May 21, 2013

Third Down Targets

October 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Sammy Watkins

In previous weeks we’ve chronicled Tajh Boyd’s third down passing.  In this post we take a look at who Boyd’s throwing to on third down and who’s catching it, scoring, getting first downs and making explosive plays.

We’ve also chronicled Jaron Brown’s play over the last couple of weeks, so that should be no big surprise. 
 
Watkins and Hopkins being targeted the most should also be a surprise to no one and the same goes for the explosiveness of Sammy Watkins compared to DeAndre Hopkins.  Clemson needs both, but they are different receivers, with different skill sets as these (and other) numbers illustrate.  24.4 yards per catch on third down is pretty good.  5 touchdowns on 16 catches is even better.
 
Name
Target
Rec
%
Yards
Avg
TD
TD%
FD
FD%
Exp
Exp%
Brown, J.
7
7
100.00
78
11.1
0
0.00
6
85.71
2
28.57
Peake
1
1
100.00
17
17.0
0
0.00
1
100.00
1
100.00
Watkins
16
12
75.00
293
24.4
5
31.25
11
68.75
6
37.50
Hopkins
16
12
75.00
157
13.1
0
0.00
11
68.75
3
18.75
Ellington
11
8
72.73
44
5.5
0
0.00
1
9.1
0
0.00
Allen
15
10
66.67
165
16.5
3
20.00
7
46.67
3
20.00
Bryant
1
0
0.00
0
0.0
0
0.00
0
0.00
0
0.00
Cooper
1
0
0.00
0
0.0
0
0.00
0
0.00
0
0.00
Bellamy
1
0
0.00
0
0.0
0
0.00
0
0.00
0
0.00
McDowell
1
0
0.00
0
0.0
0
0.00
0
0.00
0
0.00
Throw Away
3
0
0.00
0
0.0
0
0.00
0
0.00
0
0.00
Interception
1
0
0.00
0
0.0
0
0.00
0
0.00
0
0.00
Totals
74
50
67.57
754
15.1
8
10.81
37
50.00
15
20.27
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