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FOOTBALL: Let's take a closer look at Georgia QB Carson Beck

Chase Parham

RebelGrove.com Editor
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May 11, 2009
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Carson Beck is having a good season, and Georgia does an elite job of keeping him upright and able to throw without pressure. Opponents are pressuring Beck on just 16 percent of his dropbacks this season (for reference, Dart gets pressured on 33 percent of dropbacks), and he’s, understandably thrived without anyone in his face.

Beck’s overall numbers are 213-for-296 (322 dropbacks) for 72 percent, 2,724 yards, 16 touchdowns and four interceptions. When kept clean, he’s 197-for-261 (268 dropbacks) for 75.5 percent, 2,458 yards, 14 touchdowns and four interceptions. Teams blitz Georgia on 40 percent of hte snaps, and he’s coming 68 percent of his passes for 8.1 per attempt, six touchdowns and one pick against the blitz. He doesn’t have an interception while under pressure.

Georgia has 12 drops on the season, and Beck has been sacked nine times with 54 pressures (Dart has been sacked 19 with 93 pressures). Beck does a great job getting the ball out on time. Without pressure, he’s delivering it on average of 2.15 to 2.44 seconds after the snap. And most pressures come from coverage, as the average time to throw in a pressure s 3.5 seconds.

Georgia runs more screens than most Ole Miss opponents this season — 25 percent of pass plays. They average 6.9 per attempt.

He’s scrambled 17 times with 10 of those coming because of pressure. Beck isn’t a runner. He has 20 designed runs this season for 14 total yards, so it’s a bunch of sneaks I assume. On the 17 scrambles, he has 96 yards. He has three runs of double-digit yards this season.

Beck’s passing chart is interesting because he isn’t deadly on the deep ball, but it’s serviceable. They live on getting athletes the ball in space and letting them cook, eating up the middle of the field. Everything seems to indicate he’s much more comfortable throwing left than right, but that’s a Pete question.

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He’s completed at least 65 percent of his passes in every game this season, and he hasn’t had a multiple-interception game. Oddly Vanderbilt did the best job on limiting yards per attempt. He was 29-for-39 for 261 and one touchdown.

I’ll close where I started. They protect him and he doesn’t have many negative plays and he is really good when able to be upright in the pocket. That’s the most telling thing, how dropbacks lead to pass attempts. Teams haven’t disrupted him. Vanderbilt and Mizzou are the only times this season he’s had more than three dropbacks that didn’t lead to a pass. Kentucky only caused it once and Auburn twice.
 
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