SEC QB/Bryce Young QB Stats Deep Dive (via SEC StatCat)

Here is a link I posted in another thread that shows every snap for Bryce against UF.

Deep balls(20 yds) usually are not on target. Many are thrown behind or WR has to slow down like the opening play to JW if in stride was a TD.

Metchie had several he could not reel but he was double teamed any time he went down field. They planned that well to eliminate him as a threat.

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He has the arm but just needs time. Under 20 he is usually on the mark.

I am not sure anyone could have done any better down field, QB or WR, with how Metchie was being covered.

Yea, they just don't all seem fully in sync yet. Which makes sense.

It certainly isn't a talent issue and he's not wildly off. They'll figure it out.

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One thing I like about Bryce, which probably contributes to some of the stats like uncatchable rate, is he is very good at putting the ball where if his guy can't get it, nobody can.

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Definitely. Accuracy isn't the issue at all. He's just holding the ball a half beat too long. It's kinda like what Jalen did his first two years, but not to that extreme. He's a hair off, not 10 yards.

He's no Mac Jones but bottom line our WRs are not getting open like they have the past couple of years, which I suppose is to be expected.

Bryce needs to get better but he's a young guy who barely played last year (a mistake by Saban IMO - we had plenty of chances to let him throw more) and is getting his feet wet.

The WR play is not good. If we are looking for our WR to make explosive plays after the catch on short stuff I don't know how Slade Bolden can be in there. Williams looks like our clear best WR and Metchie is pretty 'meh.' I mean he's good but more solid than anything.

As far as the UF game, after watching that video I really think the hits he was taking even early in the game when we had success started to wear on Bryce.

Which is why I fricking hate how much we handcuff our 2nd team offense in blowouts. Bryce should have been getting this in game timing down last season when we were up by 5 TDs going into the 4th quarter. That has always been my one and only serious complaint about Saban. He lets the backup defense have the full playbook but forces the backup offense to essentially knee the game out.

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The only guy he's ever let do that was Tua

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And Hurts in 2018. It was showcasing how much he improved.

It also helped that Jalen was an upperclassman and team leader. I'm sure a ton of the thought process behind it is both preventing the young guys from having some success and letting it go to their heads or having struggles that kill their confidence, but a kid like Bryce I feel like has the right attitude and makeup to have avoided either of those pitfalls and letting him attempt like 20 passes all season despite playing in nearly every game was a mistake. He's an extremely impressive kid who is mature beyond his years just like Jalen and Tua were.

QB Stats and Results for Teams Ranked Higher than Florida visiting the Swamp since 2012 (10 years)


2012 Zach Mettenberger (JR) (#4 LSU @ #10 Florida)
- 11/25 (44.0%)
- 158 yards
- 6.3 YPA
- 0 TD/1 INT
- 89.09 QB Rating
- Lost 14-6


2015 Chad Kelly (JR) (#3 Ole Miss @ #25 Florida)
- 26/40 (65.0%)
- 259 yards
- 6.5 YPA
- 1 TD/1 INT
- 122.64 QB Rating
- Lost 38-10


2018 Joe Burrow (JR) (#5 LSU @ #22 Florida)
- 19/34 (55.9%)
- 192 yards
- 5.6 YPA
- 0 TD/2 INT
- 91.55 QB Rating
- Lost 27-19


2019 Bo Nix (FR) (#7 Auburn @ #10 Florida)
- 11/27 (40.7%)
- 145 yards
- 5.4 YPA
- 1 TD/3 INT
- 75.85 QB Rating
- Lost 24-13


2021 Bryce Young (SO) (#1 Alabama @ #11 Florida)
- 22/35 (62.9%)
- 242 yards
- 6.9 YPA
- 3 TD/0 INT
- 149.22 QB Rating
- Won 31-29