The Seahawks have intercepted 2.8 percent of passes attempted (tied for 11th) and have recorded a 5.9
percent sack rate (tied for 11th - lowest).
Danny Etling took too many sacks (6.4
percent sack rate) and threw too many picks (3.1 percent INT rate) considering he was averaging just 9.0 yards per completion.
Needless to say, a 0.0
percent sack rate ranks first in the country.
Key stat No. 6: Texas A&M's defense has a 15.8
percent sack rate on passing downs, 10th in the country.
Key stat No. 1: Baylor's defense has allowed a 99.6 passer rating, 49.6 percent completion rate, 10.7 yards per completion, four touchdowns, and three interceptions, and it's produced a 12.2
percent sack rate (16.4 percent in non-garbage time, best in the country).
The senior - to - be completed 63 percent of his passes last year (Buechele: 60 percent), took half as many sacks (a 3.8
percent sack rate to Buechele's 7.3), and threw fewer interceptions.
Not exact matches
While the national
sack rate tends to hover around 5.5
percent, only one of the top 10 non-option rushing quarterbacks (Mississippi State's Nick Fitzgerald) is under 5
percent.
They gave up
sacks on only 1.3
percent of their passing - downs pass attempts, the lowest
rate in the country.
WMU was reasonably efficient on standard downs (37th in standard downs success
rate) but played pretty passive, inefficient ball on passing downs; the Broncos»
sack rate was actually higher on standard downs (6.2
percent) than passing downs (5.3
percent), which isn't supposed to happen.
Whereas Driskel took
sacks on 13
percent of his pass attempts, Murphy's
sack rate is only 5
percent.
Before the
sack, Richardson's performance against Clowney is an offer any NFL GM would spend first - round money on: when applied on roughly one - third of called offensive plays in a single game, Tiny Richardson can nullify a premier pass - rushing defensive end with single coverage with a 95.4
percent success
rate in clinical trials.
Inefficient outings vs. Rice (15 - for - 33) and Memphis (13 - for - 30) have kept his season completion
rate down a bit, but in the last two weeks, he countered those performances by going 46 - for - 57 (81
percent) for 627 yards, eight touchdowns, and no picks (with six
sacks) vs. Rutgers and South Florida.
Etling got demoted, and Austin Appleby took fewer
sacks, but he threw more picks (4.0
percent INT
rate) and fumbled more while still averaging only 10.1 yards per completion.
A good
sack rate probably comes in under 5
percent.
With a couple of game - breaking receivers in 2015, the averages were much better: 13.5 yards per completion with a 66
percent completion
rate and still only 13
sacks and six picks.
Freshmen Dillon Sterling - Cole and Brady White (combined: 51
percent completion
rate, 4.8
percent INT
rate, 3 TDs to 5 INTs, 5.5 yards per pass attempt including
sacks) simply weren't ready.
Defenses are also getting after the passer much better than last year,
sacking quarterbacks on 6.5
percent of dropbacks (up from 5.8
percent); that's the second - highest
sack rate since 2006.
Their passing - downs
sack rate of 17.5
percent is tied with Washington State's for tops in the country.