Best LSU QB stats over the last 30 years

Touchdowns

Burrow: 60
2nd place: 28


Burrow. 527 attempts. 6 int. ——damn.



Damn.

I forgot Mauck threw so many INTs

For all the hate JD gets he has similar stats to 2018 burrow.

With a full year under the coaching regime and the “5th year senior Online curriculum” he could improve tremendously.

To say Joe's record for TD's is safe would be an understatement especially at LSU. He literally doubled the next few guys.

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Remember all the shite people talked about Johnson, and the same ones are now lauding Daniels as heisman contender

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Jayden accounted for nearly 1,000 more yards than him and had more tds than him… what’s your point?

Leaving out rushing stats seems like a pretty huge omission here when 1 of these guys obviously lived on that quite a bit

Also so tough to compare modern seasons to ones from a decade or decades ago, just very different offense from then to now. Like when Russell had that huge 2006 season, a 167 passer rating was the best among all P5 QBs. It was considered a very high end elite season. 3100 yards, 28 TD, 8 INT with a 167 passer rating (over 13 games) today might not even break you into the Top 10 in some of the seasons we've seen recently.

2020 is a good example of this, Trevor Lawerence went for 3153 yards, 24 TD, 5 INT with a 169 passer rating that season, very similar to Russell in 2006 (though this was in just 10 games that year)

He finished 12th in NCAA passer rating that season There were 6 guys who had a passer rating of 180 or higher

After looking at Minimum Johnson’s stats and rating, I’m not sure they tell the whole story. If I hadn’t looked at the stats I would tell you JD had a much better season than MJ did the prior year. Maybe it’s the rushing yards and TD’s and the fact that the team played so much better as a whole.

Also, while JD valued the ball, I could live with 3 or 4 more pick’s knowing that TD’s and passing yards would likely go up substantially.

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Jayden accounted for nearly 1,000 more yards than him and had more tds than him… what’s your point?

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28 total TD’s for Jayden
28 total TD’s for Max

Wrong again

Daniels is almost certainly the starting QB for LSU next year. Unless JD5 gets hurt, or turns the ball over 2-3 times in a game (which is highly unlikely), Nuss is a backup until JD runs out of NCAA eligibility.

How well JD5 does/does not throw the ball doesn't matter. Where he ranks in lists like this doesn't matter.

What DOES matter is this -- JD5 doesn't turn the ball over. And whatever JD5 does in games can get LSU to 10 wins in a season.

Modest improvement in defense, in running game, special teams, a few less dropped passes, any of which seems likely, and LSU is a 10-12 win team with JD5 at QB.

Would YOU, if YOU were CBK, make a change at QB next season? I honestly don't think I would, and I'm in the "anybody but JD5 camp".

There may be better throwing QB's than JD5 out there, but that just doesn't matter.

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Also, while JD valued the ball, I could live with 3 or 4 more pick’s knowing that TD’s and passing yards would likely go up substantially

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Do you know how ridiculous this sounds?

This place is amazing.

The coaches spend an ungodly amount of time with these players. Quizzing them, watching film. Film of games, film of practice. I could go on and on.

Jayden Daniels started because he gave the team the best chance to win.

Brian Kelly needs to win games. He's going to play the guy that gives him the best chance based on the evaluations of all of the above.