Alex Park
Dalyn Williams
The Dartmouth Big Green used two QB's in 2012 with a general degree of success. UNH transfer Alex Park was the pure pocket passer and freshman, (and eventual Ivy Rookie of the Year), Dalyn Williams was the running and gunning QB.
As good as they were last year, they were both REALLY good when they passed on 3rd down... so good that I had to go back and recheck all the stats, but they did indeed check out.
One disclaimer: I believe one of the reasons why Dartmouth did so well with its 3rd down passing last year was the shrewd strategy Head Coach Buddy Teevens used throughout the season. Teevens often had his teams running the ball on 3rd down plays when almost every other coach would have chosen to pass. Sometimes, this was because Williams just didn't see an opening and decided to run, but there were a great deal of running plays by design on 3rd down plays with five or more yards to go. Like a pitcher who uses the change-up, that strategy keep the opposing defenses off-guard.
But just look at these numbers:
Park was 30-49 on 3rd down for a strong .612 completion percentage.
His passes went for 340 yards for an impressive 6.9 yards per attempt average.
21 of his 3rd down passes went for 1st downs, a solid .428 clip.
And he threw for one TD, one INT and was sacked four times for 33 total yards lost.
Williams, who had a smaller sample to look at, was still amazing on 3rd down too.
He was 18-26 passing for a .692 completion percentage.
His passes on 3rd down went for 269 yards for a stunning 10.3 yards per attempt average.
14 of those 3rd down passes went for 1st downs for a .538 percentage.
He had no TD passes or INT's on 3rd down, but he was sacked six times for 38 yards lost.
If anyone doubts how good Dartmouth can be in 2013 with both of these QB's returning, I don't see why. They're both talented and showed real poise in the clutch.
TOMORROW: Harvard's Colton Chapple
Moment #82: Garrett's Rare Fumble
Set up with the ball after a Travis Reim interception at their own 33, Columbia was looking to continue chipping away or erasing Fordham's 14-10 lead in the final seconds of the 1st quarter.
An illegal shift penalty set the Lions back to their 28 with a 1st and 15, and that's when star running back Marcorus Garrett took the hand off from QB Sean Brackett.
But Garrett never got the handle on the ball and his fumble was recovered by Fordham's Austin Hancock at the CU 27.
Thankfully, the fumble was not an omen of things to come for Garrett's 2012 season.
On 208 carries and 22 pass receptions, Garrett fumbled just twice the entire season. That's an average of one fumble per 115 touches.
4 comments:
Alex Park has wheels as well. Not really accurate to describe him as a pure pocket passer. He may not be as quick as Williams, but he's a lot more mobile than, say, Conner Kempe.
We will need to make plays in order to beat these two QB's. No passer can pass when he is on his ass.
That's true about Park. Teevens is a real master of misdirection and the play-calling "change up." You watch him long enough and you start to get his pattern. That's why I was screaming that Dalyn Williams was going to throw long during the Homecoming game vs. Columbia last year when it looked like Teevens had just put him in to start running more. The thing is, all of the change-ups weren't working so well when Teevens didn't have the full talent at QB. He didn't in any season since his 2005 return to Dartmouth until last year.
Jake,
Great QB info. How about some of the same stuff on the incoming QBs.
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