By the Numbers Phil Jurkovec and D'Eriq King

[Bennubird]

Update: PJ is apparently going to Boston College. King walked away from Houston and is supposedly visiting UM.

I figured it'd be a good time to take a quick look at the stats of some of the players being discussed on the board. Obviously, there are many other variables that stats can not account for, e.g., character, level of competition, mental toughness, maturity, coaching, compatible offensive system, etc., but past performance is often a good predictor of future performance and there is no question that today's college football requires elite QB play to win a national championship.

Here are stats for D'Eriq King. I've included both his high school and college stats so you can track his production over time.

By comparison, no QB currently on our roster and no other QB who we are currently looking at in the portal has D'Eriq's production in high school as both a passer and runner.

In high school, D'Eriq King threw for 8719 yards, completed 66.3 percent of his passes, and he threw for 126 TDs. He also rushed for 2709 yards and 37 more TDs. Playing part of the season in 2019, King took a step back probably because of changes in the composition of the roster and staff at Houston. Below his stats are tabulated.

If we are going to compete for national titles, we must have an innovative OC who can also recruit an elite QB. D'Eriq would be a step in the right direction, but ultimately we need to bring in top or near top of their class QBs year after year just as Alabama, Clemson, Ohio States, etc. do.


D'Eriq's Passing Stats Houston 2018

	C	Att	C%	Yds	Avg	TD	INT	QB Rate
2019	58	110	52.7	663	6.0	6	2	117.7
2018	219	345	63.5	2982	8.6	36	6	167
2017	90	139	64.7	1260	9.1	7	2	154.6
2016	2	3	66.7	20	6.7	1	0	232.7

D'Eriq's High School Passing Stats

Year	Grade	Team	GP	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	Y/G	C/G	TD	TD/G	Int	Lng	QB Rate
15-16	Senior	Varsity	14	171	254	2898	0.673	16.9	207	12.2	43	3.1	5	80	137.1
14-15	Junior	Varsity	14	204	310	3193	0.658	15.7	228.1	14.6	47	3.4	3	77	135.4
13-14	Sophomore	Varsity	14	168	255	2628	0.659	15.6	187.7		36		8	86	126.4
			42	543	819	8719	66.3	16.07	207.6		126		16		132.96

D'Eriq's High School Rushing Stats

Year	Grade	Team	GP	Car	Yds	Avg	Y/G	Lng	100+	TD
15-16	Senior	Varsity	14	113	640	5.7	45.7	65	3	8
14-15	Junior	Varsity	14	110	780	7.1	55.7	64	2	12
13-14	Sophomore	Varsity	14	164	1289	7.9	92.1	72		17
			42	387	2709	7.4	64.5			37

Jarren Williams

	C	Att	C%	Yds	Avg	TD	INT	QB Rate
2019	169	276	61.2	2,187	7.9	19	7	145.4
2016	1	3	33.3	17	5.7	0	0	80.9

Nkosi Perry

	C	Att	C%	Yds	Avg	TD	INT	QB Rate
2019	85	159	53.5	1045	6.6	8	3	121.5
2018	97	191	50.8	1091	5.7	13	6	114.9

 

[Go Canes!!]

Is King even in the portal?

I thought he was just redshirting.

 

[Canes2523]

Does TVD have a chance to be good, or even a starter here? Does he have the skillset to run the spread?

 

[brcane1]

HS stats are not relevant when discussing grad transfers.

 

[Bennubird]

Does TVD have a chance to be good, or even a starter here? Does he have the skillset to run the spread?

Indeed he does, but his numbers do not look like PJ's or D'Eriq King's. I actually thought he would be closer in comparison to Sam Howell at UNC. I have their stats as well.

 

[Bennubird]

HS stats are not relevant when discussing grad transfers.

They are when you only have a small sample size for the player at the college level. So you don't think LSU considered that Joe Burrow had thrown for 11,416 yards, completed 69% of his passes, and 157 passing TDs while in high school when making their decision?

 

[Bennubird]

Is King even in the portal?

I thought he was just redshirting.

Ergo my statement about him maybe not even being a possibility. Would be great if we could somehow pry him away from Houston.

 

[Mackmiller974]

Jurkovec is expected to go to Boston College. A Transfer QB that has to sit a year is not what Lashlee is looking for either

 

[bacane]

Appreciate the effort, but looking back on HS stats 3-4 years after the fact is an act of futility.

 

[Bennubird]

Jurkovec is expected to go to Boston College. A Transfer QB that has to sit a year is not what Lashlee is looking for either

Didn't realize he was headed to Boston College. The post is really about looking at the numbers in comparative perspective. We need QBs who come to us with better stats to begin with and again, if, we could have gotten them, their numbers reflect those of the caliber of player we would want.

