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re: What happened to Jordan Jefferson over the course of his career

Posted on 7/30/15 at 7:59 pm to
Posted by Makinbacon
Member since Jul 2015
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Posted on 7/30/15 at 7:59 pm to
Simple true or false question here.

JJ best year at LSU was his soph season?
JL best year at LSU was his SR season?


I saw improvement throughout Lees career.
I saw decline in JJ's.

If you say false, I honestly don't know what to tell you. We must have been watching different teams.
Posted by chilge1
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 7/30/15 at 8:12 pm to
It's not as simple as you would make it seem. Jarrett Lee hardly played in 2009 (except for an atrocious game against La Tech) or in 2010... and Jefferson sat out for all but a few snaps for the first 8 games of 2011.

You'd have a solid argument to say that Jefferson was a better quarterback in 2009 than he was in 2011... but I don't know that it's really clear that he would have performed any better against Georgia or Alabama in either case.
Posted by Salviati
Member since Apr 2006
5601 posts
Posted on 7/30/15 at 8:27 pm to
quote:

Simple true or false question here.
JJ best year at LSU was his soph season?
FALSE - His best season was his SR season.

JL best year at LSU was his SR season?
TRUE - His best season was his SR season.

Both Lee and Jefferson benefited an extra year's experience and even more from Kragthorpe's tutelage.


quote:

If you say false, I honestly don't know what to tell you. We must have been watching different teams.
:sigh: You're not alone. Many fans' opinions of Jefferson are colored by the loss in the BCSCG. It left a bad taste in a lot of folks' mouths for a long time. That's the Recency Effect.

However, the facts are clear. Jefferson's best year was clearly his SR year. His development was probably hampered by missing so much time while he was suspended. However, his regular season stats for his SR year far surpass his stats for his prior three years, and it's not even close.

COMP % = 64.29%
YPA = 9.34
5 TDs and 1 INT (INT% 1.43%)
QB Rating = 163.48
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