Will Rising throw for over 3500 yards?

[ProudUte]

Scott Mitchell suggested on his radio show that Rising may throw for 3500 yards this season.  What do you think?

IMO he will be lucky to throw for 3000 yards.  Alex Smith and Brian Johnson did not throw for 3000 yards.  Huntley did throw for just over 3000 yards in 14 games.  Whit has had one QB throw for just over 3000 yards.  Why should we expect anything different?  We have a great running game and a great short pass game.  If Rising stays healthy, I think he may throw for 3000 yards, but I would be shocked to see him throw for 3500 yards.

By the way, Scott Mitchell through for 4322 yards in 1988.  He averaged 395 yards a game.  But, that was with a pass-first offense.  We are not that team today.

[EagleMountainUte]

3500 in just regular season?  Or post season included 😉 

Yeah Mitchell is excited I don’t see it happening but it would be superb. 

[utefansince79]

While a 3000/3500 yard passing season would be an amazing accomplishment, i would rather see a more balanced attack with significant passing and rushing yards.

Very much need a strong running game when it come to situations in the red zone where you must be able to pound it into the end zone.

 

 

[PlainsUte]

Counting the semi-final and the final game in the CFP?? 😉

[EagleMountainUte]

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[rbmw263]

He could, but he wont. This offense is built around the run. Most of our best plays are run plays

[D T]

He’s 100% healthy now, so he’s more than capable of it.

However, we’re far too balanced for that to happen.

[UteThunder]

Assuming we play 14 games again, and he stays healthy, he should easily pass for 3,000 yards and will likely pass for 3,500, give or take a few yards.

Last year, Rising passed for 2,493 yards, and that was with him not playing in the first 2.5 games other than throwing 2 passes in garbage time against Weber.

Excluding the 29 yards he passed for against Weber, and only counting the SDSU game as one half, his average per game for 11.5 games was 214 which puts him at 2,996 for 14 games. I would expect that average to increase a bit this year. He only needs 250 per game for 14 games to get to 3,500.

[EagleMountainUte]

I like the way you think. But I think going along with Utah’s fifteen sacks a game average it just means a lot of short fields for Rising.  
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[mfaulk80]

What if I told you that our QBs threw for 3000 yards exactly last year?  A common thread throughout camp has been the talk of Cam’s stronger arm, Vele’s impressive play (that we saw in spring), and the need to push it more downfield.  

If Cam has a healthy full year, then I think 3500 is definitely obtainable. 

[Tony (admin)]

Tavion Thomas 🙂 

[Hellhound152]

That is less than 300 yards per game over 12.  The BJ and Alex comparrisons don’t work because the pace of the game was so much slower and 500 yards of total offense was the platonic ideal.  Huntley was hamstrung by playing in 7 games where the outcome was no longer in doubt at half-time.  Rising should get to 3,500 yards this season assuming the offense produces as expected.

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