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Desmond Ridder will be standing in a spotlight brighter than any he's been under before.The senior Cincinnati quarterback has been as crucial a piece as any for the Bearcats as they' Kyle Lauletta Jersey ve gone from middle-of-the-road AAC team to annual FBS powerhouse. He and the Bearcats will now have their biggest challenge in program history as they prepare to face No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinals, the first appearance by a Group of Five team in the CFP era.While Ridder hasn't always been on the big stage, he's long been a star performer, putting up historic numbers for the Bearcats in his four years in red and black. And after the CFP, he'll turn his attention to the NFL, where he has a shot to be one of the first quarterbacks off the board in 2022.Here's all you need to know about Ridder as he takes on the Crimson Tide.Underrated recruitRidder is viewed as one of the top quarterbacks in the country, but back in 2017, when he was coming out of high school, he wasn't even one of the top players in his recruiting cla s., Ridder was listed as a three-star recruit who ranked No. 1,657 in the nation, 116 among athletes and No. 10 in the state of Kentucky.He is the lowest rated quarterback, per 247Sports' Composite Rankings, to reach the CFP. However, this is the 12th time athree-star quarterback will start in the College Football Playoff. There have been more teams led by three-star QBs in the CFP than any other star rating (nine five-stars and 11 four-stars).Among three-star QBs,Ohio State's Cardale Jones (2014), Alabama's Jake Coker (2015) and Alabama' Alec Ogletree Jersey s Mac Jones (2020) have won the national championship.School record-setterBut a rating is just a single number, and Ridder proved that in his case, it was well off from an accurate predictor of the careerhe would have in Cincinnati.Ridder redshirted as a freshman in 2017, but had a major impact as a redshirt freshman starters in 2018. He completed 62.4 percent of his pa ses for 2,445 yards with 20 touchdowns and five interceptions, along with 150 carries for 572 yards and five more scores. He was named the AAC's Rookie of the Year.Ridder has only continued his dominance from there. To this point in his career, he has ama sed 10,095 Doug Kotar Jersey pa sing yards, 87 pa sing touchdowns, 28 interceptions and a 62.3 completion percentage. He has rushed 492 times for 2,185 yards and 28 touchdowns. This past year, he set personal bests in pa sing yards (3,190), pa sing touchdowns (30), completions (234) and atttempts (355), all while throwing only eight interceptions.His pa sing yards are the most in Bearcat history and his 12,280 total yards of offense are the most of any AAC player in history. His 87 pa sing touchdowns are also the most in Bearcat history and are the second-most in AAC history behind Memphis' Brady White. The 113 total touchdowns for which Ridder is responsible tops the AAC record books.He is currently the only active FBS player with 10,000 pa sing yards and 2,000 rushing yards, . He is also the winningest among active FBS QBs (44-5) and has never lost a home game (26-0).Ridder has been named the AAC Offensive Player of the Year in both 2020 and 2021, and was a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, and a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year and Davey O'Brien Award in 2021.Desmond Ridder NFL New York Giants Jersey draft projectionAs he has continued to wrap up a sterling career with the Bearcats, Ridder can begin to turn his attention to the pros.He has vaulted up NFL Draft boards over the past two seasons. has most recently had him landing at No. 15 to the Steelers in his latest mock draft.Ridder is also currently listed as in the 2022 cla s, making him the fifth- Lawrence Taylor Jersey highest ranked quarterback.If drafted in the first round, Ridder would become only the third Bearcat ever taken in the first round, joining quarterback Greg Cook (fifth overall to the Bengals in 1969) and defensive tackle Bob Bell (21st overall to the Lions in 1971). He might have some company in that round this year, too, as cornerback Ahmad Gardner is listed as the No. 23 overall prospect and is currently projected to be taken 28th overall by the Buccaneers.Not since 2012 has Cincinnati had multiple players taken within the first two rounds of the draft in the same year defensive tackle Derek Wolfe and running back Isaiah Pead were both drafted in the second round.