A bunch of my buddies and some guy named Butch all contribute to a UGA football and UGA sports email listerv called the JunkYardDogs. It's a Yahoo! group, and we recently had a University of Tennessee grad (they practically give degrees out at that hick school) open up a debate about how Tyler Bray was going to dominate UGA this year. It started your standard run of the mill argument about which QB (Bray or UGA QB Aaron Murray) demands the most respect.
I pulled out all of the garbage games (Buffalo, College of Charleston, Norcorss High School, etc) and took the averages for each QB stat. Below is how Bray and Murray stack up...and it's pretty even (click the picture to make the graphs bigger).
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As you can see, Bray and Murray are comparable in almost all categories. In my statistical breakdown, Aaron Murray has played in 11 more games than Bray, so be sure to keep this in mind when comparing the two. Both players have similar completion percentages, completions, etc. Bray's attempts went up in 2011, which is partly do to UT having a weak running game in 2011. The jump in pass attempts also correlates to more passing yards per game. Murray has a slightly higher passer rating, but you can see how that rating dropped when AJ Green went professional.
Obviously, the statistics can only tell us so much. By being able to elude the rush, Murray is a little less injury prone and is able to break out of the pocket to try and exploit a broken coverage situation. As another JYD'er mentioned, Bray might have more NFL value due to better mechanics, but short-term value is even between these two QBs.
Tattoo strength aside, the choice between Bray and Murray is a toss-up...but you just can't coach that spike in
tattoo strength.
