There's not a ton to really look at here, but a few interesting nuggets. Also, I highly recommend Pete's breakdown.
Vanderbilt is sticking with Ken Seals at quarterback when the Commodores visit the Rebels at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday in Oxford. AJ Swann is still recovering from an elbow injury, Clark Lea said Swann suffered a setback during the bye week, terming it “elbow soreness.”
Vanderbilt is 2-6 overall and 0-4 in the SEC. The Dores beat Hawaii and Alabama A&M but have lost three of their four SEC games by 17 points — to Missouri, Kentucky and Georgia. The other was a 38-14 loss at Florida. Ole Miss is favored by 25.5 points.
"Leadership, first and foremost," Lea said Tuesday about Seals. "I think he's been a galvanizing presence. Obviously he's earned the respect of the program and how he battled adversity and kept a positive outlook. He does a great job taking ownership on the field on Saturdays, owns his mistakes, has good rapport with the receivers and just seems to have done a great job again, leading that unit.”
Seals has played in six games for Vanderbilt this season, including 50 snaps on average in the past three against Missouri, Florida and Georgia. He was the team’s quarterback in 2020 and part of 2021.
On the season, Seals is 65-for-105 (61.9 percent) on 113 dropbacks for 834 yards, eight touchdowns and two interceptions. Good for a 7.9 yards per attempt. PFF has Seals with seven throws that were “turnover-worthy” despite only two being picked off.
Vanderbilt has five drops with him ni the game, and he’s been sacked five times. He’s only scrambled three times on passing plays.
Here’s his passing chart for the season. Vanderbilt really tries to give him manageable throws, with 36 over the middle inside 10 yards and avoiding the long sideline throws. He’s done a really good job with the middle distance of 10-19 air yards — 10-of-18 for 302 with five touchdowns and one interception.
Seals has a 15 percent higher completion percentage with playaction, but they do it just 36 percent of passing plays. He’s a bit of a sitting duck back there. They give him 2.72 seconds to throw on average, and he’s only had nine rushes in total this season.
Seals does a really good job getting the ball out to a hot receiver when blitzed. He has his best passing numbers (10.9 per attempt, 3 TDs, no INTs, almost the same completion rate as not facing pressure) when teams bring extra rushers. Opponents are blitzing Seals 35 percent of the time.
Vanderbilt is sticking with Ken Seals at quarterback when the Commodores visit the Rebels at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday in Oxford. AJ Swann is still recovering from an elbow injury, Clark Lea said Swann suffered a setback during the bye week, terming it “elbow soreness.”
Vanderbilt is 2-6 overall and 0-4 in the SEC. The Dores beat Hawaii and Alabama A&M but have lost three of their four SEC games by 17 points — to Missouri, Kentucky and Georgia. The other was a 38-14 loss at Florida. Ole Miss is favored by 25.5 points.
"Leadership, first and foremost," Lea said Tuesday about Seals. "I think he's been a galvanizing presence. Obviously he's earned the respect of the program and how he battled adversity and kept a positive outlook. He does a great job taking ownership on the field on Saturdays, owns his mistakes, has good rapport with the receivers and just seems to have done a great job again, leading that unit.”
Seals has played in six games for Vanderbilt this season, including 50 snaps on average in the past three against Missouri, Florida and Georgia. He was the team’s quarterback in 2020 and part of 2021.
On the season, Seals is 65-for-105 (61.9 percent) on 113 dropbacks for 834 yards, eight touchdowns and two interceptions. Good for a 7.9 yards per attempt. PFF has Seals with seven throws that were “turnover-worthy” despite only two being picked off.
Vanderbilt has five drops with him ni the game, and he’s been sacked five times. He’s only scrambled three times on passing plays.
Here’s his passing chart for the season. Vanderbilt really tries to give him manageable throws, with 36 over the middle inside 10 yards and avoiding the long sideline throws. He’s done a really good job with the middle distance of 10-19 air yards — 10-of-18 for 302 with five touchdowns and one interception.
Seals has a 15 percent higher completion percentage with playaction, but they do it just 36 percent of passing plays. He’s a bit of a sitting duck back there. They give him 2.72 seconds to throw on average, and he’s only had nine rushes in total this season.
Seals does a really good job getting the ball out to a hot receiver when blitzed. He has his best passing numbers (10.9 per attempt, 3 TDs, no INTs, almost the same completion rate as not facing pressure) when teams bring extra rushers. Opponents are blitzing Seals 35 percent of the time.
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