THE HEISMAN DARKHORSE CANDIDATE ENTERS THE BIG RACE

THE NFL DRAFT REPORT PRESENTS

THE 2009 HEISMAN TROPHY RACE

A DARK HORSE EMERGES TO CHALLENGE

THE TOP QUARTERBACK THOROUGHBREDS

 by Dave-Te' Thomas

The NFL Draft Report

The 2009 Heisman Trophy hype centered around three “thoroughbred” quarterbacks entering the season, with 2009 award recipient Sam Bradford-Oklahoma, 2008 award winner Tim Tebow-Florida and Colt McCoy-Texas garnering most of that attention. But, based on their season-opening performances, this trio might have to start looking over their shoulders, as a “dark horse” candidate, Tony Pike-Cincinnati made a resounding opening statement that should make this a very interesting race throughout the season. Throughout the 2009 campaign, The NFL Draft Report will track the progress of the top five quarterbacks expected to enter the 2010 NFL Draft, as they vie not only for the Heisman Trophy, but also the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Davey O’Brien Award and Manning Award, national honors reserved for the best quarterback in college football. To compile this “report card,” we examine each athlete’s performance in detailed categories listed below;

QUARTERBACK TALE OF THE TAPE
PLAYER	SCHOOL	COLLEGE POSITION	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	40-YD
BRADFORD,Sam	Oklahoma	Quarterback	6:03.6	223	4.72
LeFEVOUR,Dan	Central Michigan	Quarterback	6:02.7	238	4.91
McCOY,Colt	Texas	Quarterback	6:02.2	212	4.68
PIKE,Tony	Cincinnati	Quarterback	6:05.7	222	4.76
TEBOW,Tim	Florida	Quarterback	6:02.6	245	4.68
AVERAGE			6:03.4	228	4.75

	2009 PASSING STATISTICS
PLAYER	GP	ATT	COMP	PCT	YARDS	TD	INT	G/AVG	PE
BRADFORD	01	14	10	71.43	096	1	0	96.00	152.60
LeFEVOUR	02	77	51	66.23	436	3	2	218.00	121.46
McCOY	02	76	51	67.11	654	5	2	327.00	155.84
PIKE	02	71	50	70.42	591	6	1	295.50	195.52
TEBOW	02	39	25	64.10	425	5	0	212.50	197.95
AVERAGE		55.4	37.4	67.51		4.0	1.0	244.67	154.50

NOTE-GP indicates games played in…ATT indicates pass attempts…COMP indicates pass completions… PCT indicates percentage of passes completed…G/AVG indicates average yards gained per game…PE indicates passing efficiency rating.

PASSING YARDAGE COMPARISON CHART

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