Jayden Daniels and Riley Leonard
Pulled some of the passing depth stats on both players from PFF in an effort to see differences in how they each performed under Denbrock, and maybe give some hints as to how Carr will fare.
![[image]](https://bluegraysky.com/2025/leonard-daniels1.jpg)
Daniels definitely put the ball down the field a lot more than Leonard: 38% over 10+ versus 28% for Leonard. Deep shots (20+) were significantly more as well.
Leonard had a bunch more throws behind the LOS.
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the passing charts for each.
![[image]](https://bluegraysky.com/2025/leonard-daniels2.jpg)
Complete thread:
- Jayden Daniels and Riley Leonard -
Jay,
2025-08-22, 08:32
- Riley's first NFL TD (preseason) -
Jeff (BGS),
2025-08-23, 14:06
- I did not expect -
ndbk32,
2025-08-23, 17:18
- Against Al Golden
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Jeff (BGS),
2025-08-23, 19:40
- Picking up where both of them ended the season.
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San Pedro,
2025-08-24, 07:36
- Weird career move by Golden. -
nedhead,
2025-08-24, 15:11
- His agent is a moron if he didn't bake in some guarantees. -
Tim,
2025-08-25, 06:19
- If Taylor gets fired, it won't be because of the offense - Domer99, 2025-08-25, 10:11
- The only way he'd lose his job that soon - KGB, 2025-08-25, 04:25
- His agent is a moron if he didn't bake in some guarantees. -
Tim,
2025-08-25, 06:19
- Weird career move by Golden. -
nedhead,
2025-08-24, 15:11
- Picking up where both of them ended the season.
- Against Al Golden
- I did not expect -
ndbk32,
2025-08-23, 17:18
- Interesting that Leonard had a higher % in the short area -
Mike (bart),
2025-08-22, 14:08
- The WR post catch abilities - Dallasdomer, 2025-08-23, 06:01
- I'm not what you would call "good at math" so... -
Greg,
2025-08-22, 09:20
- I believe - HumanRobot, 2025-08-22, 09:45
- Denbrock went back to square one post-NIU. -
KGB,
2025-08-22, 09:13
- The Heisman hype would have been real (and deserved). -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2025-08-22, 10:12
- I was rewatching the Penn State game the other night - Jay, 2025-08-22, 13:02
- The Heisman hype would have been real (and deserved). -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2025-08-22, 10:12
- Very interesting - can you get numbers for Ridder in 2021? -
Brendan,
2025-08-22, 08:43
- sure, here's Ridder 2021 -
Jay,
2025-08-22, 09:01
- deep middle stands out too -
Jay,
2025-08-22, 09:07
- Feel like that's something that's been missing - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2025-08-22, 09:12
- deep middle stands out too -
Jay,
2025-08-22, 09:07
- sure, here's Ridder 2021 -
Jay,
2025-08-22, 09:01
- also, 22 deep shot TDs for Daniels is pretty great
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Jay,
2025-08-22, 08:34
- And zero picks! - BPH, 2025-08-22, 08:53
- That's the clear major outlier between the two players -
Joe I,
2025-08-22, 08:51
- lots to do with LSU receivers making plays - Jay, 2025-08-22, 08:54
- Riley's first NFL TD (preseason) -
Jeff (BGS),
2025-08-23, 14:06