I just posted this on Kentucky's Wildcat Lair football board along with a video of Heupel coaching the quarterbacks at Missouri.
I bet they'll enjoy it! š
The key over there is to stay in the gray area and do just enough (big orange azzhole) to keep from being blacklisted. lol.
Here's the copy of the novel...
We haven't had good quarterback development in Knoxville since Lane Kiffin. Before that it was David Cutcliffe under Phil Fulmer. The building block for a weak offense is great QB play. Coach Heupel has 4* pro-style QB Harrison Bailey returning still as a freshman (COVID-19), along with true freshman 4* dual-threat QB Kaidon Salter from Texas, and former starting quarterback Hendon Hooker from Virginia Tech. He's going to be able to develop these guys nicely. Our RB room is a little short on depth but we have 3 talented ones in Jabari Small, Dee Beckwith, and incoming freshman Jaylen Wright from North Carolina. Our WR corps is littered with 4-star talent. They're a little inexperienced though. Our OL was woefully underdeveloped by the previous regime. Heupel brought his OL coach from UCF who he also had at Missouri. He's known for giving up very few sacks and creating space for his RB's to run the ball.
Here's a look at past quarterbacks coached by Josh Heupel as Quarterbacks Coach at Oklahoma (2006-2010 he developed Sam Bradford and Landry Jones from day 1), as Co-OC/QB Coach at Oklahoma (2011-2014). He wasn't able to develop Blake Bell who didn't pan out and was moved to TE at the start of the next season. Trevor Knight didn't live up to his billing either and ended up transferring to Texas A&M. Heupel utilized true freshman RB Samaje Perine in 2014 who killed us when we played Oklahoma in 2014. We lost 34-10. Perine ended up rushing for 1,713 yards and 21 TD's for the year. Heupel only coached at Utah State for 1 season before moving to Missouri for the 2016-2017 seasons. He inherited 4* QB Drew Lock who only completed 49% of his passes under the previous OC, threw for 1,332 yards, threw 4 TD's and 8 INT's. Enter Coach Heupel, and his completion percentage increased to 54.6%, he passed for 3,399 yards, 23 TDS and 10 INTS. Year 2 under Heupel, Lock completed 57.8% of his passes for 3,964 yards, 44 TD's and 13 INT's. Missouri's offense went from averaging 280.9 total yards per game the year before Heupel arrived to 500.5 year 1 with Heupel. It increased year 2 with Heupel to 503.1 total yards per game.
Heupel inherited a UCF team who finished 13-0 under Scott Frost. Heupel was cruising along with stud QB McKenzie Milton until he suffered an awful knee injury week 10 to USF. Heupel used his QB off the bench and ended up beating USF 38-10, won the conference title game, and lost 40-32 to LSU in the Fiesta Bowl. Scoring 32 points against the 2018 LSU defense with your back-up QB is pretty dang impressive. It was Heupel's only loss as he finished 12-1.
Heupel developed 3* QB Dillon Gabriel out of Hawaii who ended up passing for 3,653 yards as a true freshman in 2019. UCF's offense averaged 541.5 total yards per game with the fresh new quarterback.
After all the COVID-19 opt-outs to begin the 2020 campaign and dismissals later in the year, UCF only played a total of 10 games using less than a skeleton crew on defense. Sophomore Dillon Gabriel passed for 3,570 yards, 32 TD's and 4 Int's. Had he played all 13 games, he would've been on pace for 4,641 yards and 41 TD's.
Our defense will take its lumps in 2021, but there's reason for excitement on the offensive side of the ball in Big Orange Country. Go Vols!
2006 Paul Thompson, Oklahoma 60.7 completion %, 2,667 yards, 22 TD/11 INT
2007 Sam Bradford, Oklahoma (rated a 3* recruit coming out of high school) 69.5%, 3,121 yards, 36 TD/ 8 INT
2008 Sam Bradford 67.9%, 4,720 yards, 50 TD/ 8 INT
2009 Landry Jones 58.1%, 3,198 yards, 26 TD/ 14 INT
2010 Landry Jones 65.6%, 4,718 yards, 38 TD/ 12 INT
2011 Landry Jones 63.2%, 4,463 yards, 29 TD/ 15 INT
2012 Landry Jones 66.1% 4,267 yards, 30 TD/ 11 INT
2013 Blake Bell 60.1%, 1,648 yards, 12 TD/ 5 INT (moved to tight end)
2014 Trevor Knight 56.6%, 2,300 yards, 14 TD/ 12 INT (transferred to Texas A&M)
2015 Kent Myers, Utah State, 60.8% 1,593 yards, 16 TD/ 3 INT
2016 Drew Lock, Missouri, 54.6%, 3,399 yards, 23 TD/ 10 INT
2017 Drew Lock 57.8%, 3,964 yards, 44 TD/ 13 INT
2018 McKenzie Milton, UCF, 59.2%, 2,663 yards, 25 TD/ 6 INT season-ending injury in game 10; Heupel still went on to finish 12-1, won his conference championship, before losing to LSU 40-32 in the Fiesta Bowl. 32 points isn't bad using a quarterback off the bench the entire game against LSU's defense.
2019 Dillon Gabriel, UCF, 59.3%, 3,653 yards, 29 TD/ 7 INT as a true freshman
2020 Dillon Gabriel, 60.0%, 3,570 yards, 32 TD/ 4 INT in only 10 games played because of COVID-19. Had he played 13 games, he would've been on pace for 4,641 yards and 41 TD's
I bet they'll enjoy it! š
The key over there is to stay in the gray area and do just enough (big orange azzhole) to keep from being blacklisted. lol.
