I'd rather he hadn't said "guaranteed Heisman"

by BPH, San Diego, Friday, December 10, 2010, 10:50 (5174 days ago) @ Jay

but Mauk does have a good point. Not since Grand Valley State has Kelly had a QB who could be considered his Tebow (or McCoy or Leinart or any number of examples). At GVSU, that player was Curt Anes, and Kelly developed him to the point that he was the runner-up for the D-II version of the Heisman in 2001 and the winner in 2002. In 2001 Anes passed for 3,085 yards and 48 TDs while completing 70 percent of his passes. In '02 he threw for 3,692 and 47 TDs and completed 67 percent of his passes. From scanning the GVSU media guide, those are easily the two best seasons by a QB in school history.

At CMU, LeFevour would have been Kelly's Tebow if Kelly had stayed long enough. Even so, it's notable that the passer rating LeFevour compiled as a redshirt freshman under Kelly was his best until his senior season under Jones.

At Cincy, Mauk had never had a QB rating higher than 115 until his one season under Kelly when it jumped to 150. Then there was Pike, who was neither recruited by Kelly nor heavily recruited out of high school. But last season he was a legitimate Heisman contender before getting hurt in the sixth game. Then there was Collaros, who posted an astronomical 195 QB rating in part-time duty last season. That figure dropped all the way to 137 this season under Jones.

Even this year, for all the frustration with Crist's inconsistency, his rating of 129.34 put him ahead of players like Jake Locker, Russell Wilson, Blaine Gabbert, Jeremiah Masoli, Jacory Harris, Kyle Parker and Garrett Gilbert.

I think the evidence is clear that Kelly is an exceptional developer of QBs, and I'm very excited to see the strides we'll make at that position in future seasons, whoever wins the job.

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