re: Lets Compare B. Harris and J. Jefferson Year 1 to Year 2

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Let's compare the stats of Jordan Jefferson and Brandon Harris in their first full years as starters.

Brandon Harris 2015
2165 yards
53.8 Completion %
13 TD/ 6 Int
130.6 QB Rating

Jordan Jefferson 2009
2166 Yards
61.5 Completion %
17 TD/ 7 INT
137 QB Rating

So lets look at JJ "improvement" in year 2 since they have comparable year one stats.

Jordan Jefferson 2010
1411 Yards
56.5 % Completion
7 TD/ 10 Int
114 QB Rating

Hmmmmm. What conclusions could you draw from this?

Lets look at some other examples of recent QB's in the SEC and their stats from years 1 and 2 as the starter.

Bo Wallace 2012
2994 Yards
63.9 % Completion
22 TD/ 17 Int
142 QB Rating

Bo Wallace 2013
3346 Yards
64.8 Completion %
18 TDs/10 Int
138.1 QBR

Bo Wallace 2014
3194 Yards
60.1 Completion %
22 TDs /14 Int
142.2 QBR

Bo essential was the same QB all 3 years. When his Int went down so did his TDs. Then they both went back up.

Lets Look at Jeff Driskel. The #1 QB in his class.

2012
1646 Yards
63.7 Completion %
12 TDs/ 5 Int
132 QBR

He even had 2 years to get ready for his next full year with meaningful reps.

2014
1140 Yards
53.8 Completion %
12 TDs/ 5 Int
103 QBR

I draw 2 conclusions.

1) Jordan Jefferson was better than Brandon Harris his first year as a starter.

2) It is far from a sure thing that a 2nd year starting QB will show decent growth. There is a lot of evidence to the theory that you are what you are. And that seems to be the case in the Les Miles offensive scheme over the years.

TLDR: Harris sucks. LSU will be above average and be in the same boat at Halloween as last year. 9-3 and can't fire Les.

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