Here's the copy of the novel...
We haven't had good quarterback development in Knoxville since Lane Kiffin. Before that it was David Cutcliffe under Phil Fulmer. The building block for a weak offense is great QB play. Coach Heupel has 4* pro-style QB Harrison Bailey returning still as a freshman (COVID-19), along with true freshman 4* dual-threat QB Kaidon Salter from Texas, and former starting quarterback Hendon Hooker from Virginia Tech. He's going to be able to develop these guys nicely. Our RB room is a little short on depth but we have 3 talented ones in Jabari Small, Dee Beckwith, and incoming freshman Jaylen Wright from North Carolina. Our WR corps is littered with 4-star talent. They're a little inexperienced though. Our OL was woefully underdeveloped by the previous regime. Heupel brought his OL coach from UCF who he also had at Missouri. He's known for giving up very few sacks and creating space for his RB's to run the ball.
Here's a look at past quarterbacks coached by Josh Heupel as Quarterbacks Coach at Oklahoma (2006-2010 he developed Sam Bradford and Landry Jones from day 1), as Co-OC/QB Coach at Oklahoma (2011-2014). He wasn't able to develop Blake Bell who didn't pan out and was moved to TE at the start of the next season. Trevor Knight didn't live up to his billing either and ended up transferring to Texas A&M. Heupel utilized true freshman RB Samaje Perine in 2014 who killed us when we played Oklahoma in 2014. We lost 34-10. Perine ended up rushing for 1,713 yards and 21 TD's for the year. Heupel only coached at Utah State for 1 season before moving to Missouri for the 2016-2017 seasons. He inherited 4* QB Drew Lock who only completed 49% of his passes under the previous OC, threw for 1,332 yards, threw 4 TD's and 8 INT's. Enter Coach Heupel, and his completion percentage increased to 54.6%, he passed for 3,399 yards, 23 TDS and 10 INTS. Year 2 under Heupel, Lock completed 57.8% of his passes for 3,964 yards, 44 TD's and 13 INT's. Missouri's offense went from averaging 280.9 total yards per game the year before Heupel arrived to 500.5 year 1 with Heupel. It increased year 2 with Heupel to 503.1 total yards per game.
Heupel inherited a UCF team who finished 13-0 under Scott Frost. Heupel was cruising along with stud QB McKenzie Milton until he suffered an awful knee injury week 10 to USF. Heupel used his QB off the bench and ended up beating USF 38-10, won the conference title game, and lost 40-32 to LSU in the Fiesta Bowl. Scoring 32 points against the 2018 LSU defense with your back-up QB is pretty dang impressive. It was Heupel's only loss as he finished 12-1.
Heupel developed 3* QB Dillon Gabriel out of Hawaii who ended up passing for 3,653 yards as a true freshman in 2019. UCF's offense averaged 541.5 total yards per game with the fresh new quarterback.
After all the COVID-19 opt-outs to begin the 2020 campaign and dismissals later in the year, UCF only played a total of 10 games using less than a skeleton crew on defense. Sophomore Dillon Gabriel passed for 3,570 yards, 32 TD's and 4 Int's. Had he played all 13 games, he would've been on pace for 4,641 yards and 41 TD's.
Our defense will take its lumps in 2021, but there's reason for excitement on the offensive side of the ball in Big Orange Country. Go Vols!
2006 Paul Thompson, Oklahoma 60.7 completion %, 2,667 yards, 22 TD/11 INT
2007 Sam Bradford, Oklahoma (rated a 3* recruit coming out of high school) 69.5%, 3,121 yards, 36 TD/ 8 INT
2008 Sam Bradford 67.9%, 4,720 yards, 50 TD/ 8 INT
2009 Landry Jones 58.1%, 3,198 yards, 26 TD/ 14 INT
2010 Landry Jones 65.6%, 4,718 yards, 38 TD/ 12 INT
2011 Landry Jones 63.2%, 4,463 yards, 29 TD/ 15 INT
2012 Landry Jones 66.1% 4,267 yards, 30 TD/ 11 INT
2013 Blake Bell 60.1%, 1,648 yards, 12 TD/ 5 INT (moved to tight end)
2014 Trevor Knight 56.6%, 2,300 yards, 14 TD/ 12 INT (transferred to Texas A&M)
2015 Kent Myers, Utah State, 60.8% 1,593 yards, 16 TD/ 3 INT
2016 Drew Lock, Missouri, 54.6%, 3,399 yards, 23 TD/ 10 INT
2017 Drew Lock 57.8%, 3,964 yards, 44 TD/ 13 INT
2018 McKenzie Milton, UCF, 59.2%, 2,663 yards, 25 TD/ 6 INT season-ending injury in game 10; Heupel still went on to finish 12-1, won his conference championship, before losing to LSU 40-32 in the Fiesta Bowl. 32 points isn't bad using a quarterback off the bench the entire game against LSU's defense.
2019 Dillon Gabriel, UCF, 59.3%, 3,653 yards, 29 TD/ 7 INT as a true freshman
2020 Dillon Gabriel, 60.0%, 3,570 yards, 32 TD/ 4 INT in only 10 games played because of COVID-19. Had he played 13 games, he would've been on pace for 4,641 yards and 41 TD's
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