Not since Tom Brady, whom Michigan fans constantly booed in 1999, has a decent college QB been more unfairly maligned by his own fans than Sean Clifford.
Also, to anyone who really thinks Levis was better in college than Clifford: show yourself the door.
In fact, Brady and Clifford had shockingly similar college careers. Both were better than their predecessors (Brian Griese/Trace McSorley), but fans booed them for not being the same person; both were, it would later be proven, as good as their successors (Drew Henson at Michigan), but fans clamored for the successor. Both were in college for over 4 years. Both had their best game in their final game against a slightly favored conference champ (Alabama/Utah). Both were / are likely to be 6th round picks.
I'm obviously not saying Clifford is the next Brady, but their college careers are remarkably alike.
Giving good QBs a bunch of crap is, in fairness, a Penn State tradition. In 1985-86, fans clamored constantly for Matt Knizer to replace John Shaffer. In 1987 Knizer played and was considerably worse than Shaffer, as it turned out.
The only thing Clifford genuinely doesn't do well, in NFL terms, is throw people open. But I would have said the same thing about Jalen Hurts
