's standards, Klatt never had a huge season as a passer. His best year, he threw for 2,600 yards, 21 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. That was pretty good by 2003 standards, but Steven Montez will likely clear those numbers this year. 

What gives Klatt the advantage is that he led two winning teams at CU (2004, 2005).

1. Sefo Liufau (2013-16)

Liufau led the Buffaloes to a 10-4 record in 2016, throwing for 2,300 yards and running for another 494 as CU averaged 184 rushing yards per game. 

Over four years, Liufau threw for 9,746 yards, 60 touchdowns and 35 interceptions to go with another 933 yards on the ground.