By: Ryan Moreland (@ryanmoreland)
There is only one week left in the season (how did we get here already?). Let’s see how Week 7 impacted the JTR Leaderboard.
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 (1) | Windham Carter | Michigan | 89.207 (-2.827) |
| 2 (4) | Jamesyn Golde* | USC | 81.716 (+3.237) |
| 3 (2) | Kevin Price | North Carolina | 81.525 (-4.141) |
| 4 (3) | Jaylen Tyree | Ohio State | 81.236 (+2.686) |
| 5 (9) | Jack Schmidt | Florida | 80.564 (+4.805) |
| 6 (5) | Johnny Ray Davis | Alabama | 77.491 (+0.309) |
| 7 (14) | Bear Michaels* | Florida State | 77.067 (+5.413) |
| 8 (8) | Himoteo Del Este | Oklahoma | 74.136 (-2.126) |
| 9 (15) | Sky Sanders | Colorado | 73.658 (+3.064) |
| 10 (6) | Spunky Tolbert | Texas | 73.315 (-3.542) |
| 11 (11) | Saint Major | Virginia Tech | 73.263 (-0.051) |
| 12 (7) | Cole Mantell | Michigan State | 72.604 (-3.927) |
| 13 (12) | Leisa Pink | Miami | 72.314 (-0.783) |
| 14 (13) | TJ Cunnington | Kentucky | 70.294 (-1.738) |
| 15 (10) | Tavon Moss | LSU | 70.258 (-3.318) |
| 16 (16) | Alexa Earl | Oregon | 70.169 (+0.448) |
| 17 (17) | Jay Duke | Auburn | 70.052 (+0.477) |
| 18 (18) | Malcom Streets | Texas A&M | 69.625 (+1.270) |
| 19 (20) | Gunner Rice | West Virginia | 67.522 (+0.979) |
| 20 (21) | Sterling Verdugo | Tennessee | 65.129 (+1.971) |
| 21 (23) | Brandon Petty | Georgia | 64.143 (+3.531) |
| 22 (19) | Bojack Merriweather | Clemson | 63.422 (-3.523) |
| 23 (22) | Matt Perez | Notre Dame | 59.729 (-1.090) |
| 24 (24) | JK Matthews | Penn State | 59.123 (-0.563) |
Findings
Michigan’s Windham Carter holds onto the top spot once again. This is the third straight week he has been the top name on the leaderboard, even though his score went down.
The score bumps get smaller as the season continues, but that didn’t stop Florida State’s Bear Michaels from improving his score by more than five points. It is the freshman’s first time being the biggest score improver in a given week. Other big score improvers were Florida’s Jack Schmidt, Georgia’s Brandon Petty, and USC’s Jamesyn Golde.
This is again one of the rare weeks where their biggest score improver is also the biggest rank improver. Michaels jumped seven spots in the rankings this week to make his top-ten debut. Michaels was one of two players that set a new all-time high ranking (USC’s Jamesyn Golde was the other). Other big rank improvers were Colorado’s Sky Sanders, Florida’s Jack Schmidt, and USC’s Jamesyn Golde.
23 QBs are looking to dethrone Windham Carter and they have one last week to do it. Good luck!
