Inside 2024’s Transfer Quarterbacks: Who’s Dominating, Who’s Struggling, and Why Uiagalelei’s Story Will Surprise You
Here are two unrelated sets of facts about Miami’s Cam Ward and Indiana’s Kurtis Rourke. Ward transferred from Washington State (before that Incarnate Word) and Rourke from Ohio:
- Miami has had 15 quarterbacks throw at least 100 passes in a season in the Playoff era. Those QBs’ median adjusted yardage per attempt is 7.6. Ward, so far this season, is at 12.9. or about 2.4 yards better than second-place Tyler Van Dyke in 2021.
- Indiana has had 15 quarterbacks throw at least 100 passes in a season in the Playoff era. Those QBs’ median adjusted yardage per attempt is 6.8. Rourke, meanwhile, is at 11.8, which is 2.6 adjusted yards better per throw than second-place Nate Sudfeld in 2015.
These gaps between Ward, Rourke and their predecessors will not stay this wide. Their teams will get deeper into conference play, and they won’t keep averaging 12 or 13 adjusted yards per drop back.


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