Tyrod Taylor Vs Jaybo Shaw

Passing:

Tyrod Taylor’s completion percentage last season was 57.2 percent, with a total of 1,036 passing yards, seven interceptions, and two touchdowns. Tyrod averaged six yards per attempt and 29 yards per quarter, which yields about five pass attempts per quarter.

Jaybo Shaw’s completion percentage last season was 60 percent, with a total of 321 passing yards, one interception, and two touchdowns. Jaybo also averaged 12.8 yards per attempt and 27 yards per quarter, which yields about two pass attempts per quarter.

First off, we can see that while both quarterbacks averaged very similar passing yards per quarter, Tyrod made many shorter passes. Jaybo passed much less, but when he did, threw the ball much farther. This is, of course, indicative of each team’s offensive style, Georgia Tech relying more heavily on the running game, but passing deep whenever they did throw.

While the data shows that Tyrod achieved many more passing yards than Jaybo last season, it seems that this was primarily due to the additional twenty-four quarters of playing time Tyrod received, and not passing ability (again refer to their averages per attempt, per quarter, and completion percentage). 

Next, it is even more interesting to see that Tyrod achieved no more passing touchdowns on the season than Jaybo did, even though he played so much more time. Now this doesn’t mean Virginia Tech didn’t capitalize on those additional yards in one form or another (be it possession time or a rushing score) but it does make the case that Tyrod is less efficient in converting those yards gained into points.

On average, Tyrod scored a passing touchdown for every 518 passing yards gained or, put differently, for every 887 total yards gained (he had 1,774 total yards on the season).

On the other hand, Jaybo scored a passing touchdown every 161 passing yards gained or every 261 total yards gained (he had 521 total yards on the season).

So those are some major differences.

Finally, one should note that while Tyrod played three times as many quarters as Jaybo last season, he had seven times as many interceptions. No further analysis required on this one.

Passing goes to Jaybo Shaw.

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