Guess the QBs

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(11-07-2019, 06:31 PM)shanebo Wrote: I recently noticed a few unsettling similarities between two QBs, one of whom I like, and the other not so much.  We'll call them Player A and Player B.

Both Player A and Player B transferred to a major college program their junior years and became a starting QB at that program.  Neither achieved much success initially.  During their junior years:

Player A played 11 games.  54% completion percentage.  6.9 yards/attempt.  13 TDs, 7 INTs for a 126.6 passer rating.
Player B played 13 games.  57.8% completion percentage.  7.6 yards/attempt.  16 TDs, 5 INTs for a 133.2 passer rating.

Both Player A and Player B broke out their senior seasons, and each had their best year by far despite a (relative) paucity of surrounding talent.

Player A threw for 3763 yards, 10.1 yards/attempt.  32 TDs, 8 INTs for a 167.3 rating.
Player B threw for 2894 yards, 10.8 yards/attempt.  30 TDs, 4 INTs for a 204.5 rating (BUT through just 8 games).

Player A was a high first round draft pick; Player B is currently projected to be a high first round pick.

Enough hints.  Rep points to anyone who can correctly identify Player A and/or Player B.

Disclaimer - These stats are selectively cherry-picked to incite a discussion.  There is another very significant stat that I purposely left out  that shows what I hope will be a major difference between these two players.  Triple rep points if you can ID the stat.

I'll give the answers tomorrow.

Player B is Joe Burrow. That one was easy.
Player A is Akili Smith. Took awhile to find that, but I found it!

The significant stat that you left out was completion percentage. Smith was never above 60% whereas Burrow has nearly an 80% completion percentage this year.