 

[Bennubird]

Appreciate the effort, but looking back on HS stats 3-4 years after the fact is an act of futility.

No it's not when you don't have anything else to go on.

 

[Bennubird]

A question was raised about TVD's numbers. Here they are. They are clearly stronger his final two years, and he got much better in his senior year, which is a good sign.

Year	Grade	Team	GP	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	Y/G	C/G	TD	TD/G	Int	Lng	QB Rate
19-20	Senior	Varsity	9	123	200	2260	0.615	18.4	251.1	13.7	21	2.3	6	85	122.9
18-19	Junior	Varsity	9	128	224	1899	0.571	14.8	211	14.2	14	1.6	5	75	96.6
17-18	Sophomore	Varsity	5	14	28	222	0.5	15.9	44.4	2.8	1	0.2	2	46	58.9
16-17	Freshman	Varsity	9	25	45	262	0.556	10.5	29.1	2.8	3	0.3	3	46	67.1
			32	290	497	4663	.56	14.9	133.9		39		16		86.38

 

[coffeecane]

What are Tate Martell numbers? Don't think these numbers are everything though odds def better for success if in the right system.

 

[Bennubird]

@coffeecane here are Tate's numbers. He threw for 7507 yards and completed 60.4% of his passes. He also rushed for almost 2300 yards.

This are from MaxPrep. I use a spreadsheet to do a quick check for the accuracy of the totals.

Tate's Passing Stats in High School

Year	Grade	Team	GP	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	Y/G	C/G	TD	TD/G	Int	Lng	QB Rate
16-17	Senior	Varsity	15	136	215	2362	0.633	17.4	157.5	9.1	41	2.7	1	80	138.2
15-16	Junior	Varsity	15	133	237	2608	0.561	19.6	173.9	8.9	32	2.1	6	79	123.7
14-15	Sophomore	Varsity	15	124	200	2537	0.62	20.5	169.1	8.3	40	2.7	2	80	141.3
			45	393	652	7507	60.4%	19.2	166.8	8.8	113		9		134.4

Tate's Rushing Stats in High School

Year	Grade	Team	GP	Car	Yds	Avg	Y/G	Lng	100+	TD
16-17	Senior	Varsity	15	146	1257	8.6	83.8	65	5	21
15-16	Junior	Varsity	15	98	604	6.2	40.3	42	1	9
14-15	Sophomore	Varsity	15	73	433	5.9	28.9	31	1	5
			45	317	2294	6.9	51			35

 

[Cribby]

Tate will not be the qb next year , book that.

 

[Mackmiller974]

Pete to Boston College

 

[NorthernVirginiaCane]

Tate will not be the qb next year , book that.

Tate's numbers in high school were insane though. I assume if he was good, be would have played last season but no question he was very highly regarded coming out of high school.

 

[coffeecane]

@coffeecane here are Tate's numbers. He threw for 7507 yards and completed 60.4% of his passes. He also rushed for almost 2300 yards.

This are from MaxPrep. I use a spreadsheet to do a quick check for the accuracy of the totals.

Tate's Passing Stats in High School

Year	Grade	Team	GP	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	Y/G	C/G	TD	TD/G	Int	Lng	QB Rate
16-17	Senior	Varsity	15	136	215	2362	0.633	17.4	157.5	9.1	41	2.7	1	80	138.2
15-16	Junior	Varsity	15	133	237	2608	0.561	19.6	173.9	8.9	32	2.1	6	79	123.7
14-15	Sophomore	Varsity	15	124	200	2537	0.62	20.5	169.1	8.3	40	2.7	2	80	141.3
			45	393	652	7507	60.4%	19.2	166.8	8.8	113		9		134.4

Tate's Rushing Stats in High School

Year	Grade	Team	GP	Car	Yds	Avg	Y/G	Lng	100+	TD
16-17	Senior	Varsity	15	146	1257	8.6	83.8	65	5	21
15-16	Junior	Varsity	15	98	604	6.2	40.3	42	1	9
14-15	Sophomore	Varsity	15	73	433	5.9	28.9	31	1	5
			45	317	2294	6.9	51			35

Thanks for this. Those are nice numbers but didn't translate to college (at least in Enos system). Anyway just goes to show it really doesn't matter what your HS stats are. I think competition and system mean more.

 

[2.0]

HS stats are not relevant when discussing grad transfers.

Thank You

tf is he talking about?

 

[Mico Jones]

I’d take both

both are super talented