# Dylan Lonergan
**Dylan Lonergan** is an American college football quarterback from Snellville, Georgia, who played two seasons at Alabama, started for [Boston College](https://www.edgepedia.org/boston-college) in 2025, and transferred to Rutgers, where he was named the starting quarterback for the 2026 season.[1](https://bceagles.com/sports/football/roster/lonergan-dylan/25657) • [2](https://www.boston.com/sports/college-sports/2025/08/28/dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-quarterback-alabama-transfer-feature/) • [3](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/2026/09/30/indiana-rutgers-big-10/ecf1e0f0-bd03-11f1-81fc-9b76f8343b6c_story.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Position, size | Quarterback, 6 feet 2, about 210 pounds; wore No. 9 at Boston College[1](https://bceagles.com/sports/football/roster/lonergan-dylan/25657) |
| Recruiting | Consensus four-star quarterback in the class of 2023; ESPN ranked him No. 26 in the ESPN300 and No. 5 among quarterbacks[4](https://device.report/m/6a425f68fc01af3c07d6457bf0d594270baccd10bed202b4f3e5e49883bae787.pdf) |
| High school totals | 7,851 passing yards and 91 total touchdowns at Brookwood High School; 3,932 total yards and 39 touchdowns (32 passing) as a junior[5](https://nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Dylan-Lonergan-QB-Alabama) • [4](https://device.report/m/6a425f68fc01af3c07d6457bf0d594270baccd10bed202b4f3e5e49883bae787.pdf) |
| Alabama years | 2023–2024 backup; 8 career pass attempts across two seasons[6](https://scoutszn.com/player/7504?tab=media) |
| Boston College 2025 | 10 games, 9 starts: 190-of-284 for 2,025 yards, 12 touchdowns, 5 interceptions, 66.9% completions, 137.22 passer rating[7](https://bceagles.com/sports/football/stats/2025) |
| Rutgers 2026 | Won the starting job over AJ Surace; entered the season with five interceptions on 56.1% passing (46-of-82) through the early weeks[3](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/2026/09/30/indiana-rutgers-big-10/ecf1e0f0-bd03-11f1-81fc-9b76f8343b6c_story.html) |
| Family | Son of Dan Lonergan, a Penn State quarterback on the 1982 national championship team[2](https://www.boston.com/sports/college-sports/2025/08/28/dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-quarterback-alabama-transfer-feature/) • [8](https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/transfer-portal-georgia-football-dylan-lonergan-visit/) |
## High school career at Brookwood
Lonergan played quarterback and pitched at Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia, and was rated as a prospect in both sports.[1](https://bceagles.com/sports/football/roster/lonergan-dylan/25657) Alabama's media guide records him as a consensus four-star signee who accounted for 3,932 total yards, 3,412 of them passing, and 39 touchdowns, 32 passing, as a junior; ESPN.com placed him No. 26 in the ESPN300, No. 5 at quarterback, and No. 3 among players in the state of Georgia.[4](https://device.report/m/6a425f68fc01af3c07d6457bf0d594270baccd10bed202b4f3e5e49883bae787.pdf) Over his high school career he threw for 7,851 yards and 91 total touchdowns.[5](https://nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Dylan-Lonergan-QB-Alabama) On3's 2023 scouting report described a quarterback with touch and accuracy at all levels who could also run, having rushed for over 600 yards and 7 touchdowns as a junior, and noted that he held multiple Power 5 baseball offers with the possibility of being selected in the MLB Draft.[8](https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/transfer-portal-georgia-football-dylan-lonergan-visit/)
His senior season ended early because of turf toe and surgery, and he graduated early with a 4.02 GPA before rehabbing at Alabama.[2](https://www.boston.com/sports/college-sports/2025/08/28/dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-quarterback-alabama-transfer-feature/) P.J. Katz, Brookwood's former offensive coordinator, first saw him play as an eighth-grader and later described him as "surgical" and "calculated," noting that he consistently arrived at 8 a.m. meetings at 7:50.[2](https://www.boston.com/sports/college-sports/2025/08/28/dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-quarterback-alabama-transfer-feature/)
