Published August 13, 2012 - 9:00am
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We’ve already looked at the top 10 running backs returning in 2012.
Here are the top 10 returning quarterbacks and how they stack up against each other in career stats.
Passing Yards
Aaron Murray, Georgia: 6,198
Tyler Wilson, Arkansas: 4,378
Tyler Bray, Tennessee: 3,832
AJ McCarron, Alabama: 3,023
James Franklin, Missouri: 2,971
Morgan Newton, Kentucky: 1,764
Connor Shaw, South Carolina: 1,671
Tyler Russell, Mississippi State: 1,669
Jordan Rodgers, Vanderbilt: 1,524
Max Smith, Kentucky: 819
Touchdowns
Aaron Murray: 59
Tyler Bray: 35
Tyler Wilson: 31
James Franklin: 22
AJ McCarron: 19
Connor Shaw: 15
Morgan Newton: 14
Tyler Russell: 13
Jordan Rodgers: 9
Max Smith: 4
Interceptions
Aaron Murray: 22
Tyler Bray: 16
Tyler Wilson: 13
James Franklin: 12
Morgan Newton: 10
Tyler Russell: 10
Jordan Rodgers: 10
Connor Shaw: 8
AJ McCarron: 5
Max Smith: 4
Completion %
AJ McCarron: 66.2
Connor Shaw: 66.1
James Franklin: 63.8
Tyler Wilson: 62.9
Aaron Murray: 60
Tyler Bray: 57.7
Tyler Russell: 55.1
Max Smith: 54.9
Morgan Newton: 52
Jordan Rodgers: 50
Rushing Yards
James Franklin: 1,097
Connor Shaw: 690
Morgan Newton: 452
Jordan Rodgers: 420
Aaron Murray: 270
Tyler Russell: 107
AJ McCarron: -32
Tyler Wilson: -51
Max Smith: -109
Tyler Bray: -173
Wish you would have included rush yards…but thanks for the stats!
Should have added them the first time around. I have added them above.
As shown by this the best Qb can be argued between wilson,murray, and possibly bray. My money is with murray. Murray needs more polishing then wilson but he,ll have A breakout party this season. One more thing how come wilson had all that firepower in receivers but has fewer TD’s then bray when he was out for 2/3 of last year?
With all due respect, if you read the introduction statement, you would see these are career statistics. That is why Bray has 35 TDs and Wilson has 31. Just because Arkansas had several good receivers doesn’t mean they all scored a lot of TDs. Our RBs had several TDs as well.
Looks like AJ McCarron is in pretty good company, and considering that the bulk of his stats were from last year (first year starter as a sophmore) he could and should be even better this year! I, personally, feel that AJ has been and is under-estimated and could end this season as one of the best QB’s in the SEC! He ended the 2011 season only behind Aaron Murray and Tyler Wilson in Passing Yards and led the SEC in Completion %!
go hogs
Seeing as Connor Shaw only started half of last season, I’d say he has to be put into the top two or three. You should’ve thrown in “career starts” as well. To help, here you go:
Murray- 27
Newton – 17
Wilson – 14
Franklin – 13
Mccaaron – 12
Bray – 12
Shaw – 8
Rodgers – 7
Smith – 3