O'Brien Award Snubbed Tyrod

The Davey O'Brien Foundation released their semifinalists for the 2010 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award today. It came as a surprise to me that Tyrod Taylor was not among the final 16 quarterbacks. Through eight games I believe Tyrod can hold his own against any quarterback in America. No, he isn't going throw for 3,500 or even 2,500 yards in a season, he doesn't play in an offense that generates gaudy or even flashy statistics. However, he makes the most of his opportunities and produces big plays.

Passing Rushing
Name Team CMP ATT CMP % YDS AVG TD TD % LNG INT INT % RAT ATT YDS AVG LNG TD TD %
Andrew Luck STAN 133 200 66.5 1728 8.6 19 9.5 81 5 2.5 165.43 35 253 7.2 52 2 5.71
Andy Dalton TCU 127 194 65.5 1635 8.4 14 7.22 52 5 2.58 154.92 59 374 6.3 47 4 6.78
Blaine Gabbert MIZZ 181 269 67.3 1899 7.1 11 4.09 68 3 1.12 137.85 41 0 0 12 2 4.88
Cam Newton AUB 90 138 65.2 1364 9.9 13 9.42 94 5 3.62 172.08 157 1077 6.9 71 14 8.92
Colin Kaepernick NEV 120 176 68.2 1480 8.4 10 5.68 48 5 2.84 151.89 97 669 6.9 57 12 12.37
Darron Thomas ORE 109 179 60.9 1539 8.6 17 9.5 84 5 2.79 158.87 42 269 6.4 35 2 4.76
Denard Robinson MICH 97 143 67.8 1319 9.2 9 6.29 74 5 3.5 159.09 137 1096 8 87 9 6.57
Kellen Moore BSU 105 151 69.5 1567 10.4 16 10.6 58 1 0.66 190.35 8 -11 -1.4 6 0 0
Kirk Cousins MSU 141 212 66.5 1948 9.2 14 6.6 55 4 1.89 161.72 28 -71 -2.5 8 0 0
Landry Jones OKLA 195 292 66.8 2094 7.2 17 5.82 46 5 1.71 142.81 22 -96 -4.4 18 0 0
Matt Barkley USC 138 211 65.4 1869 8.9 20 9.48 61 4 1.9 167.3 14 13 0.9 27 0 0
Ricky Stanzi IOWA 124 182 68.1 1732 9.5 16 8.79 66 2 1.1 174.88 33 -14 -0.4 17 2 6.06
Robert Griffin III BAY 180 270 66.7 2373 8.8 18 6.67 94 4 1.48 159.53 76 384 5.1 36 6 7.89
Ryan Mallett ARK 145 215 67.4 2040 9.5 15 6.98 85 7 3.26 163.65 21 -31 -1.5 7 2 9.52
Taylor Martinez NEB 66 111 59.5 1046 9.4 8 7.21 79 3 2.7 156.99 100 870 8.7 80 12 12
Terrelle Pryor OSU 134 203 66 1775 8.7 18 8.87 65 6 2.96 162.81 79 408 5.2 66 3 3.8
Tyrod Taylor VT 106 166 63.9 1602 9.7 15 9.04 69 3 1.81 171.13 85 527 6.2 72 3 3.53

Let's ignore accumulator statistics and focus on averages instead.

Yards per attempt (AVG): 3rd
Touchdowns per attempt (TD %): 6th
Interceptions per attempt (INT %): 12th (lower is better)
QB rating (RAT): 4th
Yards per rush (AVG): 8th
Touchdowns per rush (TD %): 13th
Completion percentage (CMP %): 15th

When compared to the 16 semifinalists Tyrod rates favorably. He's not last in any category, but he's one of the least accurate passers and does rate last in touchdowns per rush among the semifinalists with a rushing score. However, his top three rank in yards per attempt, in my opinion, nullifies his low completion percentage. If Tyrod's throwing for more yards on fewer completions then he's making bigger plays. That's good by me. He's only had a handful of designed rushing plays called for him in the red zone, so the low touchdowns per rush isn't shocking.

To put it bluntly, Tyrod is taking care of the football, scoring points and burning defenses with his legs. He should have been a semifinalist.

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The DOB has a bunch of clowns

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If he continues at this pace and we win out...

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I checked the DOB voting site

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how about draft

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