Thursday, December 04, 2014

Names And Some Numbers

Wrapping up a look at who is back next year and who will be gone, this chart lists Dartmouth starters for every game this fall.

Players in GREEN are returning.
Players in ORANGE may have an option of a fifth year.
Players in BLUE are graduating.

Click on the chart to make it readable.

The unfortunately named College Sports Madness has named its All-Ivy League team. (LINK) Here are the Dartmouth picks:

First Team Offense
WR Ryan McManus
OL Sean Ronan
OL Scott Whitmore

First Team Defense
DL A.J. Zuttah
DL Evan Chrustic
LB Will McNamara
DB Troy Donahue
DB Vernon Harris
PR Ryan McManus

Second Team Offense
QB Dalyn Williams
RB Kyle Brmable
KR Kirby Schoenthaler

Second Team Defense
DL Cody Fulleton
LB Zach Slafsky

Third Team Offense
OL Jacob Flores
K Alex Gakenheimer

Third Team Defense
DB Stephen Dazzo
P Ben Kepley

With all due respect, I'm not quite sure why they picked Yale's Morgan Roberts over Dartmouth's Dalyn Williams at quarterback other than more passing yards. This is in no way meant to diminish what the Yale QB accomplished. He had a tremendous season but it's hard to believe he had a greater impact on a team featuring Tyler Varga than Williams had on a Dartmouth team without that kind of threat. Here are their comparative numbers on the season:

TD/Interceptions
Williams 21/2, Roberts 22/9

Completion percentage
Williams 67.5, Roberts 66.8

Yards passing per game
Roberts 323.0, Williams 235.4

Efficiency
Williams 157.6, Roberts 154.7

Rushing yards per game
Williams 49.3, Roberts 19.7

Rushing TDs
Williams 6, Roberts 4

Here are their numbers in Ivy League action:
TD/Interceptions
Williams 14/2, Roberts 15/7

Completion percentage
Williams 70.7, Roberts 66.3

Yards passing per game
Roberts 312.1, Williams 273.2

Efficiency
Williams 161.6, Roberts 151.2

Rushing yards per game
Williams 43.7, Roberts 10.9

Rushing TDs
Williams 5, Roberts 2