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Brock Purdy, Iowa State: Is Matt Campbell's offense magic, or is Purdy really good? Maybe it's a combination of both? Last season, Purdy threw for 2,250 yards and 16 touchdowns in 10 games, while averaging 10.2 yards per attempt as a freshman. His passing efficiency rating of 169.91 finished third in the Big 12 behind only Kyler Murray and Will Grier, which is pretty good company to keep. Of course, Purdy, freshman that he was, also threw 7 interceptions, so it wasn't all perfect.
But he could have been better with a little more luck.
Not only did Purdy rank second of the 134 QBs with at least 150 pass attempts in air yards per attempt with 5.92 (only Kyler Murray's 6.02 was better), but his on-target rate of 82.11 ranked second amongst the returning QBs I considered for this list, trailing only Huntley. His completion percentage was 66.51 percent, 15.60 percent lower than his on-target rate. While Hakeem Butler was an excellent safety valve that allowed Purdy to chuck the ball up sometimes, Cyclones receivers finished the year with a drop rate of 8.7 percent. That's not good, and Butler was the biggest culprit (he had a drop rate of 15.2 percent). If Iowa State receivers do a better job of pulling Purdy's passes in, he might have himself a monster season that could vault him into the Heisman conversation.
Very interesting stat about our Wrs
Brock Purdy, Iowa State: Is Matt Campbell's offense magic, or is Purdy really good? Maybe it's a combination of both? Last season, Purdy threw for 2,250 yards and 16 touchdowns in 10 games, while averaging 10.2 yards per attempt as a freshman. His passing efficiency rating of 169.91 finished third in the Big 12 behind only Kyler Murray and Will Grier, which is pretty good company to keep. Of course, Purdy, freshman that he was, also threw 7 interceptions, so it wasn't all perfect.
But he could have been better with a little more luck.
Not only did Purdy rank second of the 134 QBs with at least 150 pass attempts in air yards per attempt with 5.92 (only Kyler Murray's 6.02 was better), but his on-target rate of 82.11 ranked second amongst the returning QBs I considered for this list, trailing only Huntley. His completion percentage was 66.51 percent, 15.60 percent lower than his on-target rate. While Hakeem Butler was an excellent safety valve that allowed Purdy to chuck the ball up sometimes, Cyclones receivers finished the year with a drop rate of 8.7 percent. That's not good, and Butler was the biggest culprit (he had a drop rate of 15.2 percent). If Iowa State receivers do a better job of pulling Purdy's passes in, he might have himself a monster season that could vault him into the Heisman conversation.
Very interesting stat about our Wrs
