FORMER PLAYERS
P George Caratan (UConn): Caratan did not have any punt attempts in a 34-17 loss to Army.
C Zach Carpenter (Indiana): Carpenter is Indiana's starting left guard. He had previously started at center, but a hand injury forced him to change positions.
RB Zach Charbonnet (UCLA): Charbonnet ran 19 times for 95 yards and caught 4 passes for 29 yards in a 48-45 loss to USC.
S Sammy Faustin (UMass): Faustin made 2 tackles in a 20-3 loss to Texas A&M.
OG Chuck Filiaga (Minnesota): Filiaga is a sixth year senior who starts at right guard for the Gophers.
CB Darion Green-Warren (Nevada): Green-Warren did not record any stats in a 41-14 loss to Fresno State.
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QB Ren Hefley (Northwest Mississippi Community College): Hefley led his team to a 10-1 record as the starting quarterback. He finished the season with 189/308 passes completed, 2,240 yards, 24 touchdowns, and 6 interceptions; and 34 carries for 86 yards and 5 touchdowns.
K Cole Hussung (Louisville): The former walk-on kicker transferred to Louisville.
WR Giles Jackson (Washington): Jackson had 2 catches for 4 yards, 2 rushes for 26 yards, and 2 kickoff returns for 58 yards in a 54-7 win over Colorado.
CB George Johnson III (UMass): Johnson did not record any stats in a 20-3 loss to Texas A&M.
S Jaylen Kelly-Powell (Akron): Akron (1-9) had a bye. Kelly-Powell has 18 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack, and 1 quarterback hurry this season but has not played in the last several games.
DE Aaron Lewis (Rutgers): Lewis made 5 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 2 quarterback hurries in a 55-10 loss to Penn State.
WR Oliver Martin (Nebraska): Martin made 1 catch for 8 yards in a 15-14 loss to Wisconsin.
QB Dylan McCaffrey (Northern Colorado): McCaffrey completed 12/25 passes for 79 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions and also ran 10 times for 26 yards in a 45-21 loss to Eastern Washington.
QB Joe Milton (Tennessee): Milton was 4/8 for 108 yards and 1 touchdown, and he had 2 rushes for 17 yards, in a 63-38 loss to South Carolina. With starting QB Hendon Hooker tearing his ACL, Milton is likely the starting quarterback going forward for the Volunteers.
Feels like these two plays got overlooked bc of the loss. First, what a throw by Joe Milton. 61 yards to Squirrel White. Then basically a 30 yard fade from opposite hash for a TD to Cedric Tillman (great catch). Milton still needs to work on consistency, but the upside is there. pic.twitter.com/ZeAWTzuoGD
— zach ragan (@zachTNT) November 21, 2022
LB William Mohan (Tennessee): Mohan was dismissed from Tennessee's program for an off-the-field incident.
S Jordan Morant (Mississippi State): Morant made 5 tackles in a 56-7 win over East Tennessee State.
DT Phillip Paea (Utah State): Paea did not play in a 35-31 win over San Jose State.
S Hunter Reynolds (Utah State): Reynolds made 5 tackles in a 35-31 win over San Jose State.
C/OG Nolan Rumler (Kent State): Rumler is a backup center and offensive guard for the Golden Flashes.
RB O'Maury Samuels (New Mexico State): Samuels did not record any stats in a 45-14 loss to Missouri.
CB Andre Seldon (New Mexico State): Seldon made 3 tackles in a 45-14 loss to Missouri.
CB Myles Sims (Georgia Tech): Sims made 3 tackles in a 21-17 win over North Carolina.
LB Anthony Solomon (Arizona): Solomon did not play in a 31-20 loss to Washington State.
OT Jack Stewart (UConn): Stewart is a backup offensive lineman for UConn.
RB Christian Turner (Wake Forest): Turner had 16 carries for 69 yards in a 45-35 win over Syracuse.
LB Ben VanSumeren (Michigan State): VanSumeren made 6 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 sack in a 39-31 loss to Indiana.
QB Dan Villari (Syracuse): Villari did not record any stats in a 45-35 loss to Wake Forest.
LB Cornell Wheeler (Kansas): Wheeler did not play in a 55-14 loss to Texas.
