[Husker] QBs from Year one to year two

[Steve Stone]

I don’t know where Skylar got his information, but I want to thank him for  
passing it on. Most enlightening.

Steve Stone




Skylar wrote:

> A bit of info I saw on a message board.
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> There's your first 300 decisions---under pressure with live bullets.
>
> Then there's your second 300 decisions---a year later.
>
> Will you be better?
>
> Every Husker Quarterback in the last 30 years was....
>
>
>
> I. Quarterback Completions: First-year. Second-year.
>
> Turner Gill:
> --'81: 51.6%
> --'82: 54.2%
>
> Steve Taylor:
> --'86: 41.9%
> --'87: 46.3%
>
> Tommie Frazier:
> --'92: 44.0%
> --'93: 47.5%
>
> Eric Crouch:
> --'98: 48.5%
> --'99: 51.9%
>
> Scott Frost:
> --'96: 52.0%
> --'97: 55.3%
>
> Jammal Lord:
> --'02: 46.6%
> --'03: 48.3%
>
> Zac Taylor:
> --'05: 55.1%
> --'06: 59.6%
>
> Joe Ganz - ** NOTE ** had only three starts in '07.
> --'07: 58.6%
> --'08: 67.9%
>
> Zac Lee:
> --'09: 58.8% [Note: The highest first-year percentage in the group.]
> --'10:... [Our first QB to go over 60% in his second year?]
>
>
>
> II. Reasons To Be Optimistic About Next Year's Offense:
>
>
> Ten returning starters. No one has more than that.
>
> --QB: All return---Lee, Green, Spano, et.al.
> --RB: All return---Helu, Burkhead, Robinson, et.al.
> --O-Line: 4 of 5 return.
>
> And the bell-ringing bonus....
>
> --Receivers: 85% of all receptions return---the most in the Big 12.  
> (Maybe
> the nation...? That's a huge figure.)
>
>
>
> III. Zac Lee: Good enough?
>
>
> Lee's not badly positioned in the group below---good enough to get us to
> another Championship game and beyond.
>
>
> 2010's Returning Big 12 Quarterbacks: Completions ('09 Big 12 regular  
> season
> games)
>
> 1. Potts, TT: 65.7%
> 2. Florence, BU: 60.7%
> 3. Johnson, TAM: 60.0%
> 4. Arnaud, ISU: 58.8%
> 5. Lee, NU: 58.1%
> 6. Jones, OU: 57.1%
> 7. Gabbert, MU: 56.5%
> 8. Hansen, CU: 55.8%
>
>
>
> The Bottom Line:
>
>
> Our Offense has little star-power. NFL scouts are not salivatating over
> anyone.
>
> Expect it: All will work smoother next year. And Lee as a Quarterback  
> will
> be better---everyone from Turner Gill on has shown that.
>
> And all those returning Receivers...? Expect to see them more open, more
> often, and more in tune with Lee. 300 throws will do that.
>
>
> There you go.
>
> Just some things to think about....
>
> --
> Skylar
>
>
>
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