By: Ryan Moreland (@ryanmoreland)
How JTR Works
JTR ranks players by comparison to the league average using unbiased stats. By unbiased stats, we mean stats that don’t show a preference for one style of play over another. For example, we expect a quarterback in an air raid system to throw the ball more often than a quarterback in a multiple set. So comparing the two based on completions wouldn’t be fair. Once we determine stats that we believe to be unbiased, we create a league average. Outperforming the league average earns a player positive points. Stats that fall below the league average will earn a player negative points. Points for each stat are calculated and combined with a base rating given to each player. The combination results in a player’s JTR metric score. 0 is the worst possible score and 100 is the best possible score.
For QBs, the stats we chose to use are completion percentage, yards per attempt, touchdown percentage, interception percentage, passing yards per game, and unique rushing index. The rushing index excludes sacks from a quarterback’s rush totals to get a more accurate sense of them as a runner. Also, QBs cannot take negative points from the rushing index (outside of fumbles). This is because a running ability for a quarterback is a plus, but not a requirement.
JTR is not a predictive metric. It cannot tell the future. It can only measure what a player has done up to that point.
JTR Leaderboard
| Rank (Last Week) | Player | Team | JTR Score (Change) |
| 1 (3) | Jaylen Tyree | Ohio State | 97.827 (+4.578) |
| 2 (2) | Jay Duke | Auburn | 96.838 (+1.281) |
| 3 (1) | Kevin Price | North Carolina | 93.032 (-2.602) |
| 4 (4) | Himoteo Del Este | Oklahoma | 90.675 (-0.339) |
| 5 (5) | Jack Schmidt | Florida | 88.467 (-1.969) |
| 6 (6) | Jamesyn Golde | USC | 85.418 (+0.293) |
| 7 (7) | Cole Mantell | Michigan State | 81.949 (-0.778) |
| 8 (10) | Bo Jones | Texas | 80.469 (+5.742) |
| 9 (9) | Zeus Claydon | Florida State | 80.441 (-0.334) |
| 10 (8) | Saint Major | Virginia Tech | 79.121 (-3.062) |
| 11 (11) | Owen Dart | Texas A&M | 78.604 (+5.067) |
| 12 (18) | TJ Cunnington | Kentucky | 73.989 (+5.347) |
| 13 (12) | Johnny Ray Davis | Alabama | 73.956 (+0.580) |
| 14 (19) | Leisa Pink | Miami | 72.630 (+4.156) |
| 15 (15) | Windham Carter | Michigan | 71.952 (+1.707) |
| 16 (13) | Gunner Rice | West Virginia | 71.355 (-1.357) |
| 17 (20) | Sky Sanders | Colorado | 68.686 (+1.793) |
| 18 (17) | Noir Royal | Notre Dame | 68.445 (-0.580) |
| 19 (14) | Sean Keohane | LSU | 67.177 (-4.402) |
| 20 (16) | JK Matthews | Penn State | 65.827 (-4.064) |
| 21 (21) | Sterling Verdugo | Tennessee | 63.509 (+2.770) |
| 22 (23) | Brandon Petty | Georgia | 60.220 (+2.770) |
| 23 (22) | Tavon Moss | Clemson | 58.050 (-1.265) |
| 24 (24) | Claude DuBois | Oregon | 57.089 (+2.063) |
Findings
Last week North Carolina QB Kevin Price stole the top spot from Ohio State’s Jaylen Tyree. This week Tyree stole the top spot right back. This is the fourth time Tyree has ended a week as the JTR’s highest-rated QB (all coming this season).
The biggest score improvement this week is Texas’ Bo Jones. Jones threw for 548 yards and had eight total touchdowns in a game against West Virginia this week. The emergency QB-turned-star moved up to 8th in the JTR this week, the highest he has ever been. This week, other QBs with major score improvements include Kentukcy’s TJ Cunnington, Texas A&M’s Owen Dart, and Ohio State’s Jaylen Tyree.
Jones’ two-spot movement was not enough to qualify him as the league’s best-rank jumper this week. That designation belongs to Kentucky’s TJ Cunnington. Cunnington threw for 353 yards and had 5 touchdowns in a win against Florida. His brilliant performance moved him up six spots on the leaderboard, an impressive feat this last season. The next best in rank improvement this week was Miami’s Leisa Pink (+5 spots) and Colorado’s Sky Sanders (+3).
Only two weeks are left in the season and the playoff push is on! Best of luck to all of the QBs this coming week!