## Alabama (2023–2024)
Lonergan signed with Alabama in the 2023 class as a four-star quarterback and planned to play both football and baseball there.[5](https://nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Dylan-Lonergan-QB-Alabama) He appeared sparingly in two seasons: ScoutSZN's season table shows 2-of-2 passing for 12 yards in 2023 and 5-of-6 for 23 yards in 2024, eight attempts in all.[6](https://scoutszn.com/player/7504?tab=media) Bill O'Brien, then Alabama's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, had recruited him to the Crimson Tide.[9](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/12/sports/bc-football-dylan-lonergan/?p1=BGSearch_Advanced_Results%5C)
A book on the Alabama program reported that [Nick Saban](https://www.edgepedia.org/nick-saban) told people close to him that the quarterback he liked best in fall camp was the true freshman Lonergan, but after Saban's departure the new staff treated the job as [Jalen Milroe](https://www.edgepedia.org/jalen-milroe)'s, and Lonergan never started a game in Tuscaloosa.[10](https://www.si.com/college/bostoncollege/football/quarterback-dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-new-heights) • [2](https://www.boston.com/sports/college-sports/2025/08/28/dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-quarterback-alabama-transfer-feature/) He entered the transfer portal in December 2024 with three years of eligibility remaining.[2](https://www.boston.com/sports/college-sports/2025/08/28/dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-quarterback-alabama-transfer-feature/)
## Boston College (2025)
Lonergan narrowed his transfer search to Boston College, Georgia, and North Carolina and chose the Eagles, reuniting with O'Brien, who had become Boston College's head coach.[2](https://www.boston.com/sports/college-sports/2025/08/28/dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-quarterback-alabama-transfer-feature/) In August 2025, Boston College named him the starting quarterback over redshirt senior [Grayson James](https://www.edgepedia.org/grayson-james).[9](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/12/sports/bc-football-dylan-lonergan/?p1=BGSearch_Advanced_Results%5C)
His first career start came in the opener against Fordham on August 30, a 66–10 win in which he went 26-for-34 for 268 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions. His 76.5% completion rate was the highest by a Boston College quarterback in over a decade.[1](https://bceagles.com/sports/football/roster/lonergan-dylan/25657) • [11](https://bceagles.com/documents/download/2025/8/30/BC_FB_2025_Season_Stats.pdf) Boston College's game notes list a four-touchdown performance at Michigan State on September 6, 2025 as his single-game high in scoring passes, and the scouting service NFLDraftBuzz credits him with a 389-yard, four-touchdown game against Michigan as his signature outing.[12](https://bceagles.com/documents/download/2025/11/24/GAME_12_BC_NOTES_112425.pdf) • [5](https://nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Dylan-Lonergan-QB-Alabama)
**Season totals.** Over 10 games with nine starts he completed 190 of 284 passes for 2,025 yards, 12 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions, a 66.9% completion rate and a 137.22 passer rating, averaging 202.5 passing yards per game.[7](https://bceagles.com/sports/football/stats/2025) His 190 completions placed him inside the top ten for single-season completions in Boston College history.[13](https://bceagles.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jonathan-dibiaso/2930) His rushing line was 36 carries for minus-37 yards, a figure ScoutSZN attributes largely to sacks, and the team finished well below .500, prompting a report that O'Brien's confidence in him faded during the season.[6](https://scoutszn.com/player/7504?tab=media) • [14](https://www.si.com/college/bostoncollege/football/bill-obrien-loss-faith-dylan-lonergan-bc-football-qb)
## Rutgers (2026)
Lonergan transferred to Rutgers after the 2025 season and won the starting quarterback job over [AJ Surace](https://www.edgepedia.org/aj-surace), who had 34 career snaps to Lonergan's 487.[6](https://scoutszn.com/player/7504?tab=media) • [3](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/2026/09/30/indiana-rutgers-big-10/ecf1e0f0-bd03-11f1-81fc-9b76f8343b6c_story.html) Through the early part of the 2026 season the Washington Post reported that he had thrown five interceptions while completing 56.1% of his passes (46 of 82) and had yet to find consistency leading the offense.[3](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/2026/09/30/indiana-rutgers-big-10/ecf1e0f0-bd03-11f1-81fc-9b76f8343b6c_story.html) ScoutSZN's table records 51-of-92 passing for 775 yards, 7 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions across four games.[6](https://scoutszn.com/player/7504?tab=media)
