After some comments I've heard from some people about Taylor throwing the ball to defenders I thought I would look at the stats and see where he stands compared to others. I limited it to three stats I thought would be useful: interceptions per game, interceptions per 100 pass attempts, and interceptions per 10 touchdowns (a way to measure risk/reward I thought).
After reviewing the numbers it appears that although the overall number of interceptions for Taylor is low (8), when put in these ratios he could show some improvement in this area.
For what its worth, I believe he does that this year as he and his receivers will be more on the same page and have a better feel for what they're doing. I know of at least one time where a miscommunication on a route led to an int. Also because as you look at his stats after the Wisconsin (8 games) debacle, Martinez threw just 3 picks. Good enough to move his stats to 0.38 per game, 1.71 per 100 attempts, and 3.33 per 10 tds.
Also interesting to see where a few of the notables ended up as well. I picked them based on being drafted or bringing a lot of attention.
Anyway interesting info....looking forward to the season starting!
Note on the stats: all came from NCAA.com
Players must have played in at least 75% of their team's games. The 100 players on the list provided on NCAA.com did not include qbs from Ohio state, Indiana, Penn state, or Minnesota.
Interceptions per Game Top 10 Rank Name Team G Int Int/Game 1 Terrance Owens Toledo 12 3 0.25 2 Russell Wilson Wisconsin 14 4 0.29 3 Wesley Carroll FIU 13 4 0.31 4 Case Keenum Houston 14 5 0.36 5 Taylor Reed Memphis 11 4 0.36 5 Austin Dantin Toledo 11 4 0.36 7 A.J. McCarron Alabama 13 5 0.38 8 Jeff Godfrey UCF 12 5 0.42 9 Chandler Harnish Northern Ill. 14 6 0.43 10 Robert Griffin III Baylor 13 6 0.46 10 Tyler Wilson Arkansas 13 6 0.46 10 Tanner Price Wake Forest 13 6 0.46 10 Blaine Gautier La.-Lafayette 13 6 0.46 10 Caleb TerBush Purdue 13 6 0.46 10 Collin Klein Kansas St. 13 6 0.46 Big Ten Rank/Big Ten Rank Name Team G Int Int/Game 2 / 1 Russell Wilson Wisconsin 14 4 0.29 10 / 2 Caleb TerBush Purdue 13 6 0.46 17 / 3 James Vandenberg Iowa 13 7 0.54 27 / 4 Nathan Scheelhaase Illinois 13 8 0.62 27 / 4 Taylor Martinez Nebraska 13 8 0.62 40 / 5 Dan Persa Northwestern 10 7 0.70 42 / 6 Kirk Cousins Michigan St. 14 10 0.71 88 / 8 Denard Robinson Michigan 13 15 1.15 Other Notables Rank Name Team G Int Int/Game 23 Matt Barkley Southern California 12 7 0.58 38 Kellen Moore Boise St. 13 9 0.69 52 Andrew Luck Stanford 13 10 0.77 75 Brandon Weeden Oklahoma St. 13 13 1.00 75 Brock Osweiler Arizona St. 13 13 1.00 88 Landry Jones Oklahoma 13 15 1.15 88 Ryan Tannehill Texas A&M 13 15 1.15 91 Nick Foles Arizona 12 14 1.17
Interceptions per 100 Attempts Top 10 Rank Name Team G Attempts Int. Int / 100 Attempts 1 Case Keenum Houston 14 603 5 0.83 2 Wesley Carroll FIU 13 332 4 1.20 3 Bryant Moniz Hawaii 10 397 5 1.26 4 Russell Wilson Wisconsin 14 309 4 1.29 5 Terrance Owens Toledo 12 230 3 1.30 6 Geno Smith West Virginia 13 526 7 1.33 7 Taylor Reed Memphis 11 295 4 1.36 8 Tyler Wilson Arkansas 13 438 6 1.37 9 Tanner Price Wake Forest 13 422 6 1.42 10 Robert Griffin III Baylor 13 402 6 1.49 Big Ten Rank/Big Ten Rank Name Team G Attempts Int. Int / 100 Attempts 4 / 1 Russell Wilson Wisconsin 14 309 4 1.29 15 / 2 James Vandenberg Iowa 13 404 7 1.73 27 / 3 Caleb TerBush Purdue 13 277 6 2.17 34 / 4 Dan Persa Northwestern 10 297 7 2.36 35 / 5 Kirk Cousins Michigan St. 14 419 10 2.39 55 / 6 Nathan Scheelhaase Illinois 13 291 8 2.75 57 / 7 Taylor Martinez Nebraska 13 288 8 2.78 100 / 8 Denard Robinson Michigan 13 258 15 5.81 Other Notables Rank Name Team G Attempts Int. Int / 100 Attempts 22 Kellen Moore Boise St. 13 439 9 2.05 31 Brandon Weeden Oklahoma St. 13 564 13 2.30 43 Andrew Luck Stanford 13 404 10 2.48 44 Nick Foles Arizona 12 560 14 2.50 45 Brock Osweiler Arizona St. 13 516 13 2.52 52 Landry Jones Oklahoma 13 562 15 2.67 59 Ryan Tannehill Texas A&M 13 531 15 2.82
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