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It's the time of the year when smokescreens are being made, mock drafts are being set and college coaches are trying to get one last positive word in about their former players before the draft. The latter's what it looked like when many read the comments of Duke head coach David Cutcliffe on his most recent quarterback, Sean Renfree.
“I’ve looked at almost every guy available and I think Sean Renfree is the most accurate passer in the draft,” Cutcliffe said. “There’s a reason as a three-year starter that he’s the most accurate passer in our history. He has great knowledge and an uncanny ability of putting the ball where he needs to put it.”
It's debatable whether Renfree is the most accurate passer in the draft. An argument can be made for it though. In most cases, accurate quarterbacks in college are accurate in the NFL. And there's no doubt about it, Renfree's been accurate. His completion percentages as a starter the last three years are 61.4 (2010), 64.9 (2011) and 67.2 (2012).
If you're thinking he's only accurate because he doesn't make many difficult throws, think again. Renfree does a good job of throwing through windows at the intermediate and vertical depth and shows very good anticipation. Why does the anticipation matter? Because it's a large number of the throws that he'll have to make in the NFL.
A good quarterback is like a traditional soccer midfielder (e.g. Italy's Andrea Pirlo), as he sits back and spreads the ball around the field before defenders and even his own players expect it.
Here's one example of Renfree doing his best impression. He's sitting back in the pocket after taking a quick dropback and is scanning the field on third-and-15. To his right is a wide receiver running a dig route toward the middle of the field. When the receiver breaks inside, Renfree is already raising his shoulder to throw the ball.
http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/cfb/43018/321/sean-renfree-future-starter
“I’ve looked at almost every guy available and I think Sean Renfree is the most accurate passer in the draft,” Cutcliffe said. “There’s a reason as a three-year starter that he’s the most accurate passer in our history. He has great knowledge and an uncanny ability of putting the ball where he needs to put it.”
It's debatable whether Renfree is the most accurate passer in the draft. An argument can be made for it though. In most cases, accurate quarterbacks in college are accurate in the NFL. And there's no doubt about it, Renfree's been accurate. His completion percentages as a starter the last three years are 61.4 (2010), 64.9 (2011) and 67.2 (2012).
If you're thinking he's only accurate because he doesn't make many difficult throws, think again. Renfree does a good job of throwing through windows at the intermediate and vertical depth and shows very good anticipation. Why does the anticipation matter? Because it's a large number of the throws that he'll have to make in the NFL.
A good quarterback is like a traditional soccer midfielder (e.g. Italy's Andrea Pirlo), as he sits back and spreads the ball around the field before defenders and even his own players expect it.
Here's one example of Renfree doing his best impression. He's sitting back in the pocket after taking a quick dropback and is scanning the field on third-and-15. To his right is a wide receiver running a dig route toward the middle of the field. When the receiver breaks inside, Renfree is already raising his shoulder to throw the ball.
http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/cfb/43018/321/sean-renfree-future-starter
