The nation's FBS leader in completion percentage:
2020
Mac Jones: 77.4%
Led team to National Championship
2019
Joe Burrow: 76.3%
Led team to National Championship
2018
Jack Abraham: 73.1%
Southern Miss went 6-5
2017
Baker Mayfield: 70.5%
Led team to College Football Playoffs
2016
Baker Mayfield: 70.9%
Led team to Sugar Bowl win and top-5 finish
2015
Brandon Doughty: 71.9%
Western Kentucky went 12-2
2014
Grant Hedrick: 70.8%
Boise State went 12-2
2013
Joe Southwick: 72.6%
Boise State went 8-5
2012
David Fales: 72.5%
San Jose State went 11-2
2011
Kellen Moore: 74.3%
Boise State went 12-1
2010
Dan Persa: 73.5%
Northwestern went 7-6
2009
Colt McCoy: 70.6%
Texas lost in the National Championship game
2008
Colt McCoy: 76.7
Texas went 12-1 and won the Fiesta Bowl
2007
Riley Skinner: 72.4%
Wake Forest went 9-4
2006
Colt Brennan: 72.6%
Hawaii went 11-3
2005
Phil Horvath: 70.6%
Northern Illinois went 7-5
2004
Stefan LeFors 73.5%
Louisville went 11-1
Adrian Martinez completed 71.5% of his passes in 2020 which would have led the country in 5 of the last 17 seasons....which is as far back as ESPN lists its data:
There's a significant difference between causation and correlation and the interdependence between certain stats for a quarterback, such as turnovers, tds, passing efficiency, etc., is noteworthy, but if correlation shows us anything it's that if Martinez can lead the nation in completion percentage in 2021 either Nebraska will post a winning record or they'll be the first team in the last 18 years to have the nation's leader in completion percentage and not post a winning record.
I like our odds if Martinez does in fact lead the country in completion percentage and I'd love for "literally" anyone to attempt to quantitatively refute this large sample size of data.
2020
Mac Jones: 77.4%
Led team to National Championship
2019
Joe Burrow: 76.3%
Led team to National Championship
2018
Jack Abraham: 73.1%
Southern Miss went 6-5
2017
Baker Mayfield: 70.5%
Led team to College Football Playoffs
2016
Baker Mayfield: 70.9%
Led team to Sugar Bowl win and top-5 finish
2015
Brandon Doughty: 71.9%
Western Kentucky went 12-2
2014
Grant Hedrick: 70.8%
Boise State went 12-2
2013
Joe Southwick: 72.6%
Boise State went 8-5
2012
David Fales: 72.5%
San Jose State went 11-2
2011
Kellen Moore: 74.3%
Boise State went 12-1
2010
Dan Persa: 73.5%
Northwestern went 7-6
2009
Colt McCoy: 70.6%
Texas lost in the National Championship game
2008
Colt McCoy: 76.7
Texas went 12-1 and won the Fiesta Bowl
2007
Riley Skinner: 72.4%
Wake Forest went 9-4
2006
Colt Brennan: 72.6%
Hawaii went 11-3
2005
Phil Horvath: 70.6%
Northern Illinois went 7-5
2004
Stefan LeFors 73.5%
Louisville went 11-1
Adrian Martinez completed 71.5% of his passes in 2020 which would have led the country in 5 of the last 17 seasons....which is as far back as ESPN lists its data:
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There's a significant difference between causation and correlation and the interdependence between certain stats for a quarterback, such as turnovers, tds, passing efficiency, etc., is noteworthy, but if correlation shows us anything it's that if Martinez can lead the nation in completion percentage in 2021 either Nebraska will post a winning record or they'll be the first team in the last 18 years to have the nation's leader in completion percentage and not post a winning record.
I like our odds if Martinez does in fact lead the country in completion percentage and I'd love for "literally" anyone to attempt to quantitatively refute this large sample size of data.