Clemson's Trevor Lawrence and Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa met in last year's College Football Playoff championship game, in which Lawrence led the Tigers to a 44-16 victory.

That is hardly the end of their story, however.

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Tagovailoa returns as the Heisman Trophy runner-up and projected No. 1 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Lawrence leads the defending national champions and is projected to be the No. 1 pick in 2021. Clemson and Alabama will be No. 1 and No. 2 in most preseason publications, and Lawrence and Tagovailoa are the Heisman favorites.

What about everybody else? Sporting News sought out to rank the top 25 quarterbacks for 2019. Here is a closer look. ...