The results are in for the first round of the CougarStats all-decade team for the 2000s. Luke Staley and Harvey Unga mad the team with 198 and 164 votes. Curtis Brown came in a distant third with 43 votes. Fui Vakapuna also ran.
This week it’s quarterbacks. Three nominees. Vote for one. John Beck, Brandon Doman and Max Hall. The poll will remain open for one week.
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Riley Nelson‘s 56 passing yards vs. Idaho were enough to pass up Eldon ‘The Phantom’ Fortie for 27th in career passing at BYU.
Last week Nelson passed up Jake Heaps in passing for the season. This week, Heaps passed up Nelson.
It was a bad week for the Phantom. JJ DiLuigi passed him to move into 11th in career rushing yards.
One catch was enough to move McKay Jacobson into a tie with Jay Miller for 25th.
JJ DiLuigi has the same number of receptions in his career (86) as Luke Staley (and Daniel Coats, and Scott Pettis).
Jacobson moved up one spot to 17th, ahead of Jonny Harline.
Jordan Pendleton finished his career in the 111th spot for career tackles at BYU with 130.
Jake Heaps moved in to 16th place, passing Marc Lyons.
So far, the team is averaging 1.3 interceptions per game. That would be the highest average since 2006.
Heaps’ rating moved up a bit from 110.3 to 112.7, Nelson’s also increased from 147.7 to 148.6. Heaps’ career rating compares with Jason Beck and Bret Engemann. Nelson’s is similar to Robbie Bosco and John Walsh.
Nelson’s rating for 2011 (159.7) is identical to Brandon Doman‘s rating in 2001.
A good thumping of Idaho lifted BYU’s points-per-game margin from +3.6 to +6.7.
If Justin Sorensen can go three more games without missing an extra point he will have the BYU record from most PATs without a miss in a season.
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Once again, with a young team, there isn’t a lot of movement near the top of the stat lists right now. I’ll try to avoid mentioning the overly obscure, like Michael Alisa at No. 83 in career rushing ahead of Ken Call and Kent Oborn.
For the first time this season, Riley Nelson has more passing yards that Jake Heaps.
Nelson now has more than the 100 attempts needed to show up on the season rating list. His rating for this year dropped from 174.5 to — between Brandon Doman ’01 and Max Hall ’08.
Matt Marshall’s career passer rating took a hit. With a single incomplete pass, his rating dropped from 188.2 to 125.5.
With four games left, JJ DiLuigi needs 326 yards to bump Brian McKenzie out of the top 10 in career rushing.
Nelson passes Doman for third in QB rushing.
Nelson has the 6th most rushing yards for a QB in a season, passing Virgil Carter ’66
In his Sophomore year, Hoffman is already 54th in career receiving yards, passing Jeff Frandsen, Rod Wilkerson, Tyler Anderson, Toby Christensen and Matt Allen.
BYU’s scoring margin dropped from +5.3 to +3.6.
The team is averaging 5.7 penalties for 48.0 yards per game. The only season in the past 35 years with fewer penalties or yards is 2010.
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Weak opponents add up to a lot of stats.
Riley Nelson passes the 1,000 yard mark for his career
Jake Heaps moves up to 16th in career passing yards, passing up KSL color man Marc Lyons.
Heaps passes the 1,000 yard mark for the season
Nelson is less than 100 yards from OC Brandon Doman‘s third place
Nelson is 7th in QB rushing yards in a season, passing Steve Young ’81 and Jim McMahon ’78
McKay Jacobsen passes up two guys named Todd to move into 18th place in career receiving yards — Tod Thompson and Todd Watkins
Cody Hoffman became the 60th player in BYU history to record 1,000 receiving yards
Nelson’s rating improved from 144.9 to 155.2. A little better than Brandon Doman, a little worse than Jim McMahon.
The blowout win vs. Idaho State increased BYU’s ppg margin from -1.6 to +5.3
Coach Mendenhall gets his 62nd win. Only 195 from Coach Edwards!
Several players appeared on the stat lists for the first time this week:
Nelson and Joshua Quezada got their first rushing TDs of the season
Ryan Folsom rushed for the first time of the season
Dallin Cutler made the first catch of his career. Now he’s only 96 receptions away from his dad Chuck.
Daniel Sorensen scored the first touchdown of his career.
Jordan Johnson got his first interception.
Marcus Mathews, Aveni Leung-Wai, Simonte Vea recorded their first tackle of the season.
Alani Fua, Seth Probert, Chase Pendley, DeQuan Everett each recorded his first career tackles.
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