## Playing style and evaluation
Scouting reports consistently identify arm strength as his defining trait. NFLDraftBuzz praises his ability to layer throws into the second and third levels, his deep-ball placement, and his habit of standing tall against pressure from a clean platform, while flagging limited mobility with little designed-run or scramble value and a thin starting sample of one real year of college reps.[5](https://nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Dylan-Lonergan-QB-Alabama) ScoutSZN grades him a 5.8, a developmental priority-undrafted-free-agent prospect whose 2026 season at Rutgers is the chance to prove that his late-2025 form was his real level.[6](https://scoutszn.com/player/7504?tab=media)
His coaches emphasize processing over physical tools. Katz called him more mentally advanced than any player he had coached: "Mentally, he's so much farther ahead than you."”[10](https://www.si.com/college/bostoncollege/football/quarterback-dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-new-heights) Academically, Lonergan accumulated 92 credits and a 3.9 GPA in two years at Alabama and enrolled in Boston College's Carroll School of Management, forgoing some of those credits to transfer.[2](https://www.boston.com/sports/college-sports/2025/08/28/dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-quarterback-alabama-transfer-feature/)
## References
1. [Dylan Lonergan, Boston College Athletics roster](https://bceagles.com/sports/football/roster/lonergan-dylan/25657)
2. [Trevor Hass, "Dylan Lonergan said it was tough to leave Alabama, but believes he's found perfect fit as BC quarterback," Boston.com / The Boston Globe, August 28, 2025](https://www.boston.com/sports/college-sports/2025/08/28/dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-quarterback-alabama-transfer-feature/)
3. ["Old teammates, new roles: Turbo Richard and No. 6 Indiana visit Dylan Lonergan and Rutgers," The Washington Post, September 30, 2026](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/2026/09/30/indiana-rutgers-big-10/ecf1e0f0-bd03-11f1-81fc-9b76f8343b6c_story.html)
4. [Alabama 2024 football media guide, Dylan Lonergan profile](https://device.report/m/6a425f68fc01af3c07d6457bf0d594270baccd10bed202b4f3e5e49883bae787.pdf)
5. [Dylan Lonergan QB scouting report, NFLDraftBuzz](https://nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Dylan-Lonergan-QB-Alabama)
6. [Dylan Lonergan scouting report and season table, ScoutSZN](https://scoutszn.com/player/7504?tab=media)
7. [Boston College 2025 Football Cumulative Statistics](https://bceagles.com/sports/football/stats/2025)
8. ["Georgia set to host Alabama transfer QB Dylan Lonergan," with On3's 2023 scouting report, On3](https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/transfer-portal-georgia-football-dylan-lonergan-visit/)
9. ["Boston College names its starting quarterback: Alabama transfer Dylan Lonergan," The Boston Globe, August 12, 2025](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/12/sports/bc-football-dylan-lonergan/?p1=BGSearch_Advanced_Results%5C)
10. ["'Mentally, He's So Much Farther Ahead Than You': How QB Dylan Lonergan Can Take Boston College to New Heights," SI](https://www.si.com/college/bostoncollege/football/quarterback-dylan-lonergan-boston-college-football-new-heights)
11. [2025-26 Boston College Football season statistics PDF](https://bceagles.com/documents/download/2025/8/30/BC_FB_2025_Season_Stats.pdf)
12. [Boston College Individual Game Highs, Game 12 notes, November 24, 2025](https://bceagles.com/documents/download/2025/11/24/GAME_12_BC_NOTES_112425.pdf)
13. [Jonathan DiBiaso coaching profile, Boston College Athletics](https://bceagles.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jonathan-dibiaso/2930)
14. ["What is Behind Bill O'Brien's Loss of Faith in Dylan Lonergan as BC Football's QB," SI](https://www.si.com/college/bostoncollege/football/bill-obrien-loss-faith-dylan-lonergan-bc-football-qb)
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