The Road to Glory is the ultimate self-insert mode in ; you can turn yourself into an elite athlete, impress scouts in high school, and then compete at some of the biggest pr🍨ograms in the nation. Lots of gamers will want to be quarterbacks, but there's more that goes into character creation than just 🎉picking a position.

Quarterbacks have a variety of archetypes to choose from, shifting how your character will play once you get o𓂃n the sticks. You can be a statuesque pass-first player, focus on the run game, or pick something in between. Here's everything you'll need to know about QB a✱rchetypes in College Football 26.

QB Archetypes, Explained

Archetypes dictate the stats and abilities your Road to Glory player will have. After selecting quarterback as your position, you'll be presented with four options: Pocket Passer, Dual Threat, Backfield Creator, and Pure Runner. Optimal play will look different based on which archetype you select, so it's important to find the one that's most conducive to your preferred playstyle.

The mental abil🦄ities for every archetype are the same, so this guide will focus exclusively on physical abilities and 🍨stat differences.

Pocket Passer QB

If you want to emulate the prototypical quarterback, dropping back and making reads before delivering an aerial strike, Pocket Passer will be for you. You'll be able to max out your accuracy and power over the course of your college career, with abilities like Resistance, Step Up, and Dot! further boosting the eff♏e♑ctiveness of your cannon arm.

Unfortunately, you will also be the most fragile QB archetype, and your escapability will be limited. If you don't have a solid offensive line, it will be difficult to lead your team to wins.

Dual Threat QB

Dual Threat takes a lot of the Pocket Passer building blocks and infuses them with some extra mobility. Dot! is still present and throwing stats are the same, but Mobile Resistance and Extender abilities allow for positive gains even if a play breaks down. Downhill is also equipped, letting you run through a defend🌸er if you make it to the open field.

Quickness is still capped at the same level as Pocket Passer, so even if you make it past the line of scrimmage, you won't be rattling off 50-yard touchdown runs. Dual Threat's abilities are probably the most situational of all the archetypes, too, with a heavy reliance on option plays in order to reach its full potential.

Backfield Creator QB

Despite Dual Threat's name, Backfield Creator may be your best choice if you want to threaten defenses with both your legs and arms. It has a higher ceiling for quickness stats (at the cost of some elusiveness), and gives you the Mobile Deadeye skill for increased accuracy on the run. Once you break the pocket, you can take advantage of your unencumbered throwing ability, or sprint for yards if receivers are well-covered.

The one downside of Backfield Creator is that you won't have access to Downhill, meaning you will need to juke the defense out if you make a run for it. However, given that this archetype has the best possible quickness values (even better than Pure Runner), this isn't too diff💯icult to overcome🧔.

Pure Runner QB

Pure Runner is the exact opposite of Pocket Passer. All your abilities are based on running the ball, so that's where you'll be making the most impact on the field. Shifty makes it easier for you to find an open lane, and Side Step will help you avoid linebackers, making your way deeper into the defense. When you are finally tackled, Workhorse will help protect you from wear and tear, keeping you in the game.

The major downfall of this archetype is that, at the end of the day, quarterbacks need to be able to throw the ball. Pure Runner's accuracy and power can certainly be developed, but they start woefully lacking. Bizarrely, quickness is also capped low, 🥂meaning this isn't even the fastest ꦓarchetype available.

Which QB Archetype Should You Pick?

When taking the pros and cons of every archetype into consideration, it seems Backfield Creator may actually be the best. Not only does it have pretty balanced stats, but abilities like Mobile Deadeye allow you to threaten through the air and the ground, even more so than with Dual Threat.

On top of this, Pull Down and On Time will help you maintain possession and make plays in the pocket, allowing you the opportunity to drop back and dot up the defense if that's what the scheme calls for. Backfield Creator offers the most flexibility in Road to Glory; you can experiment, find the offensive strategy that works best for you, and then develop your player to fit that mold.