Hedley Lamarr
All-American
So a 5th year starting QB isn't a good thing when you're a losing team the previous 4 years? HahaThere are people to sweat losing a redshirt on, but a QB should never be one.
If your QB is half as good as you would hope, they would leave early for the NFL anyway.
If they aren't as good as you hope, you don't really want them around for 5 years.
If you have them around for 5 years, and they are somewhere in between, you should have out-recruited them during the next 2-3 years with a new QB, or you are stuck in a level of mediocrity where you know change is needed regardless.