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Vote: Who was the best Vermont high school quarterback in the 2010s?

Austin Danforth Alex Abrami
Burlington Free Press

With the return of high school football this month, we thought we'd kick off the upcoming season with a simple question that might not have such a simple answer.

Who was Vermont's best quarterback during the 2010s?

We narrowed the list to 10 players, and now you can tell us who you think was the best.

Read about these standout signal-callers and then cast your vote at the bottom of this page.

Ryan Alexander, Fair Haven

The lefty gunslinger directed the Slaters to the 2014 Division II title game, a season in which he threw 2,737 yards and 33 touchdowns with a completion rate of 64%. He also rushed for 832 yards and 12 more TDs. As a senior, Alexander totaled 40 TDs, 24 through the air, and averaged 367 yards a game. He passed for 2,359 yards and gained 946 on the ground.

Jake Cady, St. Johnsbury

Jake Cady

Mobile, coolly efficient and the most accurate passer Rich Alercio has coached in his career, Cady engineered a powerful SJA squad to the 2017 Division I crown, throwing for 2,339 yards and 21 touchdowns while adding 784 yards and 14 scores on the ground. Then as a senior, Cady was named Free Press player of the year in 2018, completing 68.3% of his passes for 3,350 yards and 36 touchdowns He also picked up 645 rushing yards and 15 TDs as SJA reached the semis.

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Cam Coloutti, Fair Haven

Cam Coloutti

Coloutti, also a hoops standout, piled up eye-popping stats during a star-studded run for the Slaters. As a junior, Coloutti threw for 3,039 yards and 35 touchdowns and added 475 yards and nine scores on the ground as Fair Haven soared to the Division II title. This past fall, Coloutti went for 3,649 yards and 36 TDs through the air while gaining 683 yards and 10 scores rushing as FH fell in its return trip to the final. For his career, Coloutti completed 67.2% of his passes for 10,635 yards and totaled 131 TDs (105 passing).

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Robert Coloutti, Fair Haven

Robert Coloutti, Fair Haven quarterback.

All-State football.

With Coloutti at the controls, Division II Fair Haven ended a 10-year title drought in 2011. The double threat tossed 23 touchdowns against only three picks with 2,215 yards to go along with 875 yards and 11 scores on the ground. In the title game, Coloutti, a Free Press All-State first-team selection at QB that season, piled up five total TDs in a run-first game plan that saw FH tally 57 points.

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Andy Kenosh, Rutland

Andy Kenosh, Rutland, Vermont.

The eventual Free Press athlete of the year, who also shined on the ski slopes and the diamond, Kenosh was the man at the center of Rutland's return to gridiron glory in 2015. "He plays offense, defense; he punts, he kicks, he does everything but drive the bus," was how his coach, Mike Norman, put it. The cerebral, do-it-all star mastered Rutland's read-option strategy as a senior, connecting on 66% of his passes for 2,018 yards and 25 TDs while rushing for 809 yards and 13 TDs. The Kenosh-led Raiders went on to snap Middlebury's 32-game winning streak and grab the program's first Division I championship since 2006.

More:Andy Kenosh is the Free Press player of the year for 2015

Christian McCormick, Rice

Christian McCormick, Rice football.

In Rice's spread offense of 2010, McCormick was nearly flawless, throwing only three interceptions in 262 attempts while passing for 2,619 yards and 37 touchdowns. The Gatorade player of the year that fall, McCormick also ran for 357 yards and a trio of scores and then produced a 303-yard, 4-TD performance in the Division II title-game victory over Middlebury to seal a 10-1 campaign.

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Joey McCoy, Burr and Burton

Joey McCoy.

Given the unenviable task of following not only his standout older brother, Jay, but the brothers Stalcup as Burr and Burton Academy's starting QB, Joey McCoy turned in nothing less than a show-stopping junior season for the 2018 Division II champs. He completed 68% of his passes for 1,827 yards and 24 TDs to just 2 INTs while adding 448 yards and 11 more scores on the ground (and a team-high 63 tackles). And McCoy's performance in BBA's record-setting D-II title triumph was one for the ages: 9-of-11 passing for 287 yards, 15 carries for 118 yards rushing and seven total touchdowns.

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Austin Robinson, Middlebury

Austin Robinson

From his first snap as the starter in 2013 to his last in 2014, Robinson piloted one of the undisputed golden eras in the Tigers' storied history: 22 wins, no losses and two Division I championship trophies. Primarily a run-first threat in Middlebury's no-huddle triple-option offense, as well as one of the state's finest defensive backs, Robinson's knack for making plays — be them subtle, savvy or jaw-dropping — stood apart. As a senior, he had a near-even split in yardage (567 rushing, 532 passing) and TDs (12 and 12) for an explosive Tigers outfit that habitually blew out opponents by halftime (293-49). 

More: Austin Robinson is the Free Press' player of the year for 2014

Griff Stalcup, Burr and Burton

Griff Stalcup

A four-year starter at Burr and Burton, Stalcup broke his older brother's single-season touchdown record (33 total) as a sophomore and never looked back. The dual-threat talent completed 65% of his passes for 2,562 yards and 36 TDs, and led the undefeated Division II champs in rushing yards (475) and scores (11) as a junior. And with another sterling campaign as a senior — nearly 2,400 total yards and 43 TDs in 10 games — he joined his brother as a Gatorade Player of the Year honoree.

More: Stalcups seamless under center for Burr and Burton

Jake Stalcup, Burr and Burton

Jake Stalcup, Burr and Burton football

All-State 2012.

The gifted arm that established Burr and Burton as one of the state's premier football programs belongs to the 6-foot-5 Stalcup, the strong-armed pocket passer who made his mark in three years as BBA's starting signal-caller before graduating to Middlebury College. As a junior in 2011, he won Vermont's Gatorade Player of the Year honor in a 2,500-yard, 31-TD campaign that propelled the Bulldogs to their first title-game berth. Stalcup followed that up with a 2,600-yard, 31-TD season as a senior despite playing one game less.

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Contact Alex Abrami at 660-1848 or aabrami@freepressmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @aabrami5. Contact Austin Danforth at 651-4851 or edanforth@freepressmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @eadanforth.