QB and participation stats for your reading pleasure

Dec 26, 2019, 12:01 PM

I seems to me that our QB run game is considered a weakness compared to our opponents. I looked up the stats and I think Trevor's legs could be a deciding factor in this game.

Fields (before he "hurt" his knee") has rushed for 471 YD on 123 carries for a 3.8 average with 10 TD and 27 sacks.

Trevor has rushed for 407 YD on 77 carries for a 5.3 average with 7 TD and 12 sacks.

I realize the sacks count against the rushing yardage, but that's part of the equation.

JF has 40 TD against 1 INT and a 190.3 rating. Great.

Trevor has 34 TD against 8 INT and a 176.4 rating. Very Good.

But if you look at the game by game comparison, Trevor is at least as impressive as his TD/INT ratio and rating has improved while Fields has leveled off.

Fields had ratings over 200 for FAU, NW, Nebraska and Mich and a 283 against Rutgers. Add in powerhouse MD and Miami-OH and he has 29 of his 40 TD.

In his last six games, Trevor has 20 TD to 0 INT, an average rating of 222.3 and a 76% completion rate.

Also, Trevor leads in completion percentage while throwing 29 more passes (68.8% to 67.5%) and total yds (3,172 to 2,953)

This got me wondering about the amount of plays each has played, but i couldn't find tOSU stats.

As proof of what we already knew, these are Clemson's participation stats.

In 948 plays on Offense (less OL as most 1 and 2s had high rates)
Trevor - 74%
Tee - 50%
ETN - 49%
Ross - 49%
Rogers - 36%
The rest were lower

In 803 Defensive plays
Simmons - 80%
AJ - 76%
Skalski - 70%
Kendrick - 66% (kind of surprised me)
K'von - 65%
Chad Smith - 64%
Muse - 62%
The rest were under 50%

As a final note, we had 50 players play over 100 snaps, 18 paly 35 - 100, 31 play less than 35 and an additional 15 play only on special teams. We Too Deep!

Can we be beaten Saturday? Sure, but only if we contribute. If we play up to our standard, I like our chances.

Go Tigers.

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Thanks for the post. I don't believe that there is any argument that TL is the better passer and that JF is the better runner. But your statistics clearly indicate that TL is likely to take fewer sacks and fewer tack;es for losses and is also perhaps the more effective runner.

In the second Wisconsin game, I noticed that JF was able to scramble for key third downs on third and six, third and five when unable to find a receiver. TL can also scramble but mostly still looking to find an open receiver. Some his worst interceptions came when TL was scrambling and tried to make a VERY difficult throw.

So, in summary, would you agree that JF is the better scrambler but TL is better in finding running yardage for himself when the defense presents him with the opportunity?

I agree with you - TL's running plays may be the difference, although I hope that that just his passing does the job.

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