Inside the Numbers: Dual-threat standouts
A lesser-known record-setting performance was achieved this past weekend when
Div. II quarterback Jason Vander Laan of Ferris State (Mich.) University
surpassed the 1,000-yard mark in both passing and rushing for the
fourth-straight season, making him the first player in NCAA history to achieve
the feat. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Vander Laan has thrown for 1,901 yards and
rushed for 1,059 yards this season for the Bulldogs.
The 1,000 yard season mark in both passing and rushing has been eclipsed by
numerous quarterbacks, but never in four consecutive seasons.
Colin Kaepernick, now with the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, came close, throwing
for over 2,000 yards in each of his four seasons at Nevada and rushing
for over 1,000 yards in three of those seasons. Missouri's Brad
Smith and Michigan's Denard Robinson also reached the
1,000-yard mark in both passing and rushing in three separate seasons.
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| Trevone Boykin | |||
The 2015 season started as the year of the running back with several backs tabbed as top Heisman Trophy contenders. Quarterbacks, however, have won the trophy 13 of the last 15 years. When talking about the top quarterbacks in the game this season, it would be hard to put anyone in front of TCU's Trevone Boykin as the strongest candidate through nine weeks of the season. A 6-foot-2, 205-pound dual-threat weapon, Boykin is second in the country with 431.4 yards per game of total offense. He has logged 524 rushing yards on the year, making him the most prolific dual-threat quarterback in the country this season. For his career, Boykin has accumulated 12,298 total yards of offense. | |||
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| Steve McNair | |||
The late, great Steve McNair would have to be considered the most prolific dual-threat quarterback in college football history. He ranks third on the all-time list of total offensive yards in all divisions, accumulating his 16,823 yards at Alcorn State from 1991-94. Although 86 percent of his 16,823 yards came through the air, he averaged 581.75 rushing yards per season. In his senior season McNair posted 4,863 passing yards and 936 rushing yards for a then-record 5,799 yards of total offense. That mark has since been surpassed by three others, but because McNair gained that yardage in just 11 games, his 527.2 yards per game remains the all-time best, more than 50 yards per game higher than No. 2 on the list. | |||
2,992 |
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 Embed content not availableManage privacy settings Khalil Tate | Big numbers are being posted by prospects all across the country, but one of the best performances this season has been posted by Gardena (Calif.) Junipero Serra quarterback Khalil Tate. Through nine games Tate has thrown for 1,578 yards and 12 touchdowns and rushed for 1,414 yards and 21 touchdowns for the 8-1 Cavaliers. Although Tate has very similar size at 6-foot-1 and 208 pounds to Boykin coming out of high school, he may not end up playing quarterback in college for Arizona, the team he committed to last March. The Wildcats continue to recruit him as a quarterback and he appears to be a fit in Rich Rodriguez's offense -- the same one that allowed Denard Robinson to post record-setting numbers -- but Arizona also has four-star quarterback Devon Modster committed in the 2016 class and four-star quarterback Braxton Burmeister pledged for the 2017 class. | ||||
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