Is Jayden Maiava the best returning quarterback in college football, or did USC's supporting cast do the heavy lifting? PFN's preseason All-America first team puts the Trojans' quarterback at the top of its offensive playmaker board for 2026, and the grades behind that call are not close. Maiava led the Big Ten with 3,711 passing yards last season, posted a 93.1 PFN QB impact grade, and stayed positive in the pressure and close-game splits where most returning starters bled points. So how does Malachi Toney, a true freshman at Miami twelve months ago, already belong in the same five? The answer is a 109-catch season, no first-year receiver in recent memory has matched. We cover all this, plus LJ Martin's claim as the highest-graded running back in the country and the two names most people will argue about, in a definitive five-deep ranking hosted by PFN's Ian Cummings. The order is the argument. Three of these five are already on the early 2027 NFL Draft radar, one of them made PFN's ...