Crunching the numbers: Comparing Fitzgerald to McSorley

[ClintRLamb]

I thought it would be interesting to break down some of the numbers (both through the air and on the ground) between Nick Fitzgerald and Penn State QB Trace McSorley. If the number is in green, that means that it increased or got better from 2016 to 2017. Red, of course, means it decreased or got worse.

Now, it should also be noted that Fitzgerald's numbers were skewed due to him only playing approximately 5 minutes in the game against Ole Miss. Therefore, I decided to remove that brief appearance entirely to get a more accurate depiction.

McSorley's passing statistics
2017: 32.9 att/gm
2016: 27.6 att/gm

2017: 284 comp/427 att (66.5%)
2016: 224 comp/387 att (57.9%)

2017: 274.6 yds/gm
2016: 258.1 yds/gm

2017: 2.15 TD/gm -- 0.77 INT/gm
2016: 2.07 TD/gm -- 0.57 INT/gm

Fitzgerald's passing statistics
2017: 25.7 att/gm
2016: 27.8 att/gm

2017: 158 comp/283 att (55.8%)
2016: 196 comp/361 att (54.3%)

2017: 160.2 yds/gm
2016: 186.4 yds/gm

2017: 1.36 TD/gm -- 0.91 INT/gm
2016: 1.62 TD/gm -- 0.77 INT/gm

McSorley's rushing statistics
2017: 11.08 att/gm
2016: 10.43 att/gm

2017: 37.8 yds/gm
2016: 26.1 yds/gm

2017: 0.85 TD/gm
2016: 0.50 TD/gm

% of team's rushing att (2017): 31.9% (144 of 451)
% of team's rushing att (2016): 27.0% (146 of 540)

% of team's rushing yds (2017): 22.2% (491 of 2,212)
% of team's rushing yds (2016): 15.2% (365 of 2,406)

% of team's rushing TDs (2017): 30.6% (11 of 36)
% of team's rushing TDs (2016): 20.6% (7 of 34)

Fitzgerald's rushing statistics
2017: 14.50 att/gm
2016: 15.00 att/gm

2017: 88.00 yds/gm
2016: 105.77 yds/gm

2017: 1.27 TD/gm
2016: 1.23 TD/gm

% of team's rushing att (2017): 25.2% (159 of 631)
% of team's rushing att (2016): 36.7% (195 of 532)

% of team's rushing yds (2017): 29.7% (968 of 3,256)
% of team's rushing yds (2016): 45.9% (1,375 of 2,997)

% of team's rushing TDs (2017): 46.7% (14 of 30)
% of team's rushing TDs (2016): 66.7% (16 of 24)