Looking at Josh Dobbs' stats

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I was looking at Dobbs' stats this morning. A few numbers...

-Highest completion percentage in the SEC for quarterbacks with at least 300 attempts. (63%) Not bad for a guy labeled as "inaccurate."

-Highest QB rating (150.6)

-Led the conference in passing touchdowns (27)

-I was surprised to see he was sacked 25 times.

-Think about this: Dobbs was Tennessee's leading rusher in three out of the Vols' last four games (Nebraska, Missouri, Kentucky) and also against Virginia Tech earlier this year.

-He was 17th in the SEC in rushing (831 yards) and tied for 6th in rushing TDs (12)

-I don't have the combined yardage stats (rushing and passing) but I'm sure he led the league.



I think one of the most amazing things about Dobbs is how many of us thought he'd make it through the last two years in this system without getting injured? He took some big hits at times.
 
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He was one of my all time favorites. The guy made plays, hated seeing people hate on him through his career.
 
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Excellent info Freak.

THANKS for researching this and posting it.

Have no fear though, the Nega Nincompoops will be here shortly to spin things to fit their hate buTch agendas and try to make Dobbs seem not as successful as the facts prove he was.

I'll give Dobbs a flyer on his NOT preparing for the USCe game and respect him for standing up like a real man and admitting he was in the library until 2 AM 2 or 3 nights of the USCe game week working to finish a important paper that had to be turned in on time.

I hate to lose as much as anyone but I also have to respect a fine young man that puts his grades and adult life future ahead of 1 football game.

VFL...GBO!!!
 
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Freak said:
I was looking at Dobbs' stats this morning. A few numbers...

-Highest completion percentage in the SEC for quarterbacks with at least 300 attempts. (63%) Not bad for a guy labeled as "inaccurate."

-Highest QB rating (150.6)

-Led the conference in passing touchdowns (27)

-I was surprised to see he was sacked 25 times.

-Think about this: Dobbs was Tennessee's leading rusher in three out of the Vols' last four games (Nebraska, Missouri, Kentucky) and also against Virginia Tech earlier this year.

-He was 17th in the SEC in rushing (831 yards) and tied for 6th in rushing TDs (12)

-I don't have the combined yardage stats (rushing and passing) but I'm sure he led the league.



I think one of the most amazing things about Dobbs is how many of us thought he'd make it through the last two years in this system without getting injured? He took some big hits at times.
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What was his completion percentage throwing the ball, say, 15+ yards downfield? You should have at least a decent completion percentage when a high percentage of your throws are screens and quick slants.

The critique of Dobbs was a more specific one in that he was limited in what he could do as far as pushing the ball downfield.
 
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And Dobbs did all that with a suspect O-Line. 25 sacks and should have been way more. He stayed in the pocket and delivered some great balls with guys hitting him in the face a lot. He also did what many thought he couldn't: threw the deep ball really well down the field. Big props for the growth of his passing game. He will be one of the most missed players in a long time.
 
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I think the biggest knock on Dobbs' inaccuracy was that when he missed, he missed BADLY. Now, with that being said, without his heart, determination, and will, we lose a lot more without him under center (well 5 yards behind center).

Gonna miss the guy but I knew that I would. Still looking forward to the next phase of UT quarterbacks.
 
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05_never_again said:
What was his completion percentage throwing the ball, say, 15+ yards downfield? You should have at least a decent completion percentage when a high percentage of your throws are screens and quick slants.

The critique of Dobbs was a more specific one in that he was limited in what he could do as far as pushing the ball downfield.
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I'm not sure what his completion percentage was 15 yards downfield, but he was third in yards per attempt (.1 yards behind Chad Kelly and .3 yards behind Austin Allen)

If you have some stats to share, I'd love to see them.

I thought he was much improved throwing downfield this year.
 
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Vol_til_I_die said:
I think the biggest knock on Dobbs' inaccuracy was that when he missed, he missed BADLY. Now, with that being said, without his heart, determination, and will, we lose a lot more without him under center (well 5 yards behind center).

Gonna miss the guy but I knew that I would. Still looking forward to the next phase of UT quarterbacks.
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Are there really any good misses? :)

Plus, Malone had a pretty good year and Jennings is coming along nicely, but it's not like our receivers have been world beaters. It would also be interesting to compare the number of drops. Sure seemed like we had a lot of them.
 
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As for his down the field passing accuracy, vis a vis the Malone TD pass in the MCB, I have but two words for you:

LA. ZER.

AV
 
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Freak said:
I'm not sure what his completion percentage was 15 yards downfield, but he was third in yards per attempt (.1 yards behind Chad Kelly and .3 yards behind Austin Allen)

If you have some stats to share, I'd love to see them.

I thought he was much improved throwing downfield this year.
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I've looked around for stats that go into that kind of detail and can't find them.

I thought his downfield passing did get better this year, particularly late in the year, but it was the one thing that held him back from being one of the best QBs in all of college football.
 
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I'd love for someone like Bellichick or anyone who can coach up his passing skills to get him. Can't teach the physical traits he possesses
 
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05_never_again said:
What was his completion percentage throwing the ball, say, 15+ yards downfield? You should have at least a decent completion percentage when a high percentage of your throws are screens and quick slants.

The critique of Dobbs was a more specific one in that he was limited in what he could do as far as pushing the ball downfield.
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I think other QBs throw short passes too, or is Dobbs the only one?

ETA: Pretty sure he had a good year throwing the ball downfield. At least it seemed that way looking through my eyeballs.
 
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Freak said:
Are there really any good misses? :)

Plus, Malone had a pretty good year and Jennings is coming along nicely, but it's not like our receivers have been world beaters. It would also be interesting to compare the number of drops. Sure seemed like we had a lot of them.
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You know what I mean. There were a lot of bounce passes, overthrows, and passes behind a receiver. But yeah, you could lump in bad routes, dropped passes, etc, as well.
 
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He has been a fantastic QB and the morons that said he was a terrible passer can be easily refuted with cold hard facts
 
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He's ten times as good as he was when he got here. People who say he can't throw are judging him from previous years. He played like an NFL quarterback the last five games.
People who say Debord can't develop quarterbacks should look at the progress Dobbs made from a very low point.
 
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Many people are prisoners to their inability to look at a full body of work. They will simply point to the SC game or portions of other games where he struggled. For those people, Dobbs is apparently the only player to have a bad game or some bad moments. No one else has this problem. His body of work was phenomenal this year. Considering the injuries to the line with 10 different starting lineups, the occasional drops and the Hurd debacle...it was even more impressive. Lets not nit pick him and just appreciate what he did. /end rant
 
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Loved Josh Dobbs. There were so many plays where he escaped pressure and made a positive play where a normal guy would have been able to do so. His passing was so much better this year and impressed me. Very curious to see how he will do playing football when he isn't having to stay up late studying!
 
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I think the biggest compliments he got all year were from opposing coaches. Specifically the ones that said they were happy he was graduating so they won't have to deal with him again.

It's one thing to be a great player. It's another entirely to be in the head of the opposing teams like he was.
 
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