Wednesday, December 15, 2010

If you don't look around, you might miss something....

There will be lots of chances to review our football season, most of which will focus on deficiencies.  In other words, what went wrong in one of the worst years (on paper) in the program's history.

But, there was one positive which I don't think should be missed, and that is the year Kamar Jorden had....because it was one of the best years in our programs history for a WR.

I think it is easy to overlook this for two reasons, one of which is that it came in a poor year and the other of which is that it comes a year after Freddie Barnes had the BEST YEAR ever for a WR in our program, and in some senses, any program.

So, here are the highlights.

  • 96 receptions....3rd most in our history.  (The #2 season is Magner in '03 and he played in 14 games).
  • 1,109 yards....3rd most in program history.
  • 14 receptions in one game is tied for 4th in the program's history
  • He caught 36% of our completed passes.  (Barnes caught 42% in his record year).
  • He was 13th in the NCAA in receiving yards
  • He was 4th in the NCAA and 1st in the MAC in receptions.

Consider, as well, that those numbers were produced with a QB who was a freshmen, wasn't healthy, and did not provide a huge amount of completions.  Consider, also, that some of that was with a backup QB.

Anyway, I was thinking about this and Jorden having our 3rd best season as a WR ever is worth mentioning and worth congratulating.

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