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Some interesting tidbits from Coach Heupel's time at Missouri as OC/QB coach in 2016 and 2017

Pablo Escovol

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Before Heupel's arrival in 2015, Drew Lock completed 129 of 263 passes for 1,332 yards, 4 TD's, and 8 INT's.

After Heupel's arrival in 2016, Lock completed 237 of 434 passes for 3,399 yards, 23 TD's, and 10 INT's.

During Heupel's 2nd and last year, Lock completed 242 of 419 passes for 3,964 yards, 44 TD's, and 13 INT's

Had Heupel coached him all 4 years, Lock would have been on pace to pass for 14,726 yards and 134 TD's. During Peyton Manning's 4 years at UT, he passed for 11,201 yards and 89 TD's. Drew Lock was a composite 4 star recruit according to TOS.

RB Ish Witter rushed for 750 yards in Heupel's first year and 1,049 his last year as OC. Witter was a composite 3 star recruit.
RB Damarea Crockett rushed for 1,062 yards and 10 td's as a true freshman in Heupel's offense. He was a composite 3 star recruit.
RB Larry Rountree rushed for 703 yards and 6 td's his true freshman year. He was a composite 3 star recruit.

Before Heupel's arrival, WR J'Mon Moore caught 29 passes for 350 yards and 3 td's; After Heupel's arrival, he caught 62 passes for 1,012 yards and 8 td's. He followed it up with 65 catches for 1,082 yards, and 10 td's in Heupel's final year at Missouri. He was a composite 3 star recruit.

Johnathon Johnson, a true freshman WR, caught 24 passes for 435 yards, and 2 td's as a true freshman. His production increased to 41 catches for 724 yards and 6 td's in Heupel's second year. Johnson was ranked at the #18 recruit in the state of Tennessee for the class of 2015. He was also a composite 3 star recruit.

True freshman WR Dimetrios Mason had 47 catches for 587 yards and 3 td's.
He was ranked #175 in the state of Georgia. He had been committed to South Alabama before Missouri offered him in the 11th hour. He was also a composite 3 star recruit. Good scouting!!!

True freshman WR Emanuel Hall had 33 catches for 817 yards and 8 td's during Heupel's second and final year at Missouri. He was ranked # 28 in the state of Tennessee in the 2015 class. He was also a composite 3 star recruit.

True freshman TE Albert Okwegbunam had 29 catches for 415 yards and 11 td's during Heupel's last year. He was also rated a composite 3 star recruit out of Georgia and is currently in the NFL.

2 things stick out to me... Heupel makes it where players step on the field as true freshmen and they produce. He also gets a lot out of 3 star rated players. After this NCAA cloud clears and the staff has more time to establish relationships with recruits, we're going to be in on more 4 stars and even a 5 star or 2.

Heupel is the type of coach we haven't had here before... high-flying offense that seems to be relatively easy to pick up... a quarterback developer... and a great scout.
 
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