Some of these 16 stats from Week 6 are just for trivia, but most are good to know as you look at fantasy trends/leaders across the season or for specific positions or teams (if you enjoy this post please share it!).
Alabama QB Mac Jones threw for 418 yards on Saturday. He and Dillon Gabriel (UCF) are the only QBs with two 400+ yard passing games this season.
North Texas WR Jaelon Darden caught 13 passes for 244 yards and 3 TDs last weekend. 244 yards eclipsed Reggie Roberson’s (SMU) previous season high of 243. It was the fourth 200 yard receiving game this season.
Missouri QB Connor Bazelak was the first QB to have 400 passing yards, 4 TD passes, 85% completion rate, and 0 interceptions in a game since 2017 (Max Browne, Pitt).
Houston held Tulane to 70 rushing yards, snapping Tulane’s streak of 56 consecutive games with at least rushing 100 yards (credit – Joseph Duarte)
RB Michael Carter (UNC) rushed for 17/214-2, while Najee Harris (Alabama) ran for 23/206-5 last weekend. There have only been 5 200+ yard rushing games this season, and those totals were 2nd & 5th on the list. Carter had the fewest carries of any back with 200 yards, only needing 17 attempts. Ulysses Bentley, SMU, has the season high with 227 yards.
Only 3 times this season has a QB passed for 200 yards and rushed for 100 yards in a game and 2 were in Week 6 – Sam Ehlinger, Texas, 287-112, and Asher O’Hara, MTSU, 268-106. The only other this year was Frank Harris, UTSA.
Iowa St RB Breece Hall ran for 27/135-2 last weekend. He now leads the nation in 100 yard rushing games this season with 4. Next with three 100 yards games are Spencer Brown (UAB), Khalil Herbert (Virginia Tech), & Joshua Mack (Liberty).
4 players have had three 100 yard receiving games this season – Jacob Cowing (UTEP), Jaylon Robinson (UCF), Gunner Romney (BYU), & Jaylen Waddle (Alabama).
Mississippi State RB Kylin Hill had 15 receptions for 79 yards last weekend. The last time a player had 15+ receptions and less than 79 yards was 2002. It was only the third time since the year 2000 that a player had less than 100 yards receiving when having 15 catches or more.
RB Najee Harris (Alabama) had 5 rushing TDs last weekend, while QB Sam Ehlinger (Texas) ran for 4 TDs. Harris’ TD total was a season-high, beating App State RB Daetrich Harrington’s 4. Only three times in 2019 did a player rush for 5+ TDs, with Buffalo RB Jaret Patterson’s 6 in a game the high.
Duke RB Deon Jackson had 30 rushing attempts for 169 yards on Saturday. It was only the 3rd time this season a player had 30 rushing attempts, and the first time a player with 30 didn’t rush for a TD.
South Florida QB Jordan McCloud passed for 298 yards but 0 TDs last weekend. That was the third highest passing yard total without a TD this season – the only two higher were Jack Abraham, Southern Miss (314) and Gavin Hardison, UTEP (302)
Ole Miss WR Elijah Moore leads the nation averaging 154.0 receiving yards per game. Terrace Marshall (LSU) is 2nd with 141.3. For reference in 2019 Omar Bayless (Arkansas State) led the nation averaging 127.2
Does it seem like the SEC has had a lot of high-scoring games so far? 5 of the top 6 passing yards per game leaders are from the SEC, only UCF QB Dillon Gabriel #2 breaks into the top 6 from other conferences.
Amongst tight ends, Memphis’ Sean Dykes leads the nation averaging 8 receptions per game. Boston College’s Hunter Long is close behind with 7.8.
One more tight end stat – in 2019 TEs Kylen Granson (SMU) and Josh Pederson (Louisiana-Monroe) led the nation for TEs with 9 TDs. Florida TE Kyle Pitts already has 7 TDs in 2020 through only 3 games. Amongst all receivers North Texas WR Jaelon Darden leads the nation with 9 TD catches.
