There was a time when an NFL team would never start a rookie QB fresh out of college, no matter how talented he was. The model was to apprentice for a couple years at least. Now it’s sink or swim, and the results are at best mixed.
As for the officiating, less said the better. Despite making six figure salaries most of them have other jobs, so officiating is a part time gig. And it shows.
That’s also because all the big college programs now run NFL style offenses.
College Football has essentially become an NFL farm system.