LSU QBs with at least 5 SEC starts since 1986

"It's easy to have fun with spreadsheets." -- Socrates, 405 B.C.

Some interesting stats on how LSU quarterbacks have performed against SEC competition over the last 25 years...

Number of Times Which an LSU QB Has Played for the Majority of an SEC Game
(postseason games included)
1. Tommy Hodson (1986-89), 25
1. Herb Tyler (1995-98), 25
3. Jamie Howard (1992-95), 23
4. Jordan Jefferson (2008-11), 22
4. JaMarcus Russell (2004-06), 22
6. Josh Booty (1999-2000), 13
7. Matt Mauck (2001-03), 12
8. Jarrett Lee (2008 & 2011), 11
8. Rohan Davey (1999-01), 11
8. Chad Loup (1990-93), 11
11. Matt Flynn (2007), 8
11. Marcus Randall (2002 & 2004), 8

[NOTE: For quarterbacks who have started less than 5 SEC games since 1986, remember Mickey Guidry (1987), Sol Graves (1990), Jesse Daigle (1991-92), Ryan Huffman (1992), Melvin Hill (1994-95), Craig Nall (1998), Rick Clausen (2002), Ryan Perrilloux (2007), and Andrew Hatch (2008), as well as Brad Strohm, who almost got a majority of playing time in the 1991 game against Vanderbilt.]

[NOTE2: For the game against Mississippi State in 2004, all 3 quarterbacks played for less than half of the game. It might be a little unfair to Marcus Randall who left the game in the 2nd quarter with a 27-0 lead, but I excluded that game from the stats below according to my methodology.]





Now consider the PPG scored in regulation by LSU when led by these QBs in those games...

Tommy Hodson, 18-7
1986: 28, 23, 25, 19, 14, 47
1987: 13, 26, 34, 42, 34
1988: 34, 6, 7, 15, 31, 19, 20
1989: 13, 6, 21, 39, 35, 16, 44
POINTS = 611
PPG = 24.44

JaMarcus Russell, 16-6
2004: 9, 16, 24, 26, 27
2005: 24, 37, 34, 21, 17, 10, 40, 19, 14
2006: 3, 48, 10, 49, 28, 28, 20, 31
POINTS = 535
PPG = 24.32

Herb Tyler, 16-9
1995: 38, 28
1996: 19, 35, 13, 41, 28, 0, 39, 17
1997: 24, 28, 7, 28, 21, 63, 27, 31
1998: 31, 27, 10, 36, 41, 31, 16
POINTS = 679
PPG = 27.16

Jordan Jefferson, 15-7
2008: 13, 30
2009: 23, 30, 20, 3, 31, 15, 23, 30
2010: 27, 29, 16, 33, 17, 24, 43, 23
2011: 6, 52, 41, 42
POINTS = 571
PPG = 25.95

Matt Mauck, 11-1
2001: 31
2002: 31, 36
2003: 17, 41, 7, 33, 31, 27, 17, 55, 34
POINTS = 360
PPG = 30.00

Jarrett Lee, 8-3
2008: 26, 34, 21, 24, 38, 21
2011: 19, 35, 41, 38, 45
POINTS = 342
PPG = 31.09

Rohan Davey, 7-4
1999: 35
2000: 31, 9
2001: 18, 15, 29, 42, 24, 35, 41, 27
POINTS = 306
PPG = 27.82

Jamie Howard, 7-15-1
1992: 0, 21, 25, 0, 11, 6
1993: 18, 10, 20, 3, 17, 19
1994: 44, 26, 17, 18, 21, 30
1995: 34, 12, 20, 10, 3
POINTS = 385
PPG = 16.74

Matt Flynn, 6-2
2007: 45, 28, 28, 27, 30, 41, 41, 28
POINTS = 268
PPG = 33.50

Marcus Randall, 5-3
2002: 38, 7, 33, 0, 14, 20
2004: 24, 43
POINTS = 179
PPG = 22.38

Chad Loup, 5-6
1990: 8, 30, 10, 22
1991: 10, 29, 25, 17
1992: 24
1993: 17, 24
POINTS = 216
PPG = 19.64

Josh Booty, 4-9
1999: 7, 22, 10, 5, 16, 23, 17
2000: 17, 34, 38, 30, 20, 3
POINTS = 242
PPG = 18.62


Or ranked by PPG rather than # of SEC wins, you get:

Flynn, 33.50
Lee, 31.09
Mauck, 30.00
Davey, 27.82
Tyler, 27.16
Jefferson, 25.95
Hodson, 24.44
Russell, 24.32
Randall, 22.38
Loup, 19.64
Booty, 18.62
Howard, 16.74