In regular fantasy football, a common strategy has been to wait on a quarterback. In fact, there have been many published articles and even books on drafting quarterbacks in the later rounds. This has been proven to be one of the better strategies and many have won using this strategy.

In college fantasy, waiting on a quarterback can still be effective but not as much as one might think. By comparison, one can assume Aaron Rodgers will throw for 4,500 yards and 37 touchdowns, whereas Tony Romo can throw for 4,500 yards and 32 touchdowns. The difference is only five touchdowns, hence the reason why waiting on a quarterback is effective. But in college, the difference is drastic. Last season Jordan Lynch accumulated 2,747 yards and 23 touchdowns passing and ran for 1,627 yards and 18 touchdowns. Tajh Boyd threw for 3,550 yards and 24 touchdowns but “only” ran for 492 yards and 9 touchdowns. The disparity in fantasy points between Lynch and Boyd last season was over 100 and these two will likely be drafted early in college fantasy drafts.

Waiting on a quarterback in college fantasy is useful if you are unable to get Lynch, Manziel, Boyd, Miller or Mariota because after those five, the deviation is not as large. For example, Teddy Bridgewater (Louisville) amassed 237 fantasy points last season whereas Aaron Murray (Georgia) amassed 259, yet most rankings have them spread vastly apart.

The key to fantasy sports is value, and getting a late-round quarterback is the epitome of that. But, value is based on the amounts of disparity. If one drafted Teddy Bridgewater in the ninth round and another team drafted Aaron Murray in the eleventh round, Murray has more value because both contributed a similar amount of fantasy points.

If you cannot draft a quarterback who will post dazzling stats, it is worth it to wait until later. But if there is a chance to draft a top five fantasy quarterback, it would be wise to select him.