FORMER COMMITS
WR Markus Allen (Wisconsin): Allen has announced his entrance into the transfer portal.
RB Tim Baldwin, Jr. (UMass): Baldwin did not play in a 20-3 loss to Texas A&M.
CB Te'Cory Couch (Miami): Couch made 4 tackles and 1 pass breakup in a 40-10 loss to Clemson.
C Emil Ekiyor, Jr. (Alabama): Ekiyor is the starting right guard for Alabama.
RB Eric Gray (Oklahoma): Gray had 20 carries for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, plus 3 catches for 30 yards, in a 28-13 win over Oklahoma State.
Love how Eric Gray wants it all on every carry. pic.twitter.com/3Io5TbWHlI
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OLB Stephen Herron, Jr. (Stanford): Herron made 2 tackles and 1 quarterback hurry in a 27-20 loss to Cal.
C Jalil Irvin (Auburn): Irvin is a backup center as a fifth year senior for the Tigers.
LB Branden Jennings (UCF): Jennings did not play in a 17-14 loss to Navy.
LB Chase Lasater (Eastern Kentucky): Lasater made 7 tackles in a 45-38 win over Kennesaw State.
RB Amauri Pesek-Hickson (Northern Iowa): Pesek-Hickson did not play in a 58-14 win over South Dakota.
S Otis Reese (Ole Miss): Reese made 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in a 42-27 loss to Arkansas.
S Antwaine Richardson (Kent State): Richardson did not play in a 31-24 loss to Eastern Michigan.
TE Leonard Taylor (Cincinnati): Taylor did not play in a 23-3 win over Temple.
DT Alex VanSumeren (Michigan State): VanSumeren did not play in MSU's 39-31 loss to Indiana.
WR Xavier Worthy (Texas): Worthy made 2 catches for 30 yards and 2 punt returns for 29 yards in a 55-14 win over Kansas.
FORMER COACHES
Don Brown (Head Coach, UMass): UMass fell to 1-10 with a 20-3 loss to Texas A&M.
Jedd Fisch (Head Coach, Arizona): Arizona dropped to 4-7 with a 31-20 loss to Washington State.
Brady Hoke (Head Coach, San Diego State): SDSU improved to 7-4 with a 34-10 win over New Mexico.
Mo Linguist (Head Coach, Buffalo): Buffalo (5-5) had a bye due to the snowstorm in the northeast.
Scot Loeffler (Head Coach, Bowling Green State): BGSU improved to 6-5 with a 42-35 victory over Toledo.
Jim McElwain (Head Coach, Central Michigan): Central Michigan dropped to 4-7 after a 12-10 loss to Western Michigan.
Rich Rodriguez (Head Coach, Jacksonville State): JSU moved to 9-2 with a 40-17 win over Central Arkansas.
McCaffrey's Dad just got fired amid accusations of nepotism (and a bunch of other bad stuff). Almost like installing your son as OC might be a bad idea. Not that a big ten team would ever do something like this.
ReplyDeleteI figured this would be Ed's last year as head coach there. That's one reason why I don't put too much stock in how bad the 4-star QBs were there, because from what I can gather, he doesn't know what he's doing.
DeleteIf you're bad on a bad team against bad competition and bad on a good team against good competition, then you're probably just bad.
DeleteThat goes for both 4-star QBs.
Joe Milton, Epic, generational arm. Huge, way athletic body with speed and moves. Been a project his whole career.
DeleteAnother prime example of accuracy just not being teachable. Maybe the primest.
Probably should have been more open to the tight end thing. Pulling for him though.
Completion percentage in 3rd year vs 5th year:
DeleteJoe Milton: 57% vs 70%
Jake Rudock: 59% vs 64%
Hendon Hooker: 65% vs 70%
Joe Burrow: 58% vs 76%
Kenny Pickett: 62% vs 67%
Seems like accuracy can improve pretty dramatically to me.
You're cherry picking Lanky. Improved percentages happen as coaches learn what the guy can hit and gives up on what he misses. The game slows down and panic misses fade. But guys who miss, keep missing.
