Prescott, Allen tied at the top of SEC QB rankings after Week 12
The 2015 season of “Adventures in SEC Quarterbacking” neared its end last Saturday, with a sublime head-to-head battle, one dominant performance, one dramatic return and a lot of other stuff that was mostly inconsequential and often very hard to watch. Here’s this week’s rankings of the SEC’s top-10 quarterbacks this season:
10. PATRICK TOWLES, KENTUCKY
Didn’t play Saturday in the Wildcats’ blowout of Charlotte, and almost certainly won’t start this week vs. Louisville, based on Drew Barker’s perfectly satisfactory performance in the victory. As of right now, he remains fifth in the SEC in passing yards, which means he will probably finish in the top 10 even if he doesn’t play another snap this season.
Last week: Inactive
Season: 180-322, 2,077 yards, 9 TDs, 13 INTs
9. BRANDON HARRIS, LSU
For the past three weeks, LSU has faced defenses that were able to take away Leonard Fournette, at least partially, and the Tigers’ passing offense isn’t good enough to compensate. Which is a shame.
Last week: 26-51, 324 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs; 6 carries, 60 yards
Season: 128-233, 1,821 yards, 12 TDs, 4 INTs; 60 carries, 172 yards, 3 TDs
8. GREYSON LAMBERT, GEORGIA
Nobody is going to make a video about what happened in Athens Saturday night. But don’t undersell it. Georgia Southern is better than you think, and Lambert stuck it out through a tough football game.
Last week: 16-25, 183 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
Season: 134-211, 1,620 yards, 11 TDs, 2 INTs
7. TREON HARRIS, FLORIDA
Can we just skip this? It’s eerily weird that the Gators keep winning every week even though their offense continues to regress.
Last week: 8-17, 122 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT; 11 carries, 27 yards
Season: 83-152, 1,231 yards, 8 TDs, 4 INTs; 62 carries, 199 yards
6. KYLE ALLEN, TEXAS A&M
Avoided the dreaded Vandy Game disaster by hitting a 95-yard touchdown pass to break open a 6-0 football game late in the first half. As an added bonus, he played well enough that Kevin Sumlin said he wouldn’t have to address his QB situation this week. So that’s something.
Last week: 18-36, 336 yards, 1 TD
Season: 145-255, 2,049 yards, 16 TDs, 6 INTs
5. JOSH DOBBS, TENNESSEE
The Missouri-Tennessee game went mostly unnoticed outside Columbia and Knoxville, and it was pretty ugly to watch. Still, Dobbs and the Vols deserve some credit for overcoming the circumstances — a rugged Mizzou defense, in freezing cold weather, in a jacked-up stadium that wanted to celebrate Gary Pinkel’s last home game.
Last week: 16-24, 89 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT; 10 carries, 54 yards, 1 TD
Season: 178-295, 1,985 yards, 13 TD, 5 INTs; 123 carries, 530 yards, 8 TDs
4. JAKE COKER, ALABAMA
Fun facts about Coker: Despite his weird throwing motion and uninspiring play, he’s actually fourth among SEC QBs in passing yards, third in completion percentage and fifth in passing touchdowns (he’s seventh in QBR). He’s won at Georgia, Texas A&M and Mississippi State, and led a come-from-behind drive to beat Tennessee in October, as well. Winning at Auburn is a different animal, obviously, but don’t sleep on his season so far.
Last week: 11-13, 155 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT
Season: 187-286, 2,106 yards, 14 TDs, 8 INTs
3. CHAD KELLY, OLE MISS
The dominant player on the field in a game that also featured Leonard Fournette. Well played, sir. This week’s Egg Bowl might just be the best game of the week in any conference.
Last week: 19-34, 280 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs; 12 carries, 81 yards, 2 TDs
Season: 256-395, 3,504 yards, 25 TD, 12 INT; 86 carries, 353 yards, 9 TDs
1. (tie) BRANDON ALLEN, ARKANSAS
Ran stride for stride with Dak Prescott in a wildly entertaining football game Saturday night in Fayetteville. The second half of his season has sizzled, and it’s hard to penalize him solely on the basis of his field goal kicking unit.
Last week: 30-43, 406 yards, 7 TD, 0 INT
Season: 213-327, 3,023 yards, 29 TDs, 6INTs
1. (tie) DAK PRESCOTT, MISSISSIPPI STATE
Dak Prescott was on fire early and on fire down the stretch in throwing for 508 yards against Arkansas. He was fabulous, throwing for five touchdowns and running for two more. Saturday’s performance was the perfect example of a do-it-all quarterback.
Last week: 38-50, 508 yards, 5 TDs, 1 INT; 15 carries, 46 yards, 2 TDs
Season: 260-393, 3,159 yards, 23 TDs, 3 INTs; 127 carries, 478 yards, 9 TDs
I’m sticking with Chad Kelly as the best QB. No one can spin the ball like he can and now the coaches are letting him run the ball. Remember that this is Kelly’s first season in the SEC and Dak/Allen’s 3rd or 4th.
