Eric Williams
To put it mildly, Yale's QB situation for 2013 is... unsettled.
I think we'll see a new starter, perhaps Clemson transfer Morgan Roberts, this year. But the main QB last season was rising sophomore Eric Williams, who fared poorly on 3rd downs.
Williams was 23 of 48 for a .479 completion percentage.
He threw for 169 yards for a weak 3.52 yards per attempt average.
16 of his passes on 3rd down went for 1st downs for a success rate of .333.
He had one TD on 3rd down, and a whopping FIVE interceptions. So he was picked off once for every 10 passes on 3rd down.
Williams was also sacked on 3rd down six times for 40 yards lost.
Like I said, things at the QB position at Yale are unsettled.
Moment #78: Isaiah's Great Grabs
In his all-too-abbreviated freshman year, WR Isaiah Gross, made a nice splash in the first two games of 2012.
His acrobatic catch in the week one win over Marist announced his presence with flair.
Then as time ran out in the first half against Fordham in week two, Gross made an impact again with not one but two great catches on the same possession.
Columbia took over at their own 11 trailing by 14-10 with 2:27 left in the half.
On a 3rd and 3 from the 18, QB Sean Brackett went deep down the east sideline and slightly overthrew Gross. But Gross went fully horizontal, hauled in the pass for a spectacular 38 yard gain and the Lions were in business.
Three plays later, Gross made another great catch for a 20 yard gain to the Ram eight.
Columbia would eventually get a FG out of the drive, and Gross would make several more catches on the day. But none would be of the highlight reel variety and this would be the last full game Gross would play for the season.
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Jake, thanks for the very interesting information on the Ivy QBs. Here are some key 2012 stats that show why the Lions didn’t do any better than tied for sixth place in the Ivy League.
Category - Statistic - Place in Ivy - Average of other Ivy teams
Team Offense - 3,039 yds - Last - 3,932 avg
Team Scoring - 145 points - Last - 255 avg
Team First Downs - 167 - Last - 212 avg
Team Sacks Allowed - 40 - Last - 22 avg
Team 3rd Down Conversions - 49 - Last - 68 avg
Team 3rd Down Conversions - 31% - Last - 41% avg
Team 4th Down Conversions - 14% - Last - 49% avg
Brackett Completions - 52% - Last - 62% avg
Brackett Interceptions - 12 - Last - 9 avg
Brackett Efficiency Rank - Not in top 10
Brackett 3rd Down Passing - 40% - Last - 55% avg
Brackett 3rd Down 1st Downs - 27% - Last - 42% avg
Brackett 3rd Down Sacks - 16 - Last - 7 avg
Team Defense - 3,375 - Fourth - 3,738 avg
Yep, the stats don't lie. The very weak 3rd down conversion rate is the big one for me. Has to change dramatically this fall for the Lions to even get 4 wins.
Jake,
If any team is always in third and LOONG (sic), then you get stats like the above.
Let's get more first downs period (on first and second down) and more third and two situations and we will have better results.
Agree with Doc/Joc. We seemed to have a tendency on first and second downs to run from tight formations. With a lighter OL I thought we should have opened each series from a spread formation. Also, There were certain patterns where Brackett would always short arm the ball into the ground when he did throw on early downs, such as his flare passes to a running back.
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