DeleteThere was a big deal made about San Fransisco having a guy who made analyses all of Joe Montana's picks over the earlier years of his career, found a pattern in the routes and pre throw movements that the picks happened on most frequently, removed them from the offense and got a bump in efficiency and reduced turnovers. Montana, of course already being pretty accurate in the first place.
I never cared enough to look into whether is continued past SI's article, but that kind of thing is eternal and will improve a QB's performance. But as for pure accuracy, it doesn't happen in QB's, maybe occasionally with a pitcher who fixes bad mechanics and finds the plate, but pitchers aren't moving around in a pocket, worrying about their backside.
Hell, Lanky, you can hardly get a guy appreciably better at the free throw line. You know this full well.
Mechanics aside, there's something about accuracy that is there, or it ain't.
@ Lank 8:27 p.m.
DeleteIf I'm not mistaken, 4 out of 5 of those guys are guys who transferred and went to new coaches between year 3 and year 5. The lone exception is Kenny Pickett.
Completion percentage can change based on the talent around you, the offense you're in, etc. Denard Robinson wasn't suddenly an accurate passer in 2010 when he completed 62.5% of his passes; he never completed 56% of his passes in any other season, because Hoke/Borges didn't incorporate such easy throws (hitches and bubbles).
I work at a fairly old school, and we had a QB a few years ago who was terrible. He could run, but he couldn't throw. Weak arm, skinny, but he was fast. He has the highest completion percentage in school history. Why? Because he had a good RB next to him in the backfield, which opened up all kinds of bubbles, smoke screens, and hitches because defenses would put 8 guys in the box to stop the QB/RB from running.
Accuracy numbers might go up or down. That doesn't necessarily mean the QB is more/less accurate.
Sure, just like YPC and rushing ability, context matters.
DeleteI just don't understand why all these other things (including things that I think of as being fairly innate physical characteristics like speed, balance, and vision) can change while accuracy (a refined skill) cannot.
When I think about something like shooting accuracy in basketball - that's one of the easiest things to improve as guys progress from high school to college and NBA and then later in their careers as well. It's a skill - not innate. Hunter Dickinson can become an excellent 3 point shooter but Joey Baker is never going to to become a slam dunk champion no matter how hard he tries.
Tom Brady went from a guy buried on the bench in college to the greatest QB in NFL history. He didn't do that by throwing bubbles and hitches - nor did Burrow, Pickett, or Rudock rely on those to juice their completion percentage. Brady worked his butt off to become more skilled as a passer and those other guys improved dramatically within college.
Here's an example of guy improving his accuracy at the free throw line over many years. (and also the 3 point line but the free throws are context neutral.)
Deletehttps://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kiddja01.html
Kidd began his NBA career shooting woefully for a guard and turned into a very good shooter in the second half of his career.
Here's an NFL example of a guy whose completion percentage went up a ton over years.
Deletehttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Y/YounSt00.htm
I don't know how anyone can say accuracy and completion percentage are unrelated. Sounds like feelingsball. If it is unrelated then I guess it doesn't really matter if a guy is producing results (like Jalen Hurts) while being inaccurate (supposedly).
Hell, Lanky, you can HARDLY get a guy appreciably better at the free throw line. You know this full well.
DeleteThat's the exact quote. So Jason Kidd got better over a bunch of years. You're still cherry picking.
Shaq and Wilt never got better to the point where it didn't make sense to foul them and make them prove it.
Thunder just explains how a kid that couldn't throw accurately achieved a high completion percentage as a result of scheming and personal.
We have the awesome example of Denard who by the simple threat of his running got guys so wide open even the lame ducks he threw out there were caught at a single season percentage of 60+%.
And, neither Thunder or I said that accuracy and completion percentage were unrelated.
What I said was, "Can't teach it."
That stands.
Roanman.
DeleteAnd since Thunder brought him up.
Denard is way to low rated as a Michigan QB, and Al Borges should have been sued by the University of Michigan for malpractice.
Just Sayin'.
You can teach it just like you can teach FT%. Not everyone learns or improves (e.g., Shaq) but that doesn't mean it can't be taught. There are plenty of examples.
DeleteThe burden of proof lies with those making extreme declarations. Most evidence says it CAN be done.
Those Milton throws -- stuff like that is going to get him a shot in the NFL. Somebody is going to say "I can fix him".
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