Dak just threw for 5 TDs, ran for two more, threw for 500 yds. Dak is clearly #1. (Sorry Brandon, you’re #2 by 1 point.)
How long they’ve been in the SEC is irrelevant.
I guess you didn’t watch Kelly play against Arkansas.
Kelly was 24-34 for 368 yards, 0 int’s and ran 11 times for 110 yards. Ole Miss only had the ball for 18 mins while Ark had the ball 42 mins. That’s how dominate Kelly was in the Ark game. Plus Kelly has played better in big game (Bama, LSU, A&M).
Kelly is the only QB to claim victories over Alabama and LSU. In fact he threw for 3 scores and ran for 3 scores against Arkansas. He threw for 280 and ran for 79 against LSU and accounted for 4 TD’s, all in 3 quarters. Ole Miss led 38-17 after the 3rd quarter. He threw for 341 yards and threw TD’s and ran for another against Alabama. Look at the stats of Allen and Prescott against Alabama and compare the three. No contest!!!!
Against Bama, I saw Kelly get a huge chunk of his yards on a helmet pass and an illegal indefensible play. He played well, but don’t pretend that he manufactured a win without Bama’s and God’s help.
Kelly also played great in the big games against Florida and Memphis. Oh, wait…
Yea, and Dak did better against Arkansas. Kelly had better line play against Bama than Dak did. Kelly has had better luck this season, but Dak is by far the better QB. You can’t deny that.
Dak Prescott can’t touch Chad Kelly. The numbers on the stat sheet don’t lie. The junior Chad Kelly is just out playing the Senior Dak Prescott…. I mean Sak Prescott
Yeah throwing 100 ints in one season should be enough to get him drafted. Chad kelly is garbage
3 dumbarse reb fans here…. your QB will be leading the SEC in interceptions after this week…. he’s throws almost as many Interceptions to the other team as he does tds to his… its laughable even comparing that rapper to dak.
Read the stats… You will see who is better… And who is not… Obviously Chad is the #1 QB in the SEC.. I know State fans can’t read that well obviously!
Obviously? Lower completion percentage with your world beating receiver corps, and a sh1t ton of interceptions? Yeah, numbers make it obvious.
are you 12?
Just got off espn.com… Chad Kelly is the 9th best QB in the country … Dak Prescott is 17th… It looks like espn has more sense than you dawgs could ever think about… If you can read it lol, check it out yourself.. enough said… The numbers don’t lie…
By your metric that you used, Luke Falk is #1 in the nation because he throws for the most yards.
That simply is not a true measure of a QB. Dak has a higher completion percentage (66.2) to Kelly (64.8). Dak has a better TD/INT ratio (23+9rush TD to 3 INT) than Kelly (25+9rush TD to 12 INT). Simply outyarding Dak is nothing. Especially considering Dak was sick for the Troy game and played half of the first quarter. He missed out on garbage yards to pad the stats.
In no world is Kelly a better quarterback than Prescott. On the field or off the field.
I didn’t realize that Dak also played defense. So unless Dak decides he is going to play defense, you better get ready to watch Kelly go up and down the field with ease. The only way State is going to stop Kelly is if he doesn’t get on the bus going to Starkville.
I’m so glad you will stfu for another 3 months after this weekend….
Dak will be a good target for my man Robert Nkemdiche and C.J. Johnson… Bring on the Sack Attack…
We will see which one is better this weekend… No matter what though Chad Kelly #1 in the SEC… You can’t deny that… Lol y’all can try but you just can’t win.. lol #failstate
12 is being generous. Old enough to read a number, but not old enough to understand it. I’d guess about 9.
Kelly is good but Dak is better. There’s no real argument there.
Man, these guys ^ there are arguing about who the best QB in the SEC is and I am just sitting here thinking: A win against Auburn and a win against Florida and Alabama is back in the playoff. Tough times. lol
Dak is the best QB. Naaa man, Kelly is the best QB. F you man, Dak is the best one. Try to convince me all you want but I won’t agree with you man.
They play Saturday night. Wont it be settled then? lol
Tough times? Did they raise the t-shirt prices at Wal-mart?
The MSU shirts is buy one get one free and dollar general…..LMAO
At..
So you shop for apparel at Dollar General instead?
Sry, but I buy my team apparel at Bama fever, and Academy Sports And Outdoor.
Using the “You buy you’re stuff at wall mart line is getting pretty old.”
Wall Mart is good for 2 things. Groceries and Video Games.
You act like Alabama is the only state with a wall mart.
Oh that’s cool. I buy my apparel from the bookstore on campus because I actually attend my school.