QB Class gets weaker

[GTripp0012]

13 top draft eligible prospects, sorted by career sack rate:

1. Zac Robinson, 2.02%
2. Sam Bradford, 2.72%
3. Max Hall, 4.29%
4. Tony Pike, 4.34%
5. Dan LeFevour, 4.56%
6. Colt McCoy, 5.19%
7. Jevan Snead, 5.22%
8. Tim Tebow, 5.49%
9. Bill Stull, 5.56%
10. Mike Kafka, 5.63%
11. Sean Canfield, 6.11%
12. Jarrett Brown, 6.44%
13. Jimmy Clausen 6.72%

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

13 top draft eligible prospects, sorted by career sack rate:

1. Zac Robinson, 2.02%
2. Sam Bradford, 2.72%
3. Max Hall, 4.29%
4. Tony Pike, 4.34%
5. Dan LeFevour, 4.56%
6. Colt McCoy, 5.19%
7. Jevan Snead, 5.22%
8. Tim Tebow, 5.49%
9. Bill Stull, 5.56%
10. Mike Kafka, 5.63%
11. Sean Canfield, 6.11%
12. Jarrett Brown, 6.44%
13. Jimmy Clausen 6.72%

How'd you figure that number?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

How'd you figure that number?

Sacks Taken/(Passing attempts + Sacks Taken)

Using career numbers.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Sacks Taken/(Passing attempts + Sacks Taken)

Using career numbers.

I know you're wondering...John Skelton would be 7th (I think) on your list

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I know you're wondering...John Skelton would be 7th (I think) on your list

I ran some quick correlations on that sack rate data using some of my comparables, and I found that the higher the level of competition a guy faces in college, the more likely that his college sack rate is predictive in the NFL. There are always exceptions (Russell: 5.6% at LSU, 9.7% in NFL), but that bodes well for guys like Bradford and Robinson, poorly for guys like Clausen and Brown, and says basically nothing about Dan LeFevour and John Skelton.