TAMPA -- If you have watched B.J. Daniels run or throw, you know he is prone to the big play... and the numbers back it up.
He leads all NCAA FBS quarterbacks in average yards per completion with an average of 17.1 yards (thank in large part to deep threat Carlton Mitchell). The breakdown of the top-10 is listed below:
| NCAA Rankings - Yards Per Completion |
|
Yards
|
Comp.
|
Per
|
| B.J. Daniels, USF |
1096
|
64
|
17.1
|
| Ryan Mallett, Arkansas |
2148
|
129
|
16.7
|
| Tyrod Taylor, Virginia Tech |
1315
|
79
|
16.6
|
| Andrew Luck, Stanford |
1825
|
114
|
16
|
| Nathan Enderle, Idaho |
2404
|
161
|
14.9
|
| Grant Stucker, Colorado St. |
1719
|
117
|
14.7
|
| Matt Barkley, USC |
1727
|
118
|
14.6
|
| Jacory Harris, Miami (FL) |
2104
|
144
|
14.6
|
| Ryan Colburn, Fresno St. |
1447
|
100
|
14.5
|
| Kevin Riley, California |
1805
|
126
|
14.3
|
| Rankings include the top 100 quarterbacks in passing efficiency taken from NCAA.com on 11/5/09 |
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• He is also No. 4 among the nation's quarterbacks in average yards per rush at 5.58 (below). And would you be surprised to learn that B.J. Daniels is averaging more rushing yards per game than Oregon's Jeremiah Massoli? What about Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor?
Daniels ranks 6th nationally in rushing yards per game by a quarterback, ahead of Massoli and Pryor and right behind No. 5 Dwight Dasher of Middle Tennessee (65.63).
| NCAA Rankings - Yards Per Carry |
|
Att-Yards
|
Per Rush
|
Per Game
|
| Colin Kaepernick, Nevada |
100-805
|
8.05
|
100.63
|
| Joe Webb, UAB |
147-983
|
6.69
|
122.88
|
| Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon |
72-436
|
6.06
|
62.29
|
| B.J. Daniels, USF |
93-519
|
5.58
|
64.88
|
| Terrelle Pryor, Ohio St. |
110-554
|
5.04
|
61.56
|
| Dan LeFevour, CMU |
123-548
|
4.46
|
60.89
|
| Dwight Dasher, MT |
127-525
|
4.13
|
65.63
|
| Josh Nesbitt, Georgia Tech |
188-763
|
4.06
|
84.78
|
| Tim Tebow, Florida |
139-551
|
3.96
|
68.88
|
| Ricky Dobbs, Navy |
170-584
|
3.44
|
73
|
| Rankings only include quarterbacks among the top 100 rushers as taken from NCAA.com on 11/5/09 |
• Daniels is also the top freshman QB runner in America at 64.9 a game. Joe Webb of UAB leads all quarterbacks with an average rushing total of 122.88 per game. Daniels also ranks No. 23 nationally and No. 4 in the BIG EAST in passing efficiency at 145.1.
